So, before I came to Mexico everybody told me I should blog about it. Well I didn't want to. And I kinda still don't want to. Who really wants to share their thoughts and feelings for everybody to see? But I am anyway. I guess I'm getting started on this kinda late in the game...I've been here 5 weeks and the summer's halfway over. But I really feel like to do justice to this summer and what it's about and the wonderful people of Juarez, Mexico I need to do more than just take pictures.
You may also be wondering about the title of this blog. Well, this thought has been kind of a recurring theme of my summer so far. So many times I've felt so strongly about something I've experienced that I want to take a picture of it so everybody can see what I'm talking about and so I can remember it forever. But then I stop and think to myself, "If I took a picture, it wouldn't mean anything. People would just see a janky little house, or they'd just see some kids hanging out in a tree house, or they'd just see some people standing in a circle. They wouldn't be able to look at that picture and know the story I'm trying to tell with it." Sometimes when I have those thoughts, I take the picture anyway. Sometimes I just don't. But whether I have lots of pictures or not, this blog is about writing the stories of life that the pictures leave out.
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