Portraits
I really do love people. They’re interesting, complex, beautiful beings. Sometimes it’s nice to snap product photos because they don’t talk, they don’t cry, and they don’t bite. But you know what else they don’t do? Laugh. Love. Wonder. Connect. I hope you can feel that through every image.
I've always loved writing and have spurts where I have a lot to say. It usually just floods in, uncontrollably, sprinting to get out of my fingertips. There's so much to be said and seemingly, to me, everything feels like a muse for something greater and bolder and more impactful than what it simply seems at face value.
This picture quite literally looks like her face is sitting on her reflection. That makes me think we do that, as humans, constantly. In specific instances, it seems as if our reflection is exhausting itself chasing us, battling to catch up with our eyes and show us who we are, what we're doing, the impact it's all having on everything surrounding us. It creeps up from any angle it can, desperately hoping to lock us in and give us a glimpse of who we are in a moment.
Allowing it feels scary, raw, honest, overwhelming, refreshing, and ultimately-empowering. Our reflection catching up to us is the only place in which growth can truly thrive. We have to start being more honest, first with ourselves and then with others. Raw is beautiful. So so beautiful.
MUA: Hannah O'Neal
When we try to explain the art we create, we shove it in a box it was never meant to exist within and strip away the mystery that comes from just letting it speak on its own.
Maybe "seeing color" isn't the problem, but actually the solution... Everything isn't meant to be so black and white. Choose love.
