// Image by Vincent Chanter // Text by Natalia Green //

1. An unbordered picture, often a portrait, that shades off into the surrounding color at the edges.
2. A short, impressionistic scene that focuses on one moment or gives a trenchant impression about a character, and idea or a setting.

Photograph: A Sheiling © Vincent Chanter

A Sheiling © Vincent Chanter

She waits inside the shed, busying herself to distract from doubt. She wonders if he will remember the date that they so resolutely agreed. She considers how time will have changed him, how it has changed her.

As he reaches the peak, he stops for a moment to survey the rugged expanse. He looks down across the knotted grass to the tiny shed, so familiar from his past and from his dreams. He sees that the door is closed and there is no sign of movement within. And he knows that he is too late and she is gone.

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