My friend. You forgot the original meaning of photography...
Freeze the time, freeze the moment, capture the feelings...
When I grab my shots and start my editing, I always trying to thing nothing but the shot. What feeling can have birth and how can I reveal them.
You know it is easy to make a travel in a mythic world with only person your self surrounded with your images... This for me is the ultimate gift you can make to your self.
And, as always, your shots speak to my inner side.