Sometimes I like to read through my Dictionary of Symbols* to look for phrases that jump out at me. In fact, this is becoming a fairly regular part of my workflow, the last part of the process of editing a photo. I’ll look up the symbology of a particular element in the photo (in this case, I looked up the word “branch”) and see what series of words appeals to me and seems to add a mysterious narrative to the image.

And that’s how this image acquired the name “the endurance of a hopeless love.”

Fort McKavett State Historical Park
Fort McKavett, Texas
photographed 4.12.26

*And you thought my thesaurus addiction was at the goofiest thing about me!