Learning New Things…

So yes, learning new things. It’s good for your brain. It can stave off Alzheimer’s. It can keep my anxious brain busy for a bit so I don’t keep worrying incessantly about my situation. Sometimes I feel like it’s my parents traits kicking in. My mom tried to learn several different languages. She learned French…

Photo Manipulation…

Now after seeing my Film Photography, I’d thought I’d share with you some of my Photo Manipulation. I can say that at first, unless it was a teacher in a Photoshop class telling me to do it, I was still a bit of a purist. I would touch up my photos but nothing more. I’d…

Film Photography

One of the things I do with my blogs is put up an image of one of my works. I figure that’s the best thing to put up right? In the past three years that I’ve had the print on demand shops, I’ve been going through each shop when they have new products or go…

Coffee, Coffee, Coffee…

It’s the holidays and I haven’t posted in a while. I kept saying “I’m going to post this” and then I don’t remember until I’m already in bed! But I wanted to share with you something cute. I get inspiration for things all around me, including family, friends and their friends. I had noticed a…

What Is Self-Care?

  Self-care is something I don’t think I knew about until at least six years ago, maybe even longer. Maybe it’s also something I’ve been doing all my life. Maybe it just didn’t have a term until recently. I am an only child of a single mother. I had to do a lot of things…

Respect and Dreams

There are certainly different kinds of respect. Or what you think of as respect. Respect can come from wealth, money, or power–and yah that kind of respect can be nice. There is the respect that comes with authority; whether a business or in a family setting. Respect should definitely go along with love. But what…

Who I Am (With Pictures)

Art and Photography are big part of who I am. Film photography was the start I think. Something about experimenting with different kinds of film in different settings. Infrared black and white film is definitely a favorite. It can be so exciting yet can also be relaxing. Now I do different mediums and learning more…