Hair is such a personal thing 💛
#18incheslighter ✂️
💥📸NEW PRINT WEBSITE UP & RUNNING💥
(Link in bio)
For 2023 I’ve decided to focus on some passions that have been on the back burner.
One of those things for me has been film photography.
The “why’s” of how it became something that was pushed to the side can be for another time, but I’ve been asked for years to make my prints available online and for all the unlisted reasons, just never got around to it till now.
I’ve chosen a handful for the moment and will have them available for the rest of the month while I sort through the rest.
If you’re someone who inquired over the years, thank you. You’re partially why I’ve sifted through my archives the last month.
As creative people, inquiries are often the biggest supportive nudges that push creatives into the action of making something.
And if you didn’t inquire, but you find yourself reading this thinking about your own hobbies, I encourage you to find those things this year that bring you creative joy. Any projects or desires you’ve had to learn something new in the form of a hobby that you feel might ignite a creative spark inside of you: do it.
Not for the sake of a New Years Resolution but for the sake of investing into the part of the brain that wants to create something.
Take that stuff simmering on the back burner and bring it to a boil in the front.
xx
C
💥📸NEW PRINT WEBSITE UP & RUNNING💥
(Link in bio)
For 2023 I’ve decided to focus on some passions that have been on the back burner.
One of those things for me has been film photography.
The “why’s” of how it became something that was pushed to the side can be for another time, but I’ve been asked for years to make my prints available online and for all the unlisted reasons, just never got around to it till now.
I’ve chosen a handful for the moment and will have them available for the rest of the month while I sort through the rest.
If you’re someone who inquired over the years, thank you. You’re partially why I’ve sifted through my archives the last month.
As creative people, inquiries are often the biggest supportive nudges that push creatives into the action of making something.
And if you didn’t inquire, but you find yourself reading this thinking about your own hobbies, I encourage you to find those things this year that bring you creative joy. Any projects or desires you’ve had to learn something new in the form of a hobby that you feel might ignite a creative spark inside of you: do it.
Not for the sake of a New Years Resolution but for the sake of investing into the part of the brain that wants to create something.
Take that stuff simmering on the back burner and bring it to a boil in the front.
xx
C
Things I did in September:
•took the mercury retrograde time to review things and get clear on *a lot*
•bought a landline (if you’re a Gen Z kid I’ll let you Google what that is.) but it’s kept me off my cell phone aka “tiny addictive digital tablet” while I’m at home. Cell phones were meant for going out after all. Not for sitting on your couch scrolling but I’ll rant about that another time.
• oh: and I adopted Roo a sister while at a comic con in Salt Lake City. True story.
Shoutout to @ruffpatchrescue for everything they do and for bringing this little girl into my life, unexpectedly but kismet-ly.
Her name is Juno.
I intuited Roo wanted a buddy about a month ago. Juno ticked all the boxes Roo needed in a sister.
She traveled in a car, on a plane and back to NYC to meet her big bro.
And as the last few slides prove: I was correct. This was them on Day 1 together💞
Highly recommend : reflection, landlines, and adopting dogs.
Let’s see what October has in store 🧡
Things I did in September:
•took the mercury retrograde time to review things and get clear on *a lot*
•bought a landline (if you’re a Gen Z kid I’ll let you Google what that is.) but it’s kept me off my cell phone aka “tiny addictive digital tablet” while I’m at home. Cell phones were meant for going out after all. Not for sitting on your couch scrolling but I’ll rant about that another time.
• oh: and I adopted Roo a sister while at a comic con in Salt Lake City. True story.
Shoutout to @ruffpatchrescue for everything they do and for bringing this little girl into my life, unexpectedly but kismet-ly.
Her name is Juno.
I intuited Roo wanted a buddy about a month ago. Juno ticked all the boxes Roo needed in a sister.
She traveled in a car, on a plane and back to NYC to meet her big bro.
And as the last few slides prove: I was correct. This was them on Day 1 together💞
Highly recommend : reflection, landlines, and adopting dogs.
Let’s see what October has in store 🧡
Things I did in September:
•took the mercury retrograde time to review things and get clear on *a lot*
•bought a landline (if you’re a Gen Z kid I’ll let you Google what that is.) but it’s kept me off my cell phone aka “tiny addictive digital tablet” while I’m at home. Cell phones were meant for going out after all. Not for sitting on your couch scrolling but I’ll rant about that another time.
• oh: and I adopted Roo a sister while at a comic con in Salt Lake City. True story.
Shoutout to @ruffpatchrescue for everything they do and for bringing this little girl into my life, unexpectedly but kismet-ly.
Her name is Juno.
I intuited Roo wanted a buddy about a month ago. Juno ticked all the boxes Roo needed in a sister.
She traveled in a car, on a plane and back to NYC to meet her big bro.
And as the last few slides prove: I was correct. This was them on Day 1 together💞
Highly recommend : reflection, landlines, and adopting dogs.
