I’ve been reflecting more on happiness and sadness lately and in wonderment at how the two rivers of emotions can run together side by side. Sometimes, the water from one streams into the other and they intersect into shallow pools of time. Other times, they weave in back and forth until the line between them blurs. We’d like to think Read more…
[vimeo 39578584 w=500 h=281] This video documents the work of Ian Ruhter, who started using different techniques for photography, a work about which is a incredibly passionate. He asks the following question: “If you had been searching your whole life for something you love, what would you be willing to sacrifice?” Passion, Inspiration, Motivation… these are all things I feel Read more…
Not to report too much on Facebook, but an interesting study was published over the summer about how Facebook photos predict later happiness. It was a small study, but in it, researchers coded a single Facebook picture for both men and women at their first semester of college and then compared that to their ratings of life satisfaction 3 1/2 years Read more…
It was the spring of 1990. My sister had just bought a trans am. It was black. It was shiny. It was the coolest thing I had ever sat my butt in. “Can I drive it?” “Are you sure you can drive a stick?” she asked. “Yeah. I drove dad’s truck.” Let me tell you, it was AMAZING! The V8 Read more…
Similar to writing in your journal only when you’re sad or there’s something “big” to write about, I feel like I have been posting on more heavy topics as of late. In efforts to give credit to the other parts of life where it’s due, I want to focus a post on things that keep me afloat and put a Read more…
