F L Y N A K E D

A blog dedicated to the moments in life that you may feel vulnerable and the things you do to feel comfortable in uncomfortable situations.

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A few photos of my best friend's band Deep Ecology.

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The Sound of Bon Iver

The sound of Bon Iver

Takes me back to 

The cabin and it’s crooked wood sides.

The thousands of mosquitos 

Thirsting for hot summer blood.

The time you wanted to prove to me how manly you were

And you dug a pit and built a fire.

The boat we sat on and caught fish and glimpses

Of the liquid sunsets.

And the jagged rocks on the banks

We climbed like baby broken mountains.

The sound of Bon Iver

Takes me back to

The room with the window overlooking the sea,

With the ocean of a comforter filled with fish.

We were fish.

Sneaking a kiss around the corners 

from your parents.

And hiding out in the creeks 

With kayaks and cameras.

The smell of risotto and grilled tuna,

And the smell of the toilet after eating asparagus.

The masterpiece you created out of fruit,

And the black ink lighthouse you drew

While I painted with watercolors.

The sound of Bon Iver

Takes me back to

Band of Horses filling the salty air,

As we lay in slits of light upon the couch.

The glitter in the water, 

Our bodies creating stars within that black,

Salty universe.

Your finger tracing the small scar 

On my cheek

On the threaded white hammock

On the screened in porch of The Salty Log Cabin

The sound of Bon Iver

Takes me back to 

You,

And your need to see me smile.

But mostly reminds me of how selfish I am.

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Shadow Brother

Shadow brother

I found you in a strange place

In a strange town 

With tambourines and tired eyes

That somehow still sparked our 

Wandering

We danced through sounds of tapping feet

And laughed through bright, kaleidoscope lights

Our minds fully taken by the breathing of the beat

And our bodies hung by broken strings 

The stars in parallel formation

Brought our day of birth together

We raised our hands to serendipitous 

Coincidence

As the crack of cans

And cheerful banter filled the northern night

You wrestled on the ground 

With your childhood brother

Your hair

Strands of darkness hung from your forehead

And over kind and gentle eyes

You spoke softly, but with intensity

Of stones that saved you when you were left

In another strange place

The crystal, you said

Chipping in your pocket

With its glowing green love

To be given to someone such as yourself

My eyes grew wide, with love

For a brother

I had never known

Hidden away in West P.A.

He lived for a love 

I would never know 

But saw through my own eyes

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"Here is Home"

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last night

tonight I am a phantom

a distortion amongst my family

an allusion, hallucination

unseen, unheard

tonight I am a cat

filled with pent up energy and erratic behavior

running back and fourth across the floor

tonight I am a child

throwing tantrums 

and throwing

my face in the pillow

as if when I raise my head I will know what I am

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Fear and Love and The Crazy Shit in Between

Tonight Meagan and I came to realizations. Hers: that she has a hard time showing and feeling emotions. Mine: that I have a hard time with self confidence (and as we all know...motivation).

Shortly after, I receive an email saying that there is no class tomorrow and also ironically included a John Lennon quote:

“There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love. When we are afraid, we pull back from life. When we are in love, we open to all that life has to offer with passion, excitement, and acceptance. We need to learn to love ourselves first, in all our glory and our imperfections. If we cannot love ourselves, we cannot fully open to our ability to love others or our potential to create. Evolution and all hopes for a better world rest in the fearlessness and open-hearted vision of people who embrace life.”

This is the outcome of that email.

Sherrie--how-the-fuck do you do it?

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FLY NAKED!

So I've decided to start this blog first of all because I am failing my B&W Film Photography 2 class and second of all because I'm completely over feeling like I'm going through life like a wandering dog going in circles. I've almost finished my first year of college and have settled into my first apartment and so naturally I feel like it's just time to get things going and leave behind all the events, people, etc. from my past that I so desperately have clung to for so long. I over think everything and have spent so much time trying to please and impress others, but I'm passed that now. So this is it, my thoughts and stream of consciousness through photos and other mediums. 

When you have the dream that you are in front of a crowd of people completely in the nude. Just fly. Fuck, fly naked.