Let’s see what October has in store 🧡
Things I did in September:
•took the mercury retrograde time to review things and get clear on *a lot*
•bought a landline (if you’re a Gen Z kid I’ll let you Google what that is.) but it’s kept me off my cell phone aka “tiny addictive digital tablet” while I’m at home. Cell phones were meant for going out after all. Not for sitting on your couch scrolling but I’ll rant about that another time.
• oh: and I adopted Roo a sister while at a comic con in Salt Lake City. True story.
Shoutout to @ruffpatchrescue for everything they do and for bringing this little girl into my life, unexpectedly but kismet-ly.
Her name is Juno.
I intuited Roo wanted a buddy about a month ago. Juno ticked all the boxes Roo needed in a sister.
She traveled in a car, on a plane and back to NYC to meet her big bro.
And as the last few slides prove: I was correct. This was them on Day 1 together💞
Highly recommend : reflection, landlines, and adopting dogs.
Let’s see what October has in store 🧡
Things I did in September:
•took the mercury retrograde time to review things and get clear on *a lot*
•bought a landline (if you’re a Gen Z kid I’ll let you Google what that is.) but it’s kept me off my cell phone aka “tiny addictive digital tablet” while I’m at home. Cell phones were meant for going out after all. Not for sitting on your couch scrolling but I’ll rant about that another time.
• oh: and I adopted Roo a sister while at a comic con in Salt Lake City. True story.
Shoutout to @ruffpatchrescue for everything they do and for bringing this little girl into my life, unexpectedly but kismet-ly.
Her name is Juno.
I intuited Roo wanted a buddy about a month ago. Juno ticked all the boxes Roo needed in a sister.
She traveled in a car, on a plane and back to NYC to meet her big bro.
And as the last few slides prove: I was correct. This was them on Day 1 together💞
Highly recommend : reflection, landlines, and adopting dogs.
Let’s see what October has in store 🧡
Things I did in September:
•took the mercury retrograde time to review things and get clear on *a lot*
•bought a landline (if you’re a Gen Z kid I’ll let you Google what that is.) but it’s kept me off my cell phone aka “tiny addictive digital tablet” while I’m at home. Cell phones were meant for going out after all. Not for sitting on your couch scrolling but I’ll rant about that another time.
• oh: and I adopted Roo a sister while at a comic con in Salt Lake City. True story.
Shoutout to @ruffpatchrescue for everything they do and for bringing this little girl into my life, unexpectedly but kismet-ly.
Her name is Juno.
I intuited Roo wanted a buddy about a month ago. Juno ticked all the boxes Roo needed in a sister.
She traveled in a car, on a plane and back to NYC to meet her big bro.
And as the last few slides prove: I was correct. This was them on Day 1 together💞
Highly recommend : reflection, landlines, and adopting dogs.
Let’s see what October has in store 🧡
Things I did in September:
•took the mercury retrograde time to review things and get clear on *a lot*
•bought a landline (if you’re a Gen Z kid I’ll let you Google what that is.) but it’s kept me off my cell phone aka “tiny addictive digital tablet” while I’m at home. Cell phones were meant for going out after all. Not for sitting on your couch scrolling but I’ll rant about that another time.
• oh: and I adopted Roo a sister while at a comic con in Salt Lake City. True story.
Shoutout to @ruffpatchrescue for everything they do and for bringing this little girl into my life, unexpectedly but kismet-ly.
Her name is Juno.
I intuited Roo wanted a buddy about a month ago. Juno ticked all the boxes Roo needed in a sister.
She traveled in a car, on a plane and back to NYC to meet her big bro.
And as the last few slides prove: I was correct. This was them on Day 1 together💞
Highly recommend : reflection, landlines, and adopting dogs.
Let’s see what October has in store 🧡
Things I did in September:
•took the mercury retrograde time to review things and get clear on *a lot*
•bought a landline (if you’re a Gen Z kid I’ll let you Google what that is.) but it’s kept me off my cell phone aka “tiny addictive digital tablet” while I’m at home. Cell phones were meant for going out after all. Not for sitting on your couch scrolling but I’ll rant about that another time.
• oh: and I adopted Roo a sister while at a comic con in Salt Lake City. True story.
Shoutout to @ruffpatchrescue for everything they do and for bringing this little girl into my life, unexpectedly but kismet-ly.
Her name is Juno.
I intuited Roo wanted a buddy about a month ago. Juno ticked all the boxes Roo needed in a sister.
She traveled in a car, on a plane and back to NYC to meet her big bro.
And as the last few slides prove: I was correct. This was them on Day 1 together💞
Highly recommend : reflection, landlines, and adopting dogs.
Let’s see what October has in store 🧡
Things I did in September:
•took the mercury retrograde time to review things and get clear on *a lot*
•bought a landline (if you’re a Gen Z kid I’ll let you Google what that is.) but it’s kept me off my cell phone aka “tiny addictive digital tablet” while I’m at home. Cell phones were meant for going out after all. Not for sitting on your couch scrolling but I’ll rant about that another time.
