Get Me Out Of Here

Not sure what is ahead of me...I'm a little nervous.



But I know it is bound to be great...I'm moving back to chicago tomorrow...thank gosh

M16 Under Your Pillow

I'm proud of you Private.

P.S. I have pictures I just haven't been in the mood at all to post.

Dear Vincent

Who are you?

I mean this kindly but curiously.

Ka Boom

For some reason this happens to me more frequently than it should.

For the third time in my life I was standing around outside and a huge branch fell right beside me barely missing me. It nearly hit the two dogs I was with at the time too but I heard the crack as the branch broke away from the tree and instantly called them to my side. It was about 15 feet long and 5 inches in diameter and it splinted and cracked the pavement below it. Totally would have done some damage to me...pierced me or crushed me or something exciting.

This also happened with a tree...the wind just came and ka boom, it fell...50 foot tree toppled over right before my eyes and no one else saw they came to investigate the aftermath.

I wouldn't say I'm very spiritual but part of me cannot help thinking these things happen around me for a reason.

It is one thing to see workers hack down a wall, or a building being demolished…but when something so natural seemingly self-destructs before your eyes…I tell ya what, it really makes you think.

This Heart Is On Fire

Sometimes we all have to surrender. I don’t know if I’m ready to cave just yet, I’m more stubborn than you’d probably care to know. All the same I might just let it go and go to the doctor soon. I kept telling myself that if I didn’t get better okay I’d go in a day or two…and now that it has been two weeks and I’m not better, maybe I’ll go…in a day or two.

I haven’t been sleeping and when I do I’m encompassed in the most bizarre of dreams…more ridiculous than normal. I want to go out and shoot but every time I do something remotely active I find myself out of breath…taking a shower is quite the ordeal at this point…I need to get out and run through a field or climb a tree or do something dang it.

Oh, and Martin left for Canada today...I miss him, come back soon soon soon!

I’m agitated and restless but at the same time euphorically content…this heart is on fire.

Is it September yet?

P.S. I need to find those glasses I’m wearing in the picture…they’re good for helping me see and drive and stuff…

Sorry I'm complaining...then again, it's my blog...nah, I'm still sorry.

I Might Be Dying

Day two of no sleep and going on week two of coughing like a mad woman.

This is boring.

Is it September yet?

Thank You

Thank you so much to everyone who came and looked here at my photos and wrote back to me...

It really meant a lot to me, and if you ever want me to take a few shots for you, be sure to let me know...I'd love nothing more.

Right now I'm really sick with bronchitis. The outing that resulted in the photos from my last entry ended up causing me to get more sick but alwell...totally worth it if you ask me. Anywho, I hope to be updating more regularly soon once I'm not bed bound.

Soon I'm doing a shoot with Netherfriends...check them out, especially if you like bands like Animal Collective and more folky or experimental music. It's my friend Shawn's band and it has been a real honor watching him and his music evolve over the past year.

Anywho, check them out if you have a chance www.myspace.com/netherfriend

Pictures soon...tune in next time...and honestly, thanks again guys!

Focusing On The Ground

I took Martin to one of my favorite places but I haven't been in about two years. It has changed a lot since I was last there. Vines, trees, weeds, and wildlife have dug their way in and are slowly returning to the earth, what was taken from it.

P.S. I dedicate this entry to Heather Kouros because while out photographing today, the subject matter could only remind me of her. A lot of self-portraits though...

P.P.S. Remember...click photographs to enlarge





The flowers are beginning to fade away.



His nose isn't as big as I make it appear with my camera







Gravel paths are actually just very long litterboxes



Zoe my god new facebook prof pic...





Roadside self-portrait



At heart I'm just a fish



Secret place



It takes Martin forever to lightmeter, let alone shoot...I had to keep waiting for him...sok though, I like him





Classic young Margot Tenenbaum pose with binoculars (you know...when shes out in front of the museum on the steps in her fur coat)









The door, my shoes, and me...all feeling the same









Aged milk jug











Martin, if you were a kitty I'd make you live in here...no I wouldn't...I love cats







The earth always takes back what it gave



Aged pages



Benethe the grit, you can view the print



Lines, lines, lines