• been good with change
• gone snowboarding/skiing
• been anywhere west of pennsylvania
• broken a bone
• or been to the hospital
• been fired from a job
• flown anywhere except Orlando, FL
• been good at sports
• sung a solo in front of an audience
• owned a pair of uggs
• thought of myself as anything but ordinary
• been able to dance
• eaten any weird meats (duck, deer, rabbit, veal)
• eaten at quiznos
• held a gun
• gotten below a C in any class
• seen someone die
• gone to the movie theatre alone
• read a book more than twice

• catching lightning bugs
• the smell of the darkroom
• finding the perfect moment
• laying in grass
• a new pair of really good shoes
• cheap expired film
• river streams with small bridge planks
• chai tea, hot or cold
• burning candles on bare wooden tables
• autumn leaves, and everything else about the season
• getting lost in the woods
• long car rides to new places
• odd collections
• my moms cinnamon toast
• the smell of summer rain
• doodling in my planner
• cardigans & slouchie hats
• walking barefoot through freshly cut grass
• going to "art school"

• acoustic guitar
• seeing people hold hands
• babies/puppies
• cupcakes
• buckets of flowers- larkspurs!
• continually redecorating my wall
• old photographs
• what the snow looks like as it falls across the street lights
• realizing my hairs grown out and i should cut it all off
• watching as my sister grows up
• driving across the bridge to the beach with the windows down
• feeling the sunlight warmth on my skin
• the many smells of new york city
• fireworks and explosions in the sky
• the smell of film, and the chemicals
• birds
• catching the awkward part of someone else's conversation

• impatiently waiting
• the smell of onions
• eye sleepies
• secrets that i'm not allowed to know
• responsibility
• World of Warcraft
• profusely sweating
• people not picking up your call
• ...or text
• spilt milk
• ceiling fans
• dreams that don't come true
• sleeping late and missing the morning
• bad hair days
• stink-breath
• missing the train by a few seconds
• college debt
• the ignorant judgement of modern and post-modern art

• ghost mice
• across the border
• mutiny

• trampoline portraits
• bar portraits
• fall leaves limbs
• people with shoes off and placed next to their naked feet

• self-portrait
• culture/home
• self-portrait that isn't yourself
• hands
• feet
• contorted body/abstraction
• shadows
• shoot 10 pictures in a minute
• shoot 10 pictures in an hour
• close-up portrait
• environmental portrait
• urban landscape
• suburban/rural landscape
• repetition
• still life
• reflection
• food
• you can't see it but you know it's there
• pop of color

• Elementary School Art Teacher
• Photojournalist for NY Times
• Bakery Owner/Cafe Owner
• Gallery Owner
• Fine Art Photographer
• Zoologist
• Thrift Store Owner
• Golden Retriever/Labrador Retriever Breeder

i want to live on a lake. with a wooden canoe.

fog. snow.

a mountain and a long driveway.

hills. but not too many. a stream, with a bridge.

birds.

and a swing.