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When documenting sunsets interferes with experiencing them

I started photographing every sunset but now I spend the whole time looking through my phone screen instead of actually experiencing it.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The desire to capture beauty can paradoxically distance us from direct encounter.

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“Where Are You with Sunrise and sunset as daily practice?”

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