The older I become (I wrote this text on the 12th of April, 2024), the more I feel I will never retire from walking, doing street photography, and writing. Retirement is not a concept I entertain when it comes to these passions.
The only thing I want in my life is to stroll through Warsaw’s streets and take pictures of the most mundane objects we can only encounter. Sometimes, I ask myself whether I need anything more to be happy. Perhaps, no. The longer I live, the more I see and feel that a broadly understood life’s sense does not exist. We live, probably only to die. That’s our ultimate destination. That’s why I want to do something meaningful and profound in the meantime. My life will be short, and I plan to take as many great street photos as possible and write as many groundbreaking texts as possible.
I do not plan to stop all these activities.
Even if there are moments in my life when I will be doing street photography or writing texts rarely, I still know I will do these things as long as my health lets me do it. The processes of walking, creating, and thinking give me the power to become a better version of myself than I was one day earlier. My soul would die shortly if I retired from doing street photography and writing. I trust in a broadly defined creation process.
Even if I cannot express life’s sense anyhow, I feel one of the most remarkable hints to our existence’s aims is the creation process. Also, it is addictive. When I have a 2-3 day break from walking and doing street photography, I feel that my mind and body desire to do it as quickly as possible. Regarding writing, I have a maximum of two days of break in this mindful activity. I cannot imagine living without all these activities. That’s why I will never retire from my passion.
