Category: Diary
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The Wish Box
This year I urge you to hold yourself accountable to your aspirations. Write down what you wish for! I took a small box and filled it with a handful of strips, each one with a different wish for changes I want to see in my life. When I am unsure of what to next set…
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Home For The Holidays
I don’t come home very often, but when I do it’s always nice to dodge questions about my love life and my parking situation. My parents went all out with Christmas this year, which is great but strange since we didn’t really celebrate it too much when I was growing up. I think it was…
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Why I Love Social Media
It’s fun connecting with people online…but it’s even better having the eyes and ears of all of your friends a few keystrokes away. Luckily for me, all but one of my friends from art school is on Twitter so it’s great being able to keep up with their projects. I shared a minor victory on…
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Thanksgiving 2010
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“And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.”
I don’t remember when I came across this poem but I’ve always found it to uplift me in times of despair and ground me in times of greatness. Max Ehrmann’s Desiderata Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender, be…
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Portraits of People Who Mean Something, Part 1
Focusing on composition and catching people in their natural state of being. Kind of like a fly on the wall but right in front of them. Planning on a series of this so it should be fun! I’m not really in the mood to get super complicated with equipment, film, etc right now in my…
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Sleepy in Seattle
The recent emotional upheaval in my life has rekindled my drive towards artistic ambidexterity. Although I like to think of myself as a talented designer and creative marketer, there’s something to be said about pursuing something for the sheer love and thrill of it…not worrying about branding it, hanging it up in a gallery, or…
Amara in Training 