personal work

This is an image from a falling series I did last semester. I never got it quite how I wanted it, but it's pretty close.
The point of this series was to show control and serenity in times of distress through a more illustrative approach. My model was a doll, love her :)

aw love :)

You know your fiancé loves you when he lets you wear his socks.
 

jessy portraits

I took some portraits of this little sis of mine because she's going on a mission in a week. I don't know what I'm going to do with myself.
Love her.

happy valentines day

Hahahahahahahahahahahah!!!



I hope you enjoyed that as much as me :)

blessed day

Today I woke up happy. Legitimately, positively, absolutely happy. I literally can't remember the last time I haven't had to work myself into the ground just to feel normal let alone happy... and today I was just that, happy, with no work required. And it lasted all glorious day long. Oh my heart, how it smiles at the thought :)

got smarts?

I read this article and found it very interesting. It basically talks about how telling your children they're "smart" can actually be damaging and it can cause the them to not try difficult things or take risks in fear of failure and not being "smart" anymore. The article instead talks about how we should praise their hard work and that it's their perseverance that brought them to their achievement, not being smart.

I actually completely agree with this for the reason that I have personal experience with it. I was a "smart kid" in early elementary years and I remember so vividly my teacher putting me in the "smart group" in 1st grade. We were given more difficult assignments than the rest of the students because, well, we were smart. I remember one of the assignments that my teacher gave me completely confused me and I had no idea how to do it. Instead of asking anyone or my teacher for help, I kept it to myself and just didn't do it because I didn't want anyone to think that I wasn't smart anymore. So instead of working hard to understand and learn which was what originally had given me my smart title, I forfeited those qualities in fear of losing my smartness.

So future self, don't praise kids for being smart, praise them for working hard and being diligent and fearless :)

war

My body is currently under siege by a ruthless and cruel monster named the flu.
I would not recommend this for anyone. Pondering things like, "should I shower?" or, "do I have to get out of bed to eat?" are sadly very daunting questions. I literally can't remember the last time I felt this way, I don't think I've ever. 
I will say that I'm very grateful I have a body that can heal itself and functions properly. I can't imagine being sick like this all the time, I definitely feel blessed.