Thursday, January 7, 2010

This is What it is Like: Anxiety

"Give me your camera," she said. Taking photos of Kmart before closing, Kerry had become serious and quiet. She was hunting an idea. As she squatted before a mirror, she handed me the camera, "Take my picture."

She was in another world.

"Thank you," she said later, "I have always wanted to do that. I wanted to take pictures of what it was like. The anxiety that used to seize me when I had to go into a shop and buy something. Sometimes I couldn't even get inside. I get back in my car and go home."






No comments:

Post a Comment