Unravelling

hello.

As a birthday present, I bought myself a place in Unravelling, an e-course led by a photographer and writer I've been enamored of for years.

Oh my gosh. SO worth it.

why yes, I do rock these cowboy boots, thank you for noticing.

I am already kind of falling in love with my classmates, and also, a bit, with myself. I like me in this context. Or maybe it's that after all these macro jewelry photoshoots I've spent the last few years absorbed in, it is unbelievably refreshing to turn the camera around and point it back at me.

Mosaic: summer as it should be

1. Untitled 2. 05/05/2007 3. Macha Cream Anmitsu 4. hearts desire

Song of the Month: July edition

For July, it seemed only fitting to celebrate my all-time favorite Jackson 5 song. My favorite, perhaps, because I can so clearly remember the moment I first heard it.
A cool October morning in Berlin, maybe 4 or so years ago, I was sitting in a parked car, waiting for my then paramour while he was attending to some errand. It was on a quiet, residential street lined with tall trees and gorgeous old buildings, next to a small lake with ducks and swans. A large magpie hopped about on the cobbled sidewalk. It was all so elegant, so serene. I was pensive; I'd just flown over to Germany the night before to reunite with someone who I suspected was going to make me very unhappy.
And then this tune came on the radio, and it was like a burst of sunshine interrupting my gloomy ponderings. Like being jabbed in the ribs and cheerfully told to quit being so serious already. I mean, I dare you to sit through this song and maintain a frown. It can't be done.