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| one half chicago, illinois winter/spring 2021 |
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| my heart chicago, illinois winter/spring 2021 |
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| one half chicago, illinois winter/spring 2021 |
Thursday, September 23, 2021
thoughts passed
Friday, May 7, 2021
growth feels young
fresh mountain water
on winter feet
stings bright
awakening from the inside
goose's bumps
rise out of grey ashes
shaking off
those flakes
of winter skin
eyes grow green
like the citrusy ends
of pine branches’
young growth
our growth feels young
just as bright and new
as the dappled reflections
across fresh mountain water
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| at the site the great smoky mountains, tennessee 120mm |
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| wrapped in afternoon light the great smoky mountains, tennessee 120mm |
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| shapes in shadow the great smoky mountains, tennessee 120mm |
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| rest on stone the great smoky mountains, tennessee 120mm |
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| down by the river the great smoky mountains, tennessee 120mm |
Friday, March 12, 2021
spring awakening
As the winter days continue to fade, the spring awakening begins. With this shift I have found myself reflecting on the past months with some new found clarity, a vantage point that felt buried under feet of snow and muddled thoughts. Weathering these past months of brutal cold and endless greyscapes in Chicago, my inner structure, my core self began rearranging… a quite uncomfortable process. When forced to sit with myself, relatively undisturbed and self-contained for some sixteen weeks, I began itching, poking and prodding at my sense of self…
what do I believe in?
what brings me peace?
what do I value?
who values me?
Of course, when we are in these moments of change, it is pretty difficult to recognize them as such growing pains. Which is why the coming of spring has felt especially welcomed this year. With each warming day, I am finding a strengthened insight, a slow burning understanding of my deep winter contemplation. With this recognition comes freedom, a feeling inextricably tied to the burgeoning of spring.
I am welcoming it in.
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| cow and donkey on the grassy patch whitehall, wisconsin 35mm |
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| keeling over paul university park, illinois 35mm |
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| through the bedroom window whitehall, wisconsin 35mm |
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| shades of winter pilsen, chicago 35mm |
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| yellow, orange and brown university park, illinois 35mm |
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| an uncomfortable getaway st. louis, missouri 35mm |
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| linking trails university park, illinois 35mm |
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| animal therapy whitehall, wisconsin 35mm |
Friday, February 19, 2021
sound mental health
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| delaney in the snow black river falls, wisconsin 120mm |
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| the last warm day chicago, illinois 120mm |
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| looking up black river falls, wisconsin 120mm |
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| fall in the alley chicago, illinois 120mm |
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| laughs in autumn chicago, illinois 35mm |
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| dappled light chicago, illinois 35mm
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| blue and yellow chicago, illinois 120mm |
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| wynn in the grass chicago, illinois 120mm |
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| winter hues black river falls, wisconsin 120mm |
Wednesday, January 13, 2021
up until the edge
let us drive north
to the woods
into the country
a want so wanted
i ache for buzzing silence
and asphalt acceleration
let us keep driving north
up
and
up
and
up
right until the end brushes my nose
before the edge tickles my toes
just until what lies before me
swallows what has been following behind
flag and cross at the point
lake superior, upper peninsula, michigan
120mm
wynn from the water
lake superior, upper peninsula, michigan
120mm
into the distance
lake superior, upper peninsula, michigan
120mm
across the stones
lake superior, upper peninsula, michigan
120mm
carnal driftwood
lake superior, upper peninsula, michigan
120mm
Sunday, November 8, 2020
late august yellows
late august yellows
bring early september jitter bugs
spritely leaping
from my eyeball
to my fingertip
and to the arch of my foot
the tides are shifting!
the vessels are swaying
and red leaves rock
this way and that way
on the water's surface
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| wynn in afternoon sun wells state park, michigan 35mm |
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| late morning light chicago, illinois 35mm |
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| soft reds 35mm |
Tuesday, September 15, 2020
on the lake pt. II
thick undulations
rise and fall
like sap
like syrup
licking up in laps
a time when
limbs can grow leaves
and breath is sweetly savored
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| layne in afternoon light priest lake, idaho 35mm |
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| lookout mountain priest lake, idaho 35mm |
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| the late afternoon priest lake, idaho 35mm |
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| wildflowers bloom priest lake, idaho 35mm |
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| wynn on seven mile island priest lake, idaho 35mm |
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| i like myself (so you don't have to) laughing dog art studio priest lake, idaho 35mm |
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| cindy in blue priest lake, idaho 35mm |
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| sarah john in the daisies priest lake, idaho 35mm |
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| wynn atop lookout mountain priest lake, idaho 35mm |
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| sunset drift priest lake, idaho 35mm |
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