How Film Pictures Built Me Adore the Outdoors Once more

I’m not absolutely sure what led to my abrupt disinterest in the outdoor. It’s possible the pandemic was to blame, as report-breaking crowds flooded after-secluded areas — locals hellbent on touring wherever outside of the house. Or perhaps it was the wildfires charging throughout the west, as smoke manufactured its way to town streets where by it settled like a polluted blanket. Layering on the masks, I braved the crowds and atmospheric contaminants to come across solitude, but it was not there. 

So I was left wanting to know when the shitstorm would end, and I inevitably made the decision, like most of us, to pick up a quarantine interest. I began by sketching in a dusty notepad ahead of using up pyrography and at some point understanding how to work on my car or truck, but each distraction led to monotony. Then a single day, as I scrolled via