Temptation – there’s only one way to find out

The beauty with temptation is that you’ll never find out – unless you give in. Which seems to be a bad thing usually. Temptation has a bit of a bad name. “Thou shalt not” do a whole bunch of tempting things. But then again – you’ll never know how far you can go, if you’re not willing to risk going too far. It’s (almost) always possible to revise a decision and take a few steps back onto the beaten path.

I used to have my own art gallery, a physical retail location where I was selling my photographic art. It was a great experience, and one of the highlights of my creative career thus far. The location, a business revitalization zone, wasn’t perfect, which made it all the more interesting. People weren’t used to finding art, and I often saw them walking back and forth in front of my big windows, unsure whether they would risk entering or not. Some did, others didn’t – but walked away backwards, obviously still fighting the temptation of their curiosity to come into something they hadn’t …