This is Jollie.
She’s a Border Jack—a mix of a Border Collie and a Jack Russell Terrier specifically bred for the high-energy dog sport of flyball, and she does her namesake and breed proud. Jollie is a immensely happy creature, too happy for her body to contain at times, her excitement boiling over into frantic barking and anxious trembling. It doesn’t make any sense until you see her run. She runs fast and deliberately, with clarity of purpose.
Photography has this way of slowing things down. It’s one of the things I love about it. It can suggest chaos beyond anything imaginable, but still only one moment at a time. It can also capture what we also might miss otherwise: a moment of tranquility amongst the chaos, a perspective we are rarely offered.
This is also Jollie.
