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When documentation replaces direct experience

I keep taking photos of beautiful moments instead of experiencing them and when I look at the photos later they feel empty.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The impulse to capture and share can interrupt the presence needed for genuine appreciation of what is happening.

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