(above: abigail rae, who has no trouble asking for what she needs.) it seems like everyone i know needs some kind of help and no one is willing to ask for it. and might i add these are the some of th...
pay attention to: {without judgement} what is bringing you joy and stealing it what is making you angry jealous resentful sweet things that people do for you {friends and strangers, big and small} yo...
ok so adele is too big angelina too small (and poses too much) and why it is even a question if chris brown is a douchebag or not baffles me. i watch the little girls i teach and they are so strong, ...
(above, the lovely melinda) sometimes it feels like tiptoeing barefoot on broken glass deep down inside, delicate and deadly. but that is beside the point. i was thinking i would be more evolved by n...
its funny how we are so focused on the flaws that we forget that on the other side of that monster is your very own remedy of magic powers. they are one in the same, maybe unaware of each others exis...
(because this is how my brain works) 1.) what i inherited from my dad: an irish red hot temper and warm heart. quick to over-react and just as quick to forgive and move on. 2.) i eat the same food ov...
its like this: i want to tell you it will all work out and be ok in the end. (it really will) but the truth is, it is probably not going to look anything like you think it is going to look like. he i...
i never understood the mechanics of the sky or the moon or why i thrive in the fog and often hide from the sun. i learned to swim in the ocean. as the story goes, i was about one when my mom took me ...
above, fellow woodnymph natalie. ******* it is when i am with you that i find it impossible to be cynical or snarly it would be like saying i don’t believe in faeries in a room full of sprites&...
i am a huge fan of interactive art. this made my day.
dear friends, this photo was taken a few weeks ago somewhere in the middle of arizona. it was here that i met a motorcycle gang from italy and ended up joining them for blizzards at the DQ where we t...
no one really tells you this but its called june gloom here in southern california. nevermind the other 11 months of geological perfection one becomes spoiled in paradise and the overcast sky plays t...
i don’t really believe in regrets i believe in growth but if i could go back, i would have been softer around the sharp edges of your heart and not taken so much personally. i would have held t...
things my dad taught me : (in no particular order) -sorry sweetheart but no, i will not send you to another school. you will just drop your lunch there, too. (in response to my plea of needing a new ...
above, the lovely lori ******** no matter how bad how sad how shameful how big how mean how not fair how disappointing how tragic how fucked up how stupid how careless how angry how broke how uninspi...
above, the gorgeous leah who makes magical jewelry. ********** a few readers have recently asked me how to “bare their heart and soul” on their blog. i thought this was a question worth a...
from our double trouble series: me, top. allison, bottom. all processing done by allison tyler. (and for a copy of allisons FABULOUS book go here!)
(above tubingen, germany) ************* “a good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.” – lao tzu yes and YES.
i don’t know what comes next. so lets just look at this pretty new mexico sky together.
she tiptoed into him as not to cause a scare but it ended up looking more like a a motorcycle crash instead. a mixed up pile of broken parts, no helmets, a whaling siren and a few cuts and bruises he...
(above, jen and jack) the stages of a broken spirit: sad. angry. sad again. angry again. really sad. really really really sad. sick of being sad. sick of being mad. {a shift} slight movement. red lip...
i have wanted to paint words/poetry on people and photograph them for about oh ….8, 9 years now? but i was shy to ask people, and new to photography back then and really, um, who did i think i ...
affirmation for the day.
and yet i keep forgetting.
we thought that if we mashed my hurt with your hurt they would somehow counteract each other and some kind of miracle would it occur. (it didn’t) we did, however make a big bloody mess and now ...
01 Life Is Life {song life is life by noah and the whale} i still believe in you. you know, you….
i don’t come here often anymore. im not sure why, really. maybe i am not so afraid anymore and spend more time outside living. or maybe i am lazy or don’t feel as creative as i used to. p...
you will, he says. just for gods sake please stop flinging yourself into busy traffic…..
she was a wendy and man did those lost boys stick to her like molasses on a sunday morning breakfast. she was their raw sugar, uncrystallized, a sweeter version of themselves that was easier to diges...
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