The art of seduction isn’t found in revelation. It is found in mystery.

I’m going to take pictures of the stain on your floor, of toes and ponytails, small hands on your face, and the blurred frenzy of movement. The shadows in the hallway and the sunshine on the carpet; they’re poetry of a present turned tomorrow’s nostalgia. And I want you to remember that everything happened in […]

When I was 21, I cut all my hair off in a hotel room because god told me to. part one Weeping so hard I could not see through the tears, I handed the scissors over to my eldest cousin to help. When it was finished, my hair only an inch long, all I could […]

I love shooting in-home family sessions. It’s such an honor to be welcomed into someone else’s personal space and allowed to see them for who they are. The ease with which the authenticity flows during these sessions is breathtaking. You don’t have to pose or buy new clothes. You don’t have to have a perfected […]

The Maiden; Becoming woman. Maidenhood is fraught with self-concern and a growing knowing. This phase is for exploration, of ourselves, of our world, and of our place within it. Maidenhood is where we should be encouraged to tap into our unique intuition and become its apprentice. The Mother; The Wheel turns and we are no […]

I’ve been contemplating originality for over a year now. Many an artistic guru has touched on this topic, unpacking the nuances of inspiration and originality and how those two things can go together. I love Elizabeth Gilbert’s take on it: That originality is inconsequential and what makes an idea feel original is you; your experience […]

it wasn’t until I started connecting with Nature on a personal level that I finally understood why the literature community is horny for Wordsworth. Natural elements have this metaphorical quality that speaks to our emotions and a true poet knows how to make these connections in a way that moves us.

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But unlike every recipe blog post you find on pinterest and seethingly bypass the author’s life fucking story to get to the damn recipe, I won’t bore you with a bunch of intro jargon: These are a few books I read in 2023, I found them impactful and I recommend them.