long road home

It's been quite some time since my last post. I've been meaning to upload images form Tahoe, and now Alaska, but it all seems so distant when looking back. As I sit here now, I think of the paper I should have written, the final I should have scheduled, and phone call I should have made, the shoot I should have confirmed, the money I shouldn't have spent, the promises I shouldn't have made...

I've taken some time off from life to go and live for a while. I've been in Alaska for a few weeks now, it was the best birthday present I could

have asked for. Next month I'll be with my family in Chicago. Although I'm surrounded by love and support, and I'm doing exactly what I set out to do, and I'm happy, I'm also incredibly lonely. I look at the handful of images I set out to post over the past months, and all I can think of is how they don't reflect what I see at all. The issues I have tackled this year personally, professionally, and academically haven't been reflected in my public contributions. I mean, props to my husband who has been the outlet for my passionate outbursts when being on either side of the lens just doesn't do it and what I end up sharing just skims the surface of w

hat I want to scream to the world!

Until my next post, I'm going to focus on capturing my experiences as an observer of myself, not looking back at what I want to capture, what I can't hold onto, what I don't have the ability to do, and just make every moment count. I hope my next upload

s will reflect the moments I've been experiencing, not my conscious self trying to alter my images to hide their impact on my life.