As you face the stage in Gruene Hall in Gruene, Texas, this is the right side of the stage. Before the music started, the guitarist in the opening band sat down at the steps and played for a few minutes for no one but himself.

I love the color — somehow the blues and purples feel more warm than the cool end of the spectrum they’re usually assigned to. It feels to me like it evokes a different time, maybe because Gruene Hall is coming up on its 150th anniversary; that stage probably isn’t that old, but maybe it didn’t look that different back in the day. And mostly I love a musician sitting down and playing for himself for a little while, losing himself in the moment.

This was the cover to my 2019 calendar.

February 10, 2018. Samsung Galaxy S8+ cell phone, 4.25mm focal length (35mm equivalent: 26mm), f/1.7, 1/60, ISO 800.