What drives this introvert to others initially is a needed, but seldom obtained, connection — craved shared path or experience, a witness. While difficult, I long for the adventure that only strangers can bring to one another. That simple chance to gain a shared kindness...
The day started at dawn, the sound of young women sweeping dirt into neat rows with twig brooms just outside my window, the strokes striking a rhythm punctuated by the sound of clanging as aluminum spoons stirred morning porridge into metal cups. Young women swept...
Once as a boy traveling along a country road past meadow and farm, my grandmother sat firmly behind the wheel of a pea green ford with imitation wood sides. There was no destination at all, as summer evenings where apt to produce. This was the...
In this issue of X : Our Collective Offering, we want to urge us all to put away, for even a single moment, that lowly notion that your wanting and needing of play days are gone. Let your playfulness be your mark, your inspiration to us...
Somewhere along the line, the yes of my youth got washed aside. I grew too heavy to stand like a lighthouse on my father’s raised arms. I knew too much about pitch and tone to shamelessly let my pipes blow from the top of the...
Pablo Picasso is quoted as saying that "every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up." If you were to ask a child the question "can you draw?" They are likely to respond with a resounding "yes" and...
I’d been longing for a change, some event to shake up how I see the world through my lens. Wonderfully my wish came true as recently I was blessed with a trip of a life time. Four weeks away with my family, exploring faraway places,...
We are happy to bring you the very first issue of X : Our Collective Offering. X is a monthly offering aimed at supporting and growing the authentic person you know yourself to be. Through photographs and words, we hope to continue to bring together...
I was lying in the arms of my mother and I could barely see. Soon after however –well, after some years—it became clear I was put on earth with a dreamy character and a predilection, not so much for the ongoing and never ending movement of...
As a young girl, I had visions of my future in increments. That is, I could see into the future, where my life would take me but just until I graduated College. I knew where I would attend elementary school. I new I would attend...