It’s been an outrageously long week. I’ve spent half of it in DC, I’m in Atlanta for a few days and tomorrow I’m headed back on the road to Baltimore. I’ve been shooting a lot and editing photos, so I haven’t had time to dedicate to working on my Carnaval project like I’ve wanted to. [...]
I was working on a fashion shoot concept for a new designer. I needed to know what type of woman he was designing for so I asked: What would be her theme music? Since television programs started, theme songs have been used to set the mood for a show. I’ve found that it can also [...]
I was talking to one of my friends in Brazil earlier this week. She was having a particularly bad day because things had just ended miserably with the guy that she traveled halfway around the world to be with. I felt bad for her. It's a story that I've heard many times before and I've experienced it myself. [...]
Sugar Minott, is one of the greatest reggae artists of all time. He died over the weekend of causes that were undisclosed. He was 54. Young, no? Every time I hear of someone dying young, I remember how imperative it is to live life now. I get labeled with words like brave and free-spirited often. [...]
Sometime I use my email more like a notepad. As I was trying to clear it out today, I found these random notes. the Rules of Dating from the guy… 1. contain yourself and excitement 2. stop assessing the outcome after the first meeting 3. balance the conversation 4. always remember you have other things [...]
So…I wrote this lengthy intro and then deleted it. Loss! The gist of it was: Read this letter from Rainer Maria Rilke from one of the greatest books ever “Letters to a Young Poet” and see if it moves you like it did me. (That isn’t even close to what I wrote the first time, [...]
July 23, 2010
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