There are things that everyone sees but no one really sees.

I hate when people say photography is an easy artform. That is an impossibility, art is never easy, it is an expression of who you are and therefore takes more courage than most people realize. Good photography evokes the feelings of the photographer in the viewer, good photography tells you something about the soul that was behind the camera when the photo was taken. Good photography is not easy, it is one of the most difficult things I do (and I happen to be teaching myself calculus right now). I simply wish that my photography actually was good, right now it simply feels decent, nothing more, nothing less.

In other news, the winter rains and chills have come back to Portland, part of me dreads it and part of me is excited to be able to continue the project this photo is from... Portland in the Rain.

I almost wish I could live here.

Sometimes I feel like my life is just too much. Even though it's not too much.

I need to purge. I need to clean and organize and get rid of everything that is unnecessary in my life.

This is where they make silk, it was fascinating.

at the center of everything are the winter snows

The Great Wall of China, one of the wonders of the world. I stood upon it, walked along it, and sweltered in its heat.

I need to get out of the city.

Shanghai: 


It is a city of contrasts, some of which I still want to explore.

The beginning of autumn, I don't know where my inspiration has gone.


The same thing happened last year.