The description for the photo stated that this sunset was the last one of the year as it was December 31 of 2019. Although it seems like a lesser important photograph that others, such as the ones of the Australian fires, this photograph still portrays an argument.
That very argument is to simply enjoy the little things in life. For most people a sunset is insignificant because we see it on a daily basis depending on the weather. We never realize just how much we like/appreciate them until we no longer see them. Take for example how in the past week, we hadn’t seen the sun for what seemed like an eternity. The absence of the sun was able to create an effect of like a fog of depression on everyone’s days.
A sunset is something that we tend to forget about as it doesn’t really impact our lives, but we forget how waking up to a sunrise or enjoying a sunset to our friends can really uplift our mood. Personally watching a sunset during the summer when with friends can be one of the best experiences of the year based on my experience.
A sunset gets overlooked like many other things, and with the fact that this sunset was the last of the year, it creates more of an emphasize to appreciate it. When I first looked at this photo, I admit that I overlooked the date that the sunset took place, so I thought that this was a place like Alaska where they go into darkness for months at a time. This is what led me to the argument of “enjoy the little things,” but once I realized that the date was actually the last day of the year, I still thought that that argument applied.
The simplicity and lighting of the photograph is what drew me to it, but overall I thought that it was a well taken photo and had a good purpose behind it.
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