Put down the camera
I met her by chance in Mexico.
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In red evening light beneath dense trees, a smiling woman in a blue embroidered dress and colorful beaded necklace faces the camera.
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A few days later, she invited me to a ceremony.
I came to film.
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Beneath trees in low evening light, the woman raises one arm while wearing her blue embroidered dress and beaded necklace.
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“Put down the camera. Come with us.”
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People move toward the dark opening of a low, fabric-covered structure beneath trees.
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So I did.
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In a dim clearing beside the fabric-covered structure, a small fire glows near the ground.
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Heat. Drums. Earth beneath us.
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Ocean waves move toward a dark shore beneath a narrow orange horizon after sunset.
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Afterward, I walked into the cool water.
That night, I stopped being an observer.
See where this window opened.
Another window
Somewhere else. Someone else.
More windows will open here.