I fashioned a makeshift sling and brace and took a single photo with my best camera, my most precious 1DX, which I have not touched in a month, I so loved the feel of it and I love the detail and clarity of it. I felt a strain in my chest – it weights at least nine or 10 lbs and so I won’t use it again for awhile. I thought I was able to capture the feel of the Gratitude Urn, it’s character, the life and death that already lives within it. It was a still life that smacked me in the head and said, “take it.” So I did.