inspiration
lake and sky
lake and sky
I am lucky to find places that provide a type of sanctuary for me. Places I can get to easily, when I need them most. Places that create the deepest sense of calm, where my thoughts can wander and travel. Places where I can recenter and clear my head.
In the morning, around noon and at night I can go to the lake and look at the sky to find all I'm searching for. My ideas flow best when I’m near the lake, listening to the sound of the water moving.
On no twos days are the colors of the lake and sky the same, they inspire my forever wild imagination, they inform my taste in palette. My logo and colors throughout my portfolio are pulled from the lake and sky.
places
places
Most all of the travel I've done has been alone, holding up a mirror before me that teaches me truly who I am and what I'm capable of. The more I see of the world the more I learn my place in it. The further away from home I go the closer I get to parts of myself I never see, I am taught how small and how big I am all at once, that while I'm here I can make a huge difference or I can barely have an impact. Travel has shown me that I am scared and yet fearless, that I am spontaneous and also planned, that I am steady but enjoy risk and will push the limits within the confines of what at times can be a very large box.
Exploring new places has guided me towards a thought process of radical acceptance, vividly shown me that the only way to navigate life is without attachment and to be wildly wildly grateful for everything I have in this life. Oh the places I will go...
books
books
What don't books do? Books provide me with the most magical worlds when I need to get away, they feed me information whenever I want to learn and know more and they introduce me to characters that make me feel completely normal when I am not identifying with anybody around me.
My books are my most treasured possessions. They create a nest around me of stories and reference.
music
music
It's hard for me to know where to begin. My first memories are tied to music, in fact, I feel like I can't remember anything about my childhood until I start to think about my life's soundtrack. So let's see, we have Bob Marley, James Taylor, U2, Jimi Hendrix, Madonna. Then I learned about MTV and it was Radiohead, Live, Collective Soul and Pearl Jam. 90s manufactured pop and that's all before I got to high school.
Music is such a feeling I can't even write romantically about it. You either have it or you don't. People who love music, like truly love music, are always one in a million.
I have such a unique and massive attachment to so many songs, albums and musicians, I could never list them all and I could definitely never describe why they are important to me.
So, playlists it is...
people
people
The people I interact with are my mirrors, I am confronted with the best and worst of myself by others, I learn the most about myself through my relationships with people. I am a social creature desperate to connect with those around me, even if at times I want to live on an island. I learn from other people, grow as a result of my experiences with people and ultimately become the best versions of myself when I have the right people in My atmosphere.
And sometimes I get to experience life through other people's eyes, I get glimpses into who people are, where they came from, how they've been broken and rebuilt. When I am lucky I learn from their mistakes and when I don't I am able to feel less alone because somebody was there before me.
People inspire me, people teach me more than I could ever learn on my own, I love people.
things
things
If everything around me burned to the ground, I would be perfectly fine. But that doesn't mean that there aren't things, objects, items that make my life inherently better in some way. I wouldn't go as far as saying these purchasable things bring me pure joy but they definitely facilitate pursuits that do make me very happy.
There are also some things that I feel simply elevate the world we live in with style and grace. Whether they are designed flawlessly or just look cool, there are some have to haves.