A vibrant yellow sticky note with crisp edges and a slight upward curl sits atop a smooth, robin’s-egg blue desk surface. Scattered around are a glossy red paperclip and a seafoam green pencil with a shiny silver ferrule, forming playful, rounded shapes. Sunlight streams in from the left, bathing the scene in cheerfully bright, natural light, and casting soft, whimsical shadows. The composition is lively and energetic with prominent, rounded forms. Shot from a slightly elevated angle with shallow depth of field, the image exudes a playful, spontaneous mood and a photographic realism in bold, bright colors.

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Shallow Thoughts (some knee-deep) with Bill Burk

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