Happy New Year and thank you ... I feel like my photography is a collection in a self-centered culture to 1. Not generally be the subject myself 2. Decenter humanity and its constant demands and just be in the beauty of the world. Sometimes this is a relief that even music cannot provide me as a composer, for so much of my musical energy is under use in my community, and at the same time the same community cannot provide me outlet for my larger works.
There is much to what you say about not being distracted -- in the warmer portions of the year, I will walk 5-7 days a week, and there may be 1-2 days I choose to document in full. There are some days too beautiful to not document ... and there are some days too beautiful to do anything but experience.