🖤

Completely distracted today by the news coming out of LA, with so many acres burning around the city. Be safe friends, hearts are going out to you.

illusionary

Feels like you’ve been here before,

illusionary doors,

unsettled stagnant scores.

the gateway

the feeling that you might end up somewhere else entirely,

depending on where you step,

to veer off trail is to find yourself losing yourself,

which, depending on who you ask,

can be lovely

or alarming.

Near/Far

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Rhythms

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resolve

There are some very large letting goes to do:

people, places, honeyed and battered phases of life

there are some even larger letting goes to do:

anger, tears, parts of yourself that leave with no return.

have a past.

Everything that’s happened cannot be held today- Cleo Wade

the muse

I’ve lost count of the times I’ve photographed this dying tree. In some ways, it’s become my muse. On misty mornings, while faster things work to be settled, the birds, the air, the traffic from the highway, this tree is resolute. How is it weathering this? What changes has it made? Is it somehow thriving towards the end, despite the sharpness of the natural spire, that grows thiner and less dense each year? My gaze hits it often in mornings I feel frantic, needing to know it hasn’t fallen in the night. That, despite the decay, it’s still standing, doing its thing.

Hope

Above all else.

May love and hope, which is our natural state,

be what we return home to.

the midst

Peace does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble or hard work. It means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart.

~Unknown

Hello Again

October was a gloriously beautiful month. The fall colors lingered, in no rush, despite the winds, rains, and ramping up to the holiday season. I didn’t photograph it to the extent I wanted. My camera wasn’t pulled out for much other than client work.. but somehow, despite the many faces I saw, print orders processed, extracurriculars attended, I felt engaged this last month.

I didn’t blog. One day missed turned to two, and so on, but here I am again. Not coming up for air, but coming out to share success. My hope was to enjoy and be present, nourish what was around me, and what came to me. I wanted to do the best I could in a crazy season. I did that. And it was accomplished by letting go some of the things that once felt necessary for mindfulness.

Obviously there moments of stress, or overwhelm.. it wasn’t all pumpkin spice and brown sugar. I didn’t sleep enough for one. AND, I was pretty short tempered with schedules at times. But I’m proud of the lack of dissociating. Hoping to carry this into my next season, the season of thanks!

So, Gratitude for being here, friends!

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6:45am

Sleepless, but with a silver lining.

Portals

Hello & Goodbye.

Forever yours,

September