Silhouette!

I love silhouettes. One of the reasons is that we are forced to only look at the shape and form of a thing. No distracting colors or facial expressions or details. Just the form. I have found some of my favorite photographs to be silhouettes. I think the reason is because there is a simplicity and power in silhouettes if done well.

I like clarity, simplicity, efficiency in communication. Silhouettes do that. The form of a thing is either a strong image or it's not. It either tells a story through its shape or not. There's no hiding the essence of a thing with a silhouette. Sure, all of the shiny, surface, cosmetic aspects are blackened out. But the essence, the form of the thing itself cannot be hidden, in fact, it is revealed.

What if our lives were silhouetted? What shape would they take?