Life is an endless process from enjoying order to encountering chaos. We definitely don’t have enough time to understand the order of life (although what is order and whether there is one at all). Jordan Peterson urged to clean up your room first.

People perceive minimalism superficially - get rid of the unnecessary, be content with little. Beautiful and fashionable minimalist interiors promise happiness, but there is no happiness without meaning. It’s not the empty desk that’s important, it’s the path to the empty, clean desk. You can throw everything off your desk but still be unhappy and continue to feel tired and panicky.

• Why were these things on the table?
• Do you really not need this anymore?
• Is it difficult to go with this?
• Where are you going?

Yesterday I passed this wonderful shot on the bus, returned through puddles and other obstacles to capture it on my smartphone.

Over time, I began to approach photography a little differently. I don’t want to be a hostage to good staff. All shots are good because photography helps to document. Sometimes the result is great, but as in any practice, the process itself is important - thoughts, feelings, dialogue with yourself and the surrounding space.

Last summer, during another photo walk, a guy approached me (as I understood him to be a Turk) and asked him to photograph. No problem! He asked me to send the photos to gmail, but instead of leaving me his address, he wrote down mine. I was like “in star mode” - OK, I wrote down my email, so he’ll write and I’ll send you the photos. I even retouched them a little - done! But the Turk did not write.

Perhaps I forgot. Perhaps he was embarrassed, but I am more inclined to believe that he simply did not realize that he needed to write to me. It’s a pity! The photos are good, but I had to delete them because… I do not need them.