Inspiration

13 days before I head to Austin... Let's go out in style.

You know who you are... The coast was perfect :]

Polina... (don't be jealous, I still love you Alina)

June 14

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake. -Henry David Thoreau

Poor Little Rich Girl.

I'm watching the Real Housewives of New York right now and it makes me pretty sick. As females I wonder if it's instinctual to make a spectacle of ourselves for all to see... Maybe that's everyone. I feel that whenever I step back to look at what drives many of my actions it's for the reactions from others. At first I was pretty ashamed of it... But now I see it as a strength as a performer. It's almost 2 am, hopefully I don't sound too cuckoo.

Dedicated to Katie

These are some things that make me think of you and things you love... There's so much more but it'd be too big to post. I love you sister. You're my best friend <3

My Great-Great Grandmother...

My mom mentioned a story about my Great-Great Grandma Lola a few weeks ago that really has stuck with me... My family has a history of young loves lasting through time. Sweet and heart warming stories that belong in a book next to 'The Notebook'. But I never heard Grandmother Lola... She lived an independent lifestyle for her time, leaving her first child with her mom and traveling, living with men, leading a lifestyle completely taboo for her time. Something about it fascinates me. Maybe because I never heard about her, maybe because I've wondered where my subtle instinctual desire to be independent came from. These images obviously aren't her but if my only connection is the perfume I wear named "Lola", at least I have some way to carry on her name.