Time moves so fast these days. It seems like there is less and less time for the slower things in life. Time to sit, reflect, remember, time to notice the little things. I look around, and see everything moving at the speed of “instant” and I realize life will never be the same as I remember it growing up. Personal interaction seems to be diminishing, changing, replaced by social networks, emails, and text messages comprised of abbreviated code. Images are being replaced by intangible, transient digital files made of zeros and ones – no texture, no smell, no weight. I prefer a slower pace, where one takes time to notice and appreciate those little things and with that mindfulness, to craft an image or an object that documents the often unnoticed details of one’s surroundings while leaving evidence of one’s hands every step of the way.