• oh: and I adopted Roo a sister while at a comic con in Salt Lake City. True story.
Shoutout to @ruffpatchrescue for everything they do and for bringing this little girl into my life, unexpectedly but kismet-ly.
Her name is Juno.
I intuited Roo wanted a buddy about a month ago. Juno ticked all the boxes Roo needed in a sister.
She traveled in a car, on a plane and back to NYC to meet her big bro.
And as the last few slides prove: I was correct. This was them on Day 1 together💞
Highly recommend : reflection, landlines, and adopting dogs.
Let’s see what October has in store 🧡
Bodysuits are just bathing suits we don’t go swimming in.
And bodies are just suits we live in.
#filmfaceflash
35mm• Kodak TX • Olympus M ii• 2 different mirrors in 2 different cities•
Bodysuits are just bathing suits we don’t go swimming in.
And bodies are just suits we live in.
#filmfaceflash
35mm• Kodak TX • Olympus M ii• 2 different mirrors in 2 different cities•
“Life is like a fast moving train.”
(*Said by many, not just me in a social media post)
It’s filled with moments where you’ve got to ask yourself which stop to get off at, how long to stay, and when to get back on and head to the next destination.
But no matter what we decide & when, the train, and life: will keep moving forward.
(Ooooof almost took myself out there with that cheesiest of cheesy metaphors. 🧀. Like every kinda cheese- Brie cheese, Parmesan, Gruyère cheese- But not wrong.)
Continuing on this life train into 2023 and grateful to all the stops I’ve visited & fellow passengers I’ve met along the way ♥️🚂
#thenextstopis:
#ihavenoideaandthatsthefunpart
📷 @dylanleslie
spring, so far 🌱
spring, so far 🌱
spring, so far 🌱
You’re the reason I am silly & know the value of not taking myself too seriously.
Also the reason I am quite serious about a lot of things.
And the older I get, I’m proud and not embarrassed to utter the truth behind the phrase “I’m my mothers daughter.”
We love you ♥️♥️♥️
happy Mother’s Day mom.
my little muse, on film.
35mm • sometime in the winter •
A conversation between dancer & choreographer Agnes de Mille and Martha Graham on the creative flow and dissatisfaction of Artists:
“I confessed that I had a burning desire to be excellent, but no faith that I could be.
Martha said to me, very quietly: “There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and it will be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is nor how valuable nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep yourself open and aware to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open. As for you, Agnes, you have so far used about one-third of your talent.”
“But,” I said, “when I see my work I take for granted what other people value in it. I see only its ineptitude, inorganic flaws, and crudities. I am not pleased or satisfied.”
“No artist is pleased.”
“But then there is no satisfaction?”
“No satisfaction whatever at any time,” she cried out passionately. “There is only a queer divine dissatisfaction, a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others.”
For all the artists & those who appreciate creative process & growth.
And on that note of respecting other artists: this photograph of Martha Graham was taken in 1931 by Imogen Cunningham who became a photographer at the start of the twentieth century. Her body of work is beautiful and this book which was a gift, is a reminder on why photography is such a beautiful art form, and why we should all continue to buy books so that we never lose the ASMR sound of pages turning.
🤍
A conversation between dancer & choreographer Agnes de Mille and Martha Graham on the creative flow and dissatisfaction of Artists:
“I confessed that I had a burning desire to be excellent, but no faith that I could be.
Martha said to me, very quietly: “There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and it will be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is nor how valuable nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep yourself open and aware to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open. As for you, Agnes, you have so far used about one-third of your talent.”
“But,” I said, “when I see my work I take for granted what other people value in it. I see only its ineptitude, inorganic flaws, and crudities. I am not pleased or satisfied.”
“No artist is pleased.”
“But then there is no satisfaction?”
“No satisfaction whatever at any time,” she cried out passionately. “There is only a queer divine dissatisfaction, a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others.”
For all the artists & those who appreciate creative process & growth.
And on that note of respecting other artists: this photograph of Martha Graham was taken in 1931 by Imogen Cunningham who became a photographer at the start of the twentieth century. Her body of work is beautiful and this book which was a gift, is a reminder on why photography is such a beautiful art form, and why we should all continue to buy books so that we never lose the ASMR sound of pages turning.
🤍
Winter is over and Spring is here.
No matter what’s going on in the/your world, let this video of a dog who’s only focus is absolute abundant joy at the simple fact that it’s spring and not winter, warm your day.
And maybe give you a laugh at the end because Roo is genuinely just out here living his best happy day life.
Amongst the fallen flowers taking care of business without a care in the world 🌸
15 per day is my Mango Minimum in Mexico 🥭🇲🇽
Apparently I like surfing 🏄🏻♀️
Thank goodness for those who run animal sanctuaries.
My belly and heart is full of tacos & topo chico & laughs.
And the ocean is medicine.
🧡