Last month I went to the Slow Exposures
photo festival in Pike County, Georgia. It was the second year I
attended. I almost didn't go. There is a juried exhibition, which I
didn't get into this year, and the prospect of going and not showing
something didn't appeal to me when I first got the email notification.
But when I got the rejection letter, one of the organizers had added a
handwritten note, saying she hoped I came anyway. I had a good time last
year, so I decided to go anyway.