{"id":1019,"date":"2014-10-27T09:25:55","date_gmt":"2014-10-27T16:25:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.timporter.com\/seconddraft\/?p=1019"},"modified":"2014-10-27T18:42:52","modified_gmt":"2014-10-28T01:42:52","slug":"photo-story-empty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.timporter.com\/seconddraft\/?p=1019","title":{"rendered":"Photo Story:  Empty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timporter.com\/seconddraft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/surfergrill.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1020\" src=\"http:\/\/www.timporter.com\/seconddraft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/surfergrill.jpg\" alt=\"Stinson Beach, Surfer's Grill\" width=\"600\" height=\"879\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.timporter.com\/seconddraft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/surfergrill.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.timporter.com\/seconddraft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/surfergrill-204x300.jpg 204w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On those days when my glass drops below half-empty and I can\u2019t seem to refill it no matter what, I pick up a camera and leave the house. Often I walk the neighborhood looking for snapshots of life. Other days, times when I need to keep myself away from me (thank you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oSa1VtZhx2g\" target=\"_blank\">Adam Durwitz<\/a>), I go farther.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>One such journey a couple of years ago took me to Stinson Beach. It was mid-March, the second day of spring. I arrived late and it was after 5 o\u2019clock as I walked the dark sand under the gray sky.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>The wind and salt stung my eyes. Tears softened my focus. <strong>Emptiness was everywhere. I<\/strong> walked south, climbed the dunes and found shelter and stillness inside the small snack shack at the end of the beach.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Out of the wind, there was warmth. I sat at a table, <strong>enjoying the absence of what I had escaped<\/strong>. I thought about when i was a boy and sought and found similar solace alone in the house with my books.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>I have always been this way, I thought. <strong>This is me, alone.<\/strong> I looked it my emptiness, photographed it and brought it home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On those days when my glass drops below half-empty and I can\u2019t seem to refill it no matter what, I pick up a camera and leave the house. Often I walk the neighborhood looking for snapshots of life. 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