I continue getting used to writing more and, thanks to , discovering new possibilities to be creative on this platform.
As I was looking thorough my photography folders, I realized how much photography I have actually taken — digital and film — and now I am somewhat overwhelmed with the flow of ideas and ways to structure them.
Like I said, I do overthink these things a lot, but I’ll try to do it less. My main “story”, if you will, about my trip to Teriberka will probably come to its end soon (I hope).
I have more stories to tell and hopefully I’ll be more chill and relaxed about it, yet still manage to create good writing.
For now, enjoy some of the shots of The Northern Lights that I took on my dying phone in -18°C (which felt much colder because of the wind), when we went into a snow covered field in the middle of the night away from civilization to chase the stars and witness the magic of nature unfold.
That night I laid on the cold snow, not caring about getting sick. I laid on my back and for the next 15 minutes started back at the night sky. My eyes took time to adjust, but slowly I started differentiating stars. There were so many of them, you could see whole constellations with your own bare eyes.
For the first time in my life I saw the Milky Way. I thought I was seeing things at first, but later got a confirmation from the rest of the group.
The Milky Way! In that moment I felt so incredibly small, but in a way it brought so much peace. Realizing that yes, I am incredibly small, and that’s okay. That means things we do each day are so much more incredible and valuable. That we as such minuscule things still manage to achieved so much in this short time we have.