published: where women create

i am thrilled to announce the recent publication of where women create! i was honored to visit the studio of the lovely michelle rose jorgensen of rose mille and shoot her studio in stillwater, minnesota.

you can find this issue and see the rest of michelle’s beautiful studio and article on stands now at barnes and noble!

sleepless wanderings

And all my days are trances,

And all my nightly dreams

Are where thy grey eye glances,

And where thy footstep gleams -

In what ethereal dances,

By what eternal streams.

~Edgar Allan Poe


i spent a morning with my daughter wandering around in the fog on one of the last days of 2011.  we had a lovely morning, and the ethereal qualities of the grey all around reminded me of many sleepless nights i’ve had of late.  not necessarily unpleasant….but more of a lucid dreaming feeling – listening to music and actually finding comforting thoughts through the madness.  i worked with this photo in one of those sleepless hazes, listening to my beloved david sylvian (gone to earth) and finding some much needed peace within.

enjoy a look round the first {elevate} a fine art exploration circle of 2012 by wandering over to the talented jules trandem and see her beautiful post.

as always, thanks for stopping by.

summer haze

you know how the time flies

only yesterday was the time of our lives

we were born and raised

in a summer haze

bound by the surprise

of our glory days…

~adele

it’s almost time for me to grasp the extended hand of autumn – i’m trying, really.  but some things are just so hard for me to let go. in a perfect world, i could probably spend my days in a summer haze and be perfectly content. but then i’d have to give back this lovely bowl of pumpkins on my table, or give up my dream to shoot my son in a golden leafed crown… nor would i be able to cozy up in a sweater or make those 500 comfort food recipes i pinned in pinterest! with the swing round of our 2nd posting in {elevate} a fine art photography exploration, i chose an older session, but with hopes that it might be a cathartic release of summer and a moving on towards beautiful autumn. i’ve already had a small peek at some of the other artist’s postings – find yourself inspired as you look around the circle.  please have a look at  gina oh’s incredible work and continue through the circle from there.  thanks as always, for stopping by.

*for those interested, many images shot with one of my favorite artistic lenses – the lensbaby composer, using a combination of the plastic and soft focus optics.