Playing with my food

This is all a lie and completely fake. We had some very tasty Sichuan take out for dinner, so I didn't cook a thing. I just needed to take a photo and my eyes landed on this granite mortar that I've always liked. Then I started to build a composition around it. I wanted it to feel a bit messy and "real" but balanced at the same time. I've never tried to build a still life like this, so it was pretty challenging to try to get everything to line up and get the light to look OK. It didn't turn out fantastic or anything, but it was still a fun exercise.

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