Cozy season.

Fall is in the air, the mountains are beautiful shades of warm colors. I love autumn; crisp air, scarfs & boots, pumpkin, the over all atmosphere is so cozy. Every day I find myself thinking about the future. I feel very hopeful. I am set on living my life in a way I enjoy, I will not just get by, I will thrive. Money; it would be nice to have but my number one goal is to enjoy what I do. If I enjoy what I do, money will fall in place, behind my passion. One day, I will spend my days traveling, photographing, writing and seeing. I already love it. 

Today.

Woke up early. Went up Hobble Creek Canyon, where Lauren and I did a little photo shoot. Came home, grabbed camera, and drove to rock canyon. Watched the sun come over the mountains, and took some pictures. Went to work. Lunch at Einstein Bagels. Home to edit some photos. Work again. Home. Pumpkin smoothies with best friend. Today is a good day. 

inspiration.

Lately I have felt so inspired. There are so many beautiful, unique, exquisite things that surround me daily. 

Everything has been suddenly hitting me. I have been soaking everything in, thinking about what type of person I want to be, my dreams and goals, what makes me truly happy.  

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Every day I wake up feeling so extremely blessed to be part of such a amazing family. My mom is the most, hard working, positive, strong, thoughtful person that I know. My sister Kaya, she is the most forgiving, loving, caring, inspiring person I will ever meet. They have set a extremely high bar for me, I would be happy to become half the woman they are. How in the world did I get so lucky? 

(I took this picture of Kaya walking along the beach while we were visiting Hawaii last year. I was really happy with how it 

turned out considering it was sort of a 'accidental shot')

head.shoulders.knees.toes.

the light that shines through

For it is that, that makes me wonder. 

Minds are racing, yet some so absent from reality. 

Existence what is it; it's all the same. Stop. We live in our own perceptions

lacking the creativity that once was our nature, feeding off each other; wild animals we are.

Class; some glorious beings behold,

yet no one really understands what it means. 

We are all here for the same purpose... the same, but all so different

so why is it that we mold into one form; rather a array of vibrant people

it all gets washed away-- dullness is what it has become.

The liveliness passes through another dimension, unreachable.

Shattered pieces shine through, giving  hope to those who have lost it.

Those are pieces of potential; the rebirth of the society, the rebirth of me. 

cheetah print

Last night, Katy was kind enough to let me do her make up, hair and take pictures of her.

This was my first attempt at doing such a thing... I had so much fun!

Although, due to the fact we took the pictures at 11 at night a lot of lighting was needed.

Our set up was pretty hilarious, and as ghetto as you can imagine. 

I should have taken a picture, dang it. Oh well, here's the outcome.

3dstreetchalkart

I have always thought chalk/street/3D art is the coolest thing. I hope one day to see such things with my own two eyes, but in the mean time, I enjoy looking at pictures. So amazing! 

(Kaya sent me this one- located in Senegal Africa) 

They call me loco.

Some days I doubt my sanity. 

I am not one to sit and think things through for months or even weeks.

I guess you could say I'm more of the spontaneous type. 

This is one thing that I know drives my mother insane. 

She is one to think out all the logistics and facts before making a decision. 

She's very practical. I'm the opposite, I do look at the facts.. briefly, maybe not enough. 

I have also realized I am not the fearful type either. This is something my sister and I have in common. 

-I would love to go skydiving.

-Kaya and I got on a boat to go in a shark cage, unfortunately due to the weather we would have gotten eaten by sharks if we got in the cage- therefore that plan didn't go through. 

-I would gladly jump on a plane and move to a foreign country. 

-I'm not afraid to die (to a degree, if I could avoid dying that would be nice)

With that said, I change my mind/ plans quite often and frequently. 

This past week I have changed my plans completely. I feel very confident, happy, and stoked about my decisions. 

I'm not going to share them yet with the cyber world because they aren't set in stone, but, I'm keeping my fingers crossed. The moment I find out if these plans do go through, I will be sure to blog about them! 

Now... I collect a variety of random pictures on my phone- enjoy! 

This book has inspired my resent 'plans' 

This is what my wardrobe consists of when i'm home. Sad, but true. 

I got to skype with Kaya! It's so fun to hear about all her adventures in Africa. 

Until next time, friends. 

last days of summer...

I have been really enjoying these last days of the summer heat. 

Today, K and I went to a festival, ate a mango and soaked up the sun. 

On the way home, I pulled over to take some pictures in a beautiful field covered in sunflowers. 

Thanks model, for always letting me take pictures of you. 

why are you here?

So many people are unsure of why they are here.... on earth.  

How many people live day to day without thinking about what they are becoming

and if they a really making the world a 'better place'?
Are you one of those people? 

- What is my purpose? Why am I here? I should probably give those two questions more thought everyday. -