Sometimes the most extraordinary things are growing along the sidewalk, and I almost walked right past it while on a morning walk around my neighborhood. A Western Salsify seed head, technically a non-native weed, growing along an ordinary sidewalk on an ordinary morning. But something made me stop. And then pick it, take it home, and play with my macro lens, and process in high key to keep their airy softness.
These images are about calm. I had a quiet hope in mind while editing: that someday these images might find their way onto a hospital wall. That someone having a hard day might look up and feel, for just a moment, like the world is still full of quiet, gentle things.
