Hi Reader,

I hate having my photo taken.

The moment a camera appears, I go from being in the moment to a rapid internal audit:

Is my smile too forced?
Why do I feel the urge to do jazz hands?
Is there a chia seed in my teeth from breakfast?

Wait…did I even eat breakfast?

Here’s a photo from a time when I didn’t care what I looked like.

That’s little Ari, enjoying summer in Alaska.

I’m sitting on a makeshift birch tree bench outside the homestead where I was raised. (Yes, those are mosquito bites on my arm, a true hallmark that summer had started.)

Back then, I hadn’t yet learned to wonder how I looked in photos.

I’d love to see a photo of you—at any age—where you didn’t care about what you looked like.

Maybe it’s a childhood photo, an embarrassing one from your teenage years (did you overpluck your eyebrows, too?), or a moment as an adult when you were simply in it.

No need for it to be "flattering". Those are usually the best ones.

Hit reply and send it my way?

Ari 🌻

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