Quick Intro

• Creativity
• Community
• Curiosity
• Compassion
• Literacy
• Intersectionality

These words have powerful and specific meanings for me, as I’m sure they do for a lot of people. They get even more powerful and specific when I think of them in terms of my personal journey of healing and growth. A journey toward authenticity and wholeness. Toward discovering or uncovering my highest self and releasing that out into the world.

By way of introduction, I would like to take a few moments to define what each of these words mean to me within the context of this site. My own definitions will change over time and across different circumstances, but I want to lay some sort of foundation for understanding as a starting point.

Creativity – Tapping into the creative force of the universe in a way that is personal and meaningful for me. That may be in the form of words, photography, drawing, or whatever moves through me. Much of it I keep to myself, but I am learning to share more of what I create even though doing so makes me uncomfortable.

Community – A gathering of souls based on a shared curiosity about the world and about each other, and a desire to support each other in our effort to heal and grow.

Curiosity – Genuine desire to learn about new things, new ideas, and new people – What is their story? How did they come to be who they are? What shaped their image of themselves and of the world?

Compassion – Seeing the suffering of others and feeling compelled to help in whatever way I can. This requires some facility or agency to help, not just wishing “someone” would do something. It is active and “other-directed.”

Literacy – A passion for sharing ideas and stories using whatever language and means of communication are most accessible, relevant, or conducive to the storyteller and, hopefully, to the audience.

Intersectionality – Understanding that we are all connected and that we are all affected by acts and systems of oppression, while never losing site of the fact that those who live at the intersections of marginalized and oppressed groups suffer the greatest harm.

It has been hard for me to start sharing what I create, but now that I have, it feels good! There is so much healing in photography and writing for me personally, and I hope through sharing my images and stories I can encourage others to embark on their own journey of healing and growth.

Over the coming weeks and months I will be posting images and short blogs on a variety of topics related to my creative process and my search for beauty and opportunities I might otherwise overlook. I hope you will join me as I explore the world through my lens.