Ladies and Gentlemen, it pleases me greatly to introduce to you Lady Ella. This is quite possibly my favorite shot, of my own work. I could write a story about this photo. I suppose the hope is that any one of you could too. Who is she, this mysterious, Lady Ella? What is she looking at? What is she waiting for? Maybe in your story, she’s a small town girl working in the big city, trying to catch a break. In mine, she would be a zombie killer, after a hard nights work. Just sitting on a bench, waiting for the long bus ride home to care for her elderly mother.
Who is to say which story is the the accurate one? I contend that it matters little which of the two proposed tales is more near reality. Rather more exciting than that, is the reminder for me, personally to give more thought to the people I inhabit this planet with. We all have stories, and those stories are what connect us.