Jessica Brancaccio Photography

What good is living a life you've been given, if all you do is stand in one place. -L.H. [All photos are property of Jessica Brancaccio]

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//YOU ARE HERE/ the future is a distorted landscape//Christina Battle// #nuitblanche #toronto #art #youarehere #citylife (at Nuit Blanche)

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//What the duck?// #larry #toronto #harbourfront #worldslargestrubberduck #spkishsplash #quack #views #lakeontario (at Toronto Harbour)

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//From the ground up/from the people/turn the sound up/like we mean it/rise up/oh rise up//Arkells// #knockingatthedoor #arkells #julytalk #dancinginthedark #toronto #budweiserstage #concertjunkie #encore #raiseaglass (at Budweiser Stage)

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//Throwback to Soufriére, St. lucia. The town that stands where a Valcano once did// #tbt #stlucia #soufrière #beautifulday #views #nature #travel #takemeback #islandliving #sunsandsea (at Soufrière, Saint Lucia)

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//say what you want about all this rain, but it sure makes for a pretty forest// #rainydays #forest #green #hiking #nature #happyplace #bowingtree #transcanadatrail (at Greenwood Conservation Park)

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//Says you're on a bridge to nowhere and you're gettin' there fast//Sam Roberts// #bridgetonowhere #strangetrails #ireland #loveireland #forest #nature #happyplace #uk #northernireland #got (at Tollymore Forest Park)

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//and we'll all float on alright//Modest Mouse// #howth #dublin #harbour #ireland #boats #blueskys #irishsea #happyplace (at Howth Harbour)

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//careless and young/ free as the birds that fly/ with weightless souls now/we stood/ steady as the stars in the woods/so happy hearted/and the warmth rang true inside these bones/as the old pine fell we sang// Ben Howard// (at Pickering, Ontario)

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//Take me back// (at Republic of Ireland)

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//If we were meant to stay in one place, we'd have roots instead of feet//Rachel Wolchin// (at Malahide)

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//Dream higher than the sky and deeper than the ocean//Unknown// (at Summit Howth Cliff - Ireland)

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//And there's a place that I've dreamed of/Where I can free my mind/I hear the sounds of the season/And lose all, sense of time//Hollow Coves// #northernireland #loveireland #coastline #irishsea #north #nature #carrickarede #uk #views (at Baile an Chaisleáin)

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//Like wildflowers you must allow yourself to grow in all the places people thought you never would//E.V.//(at Giant's Causeway)

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//Tried institutions of the mind and soul/It only taught me what I should not know/Oh the answer well/Who would have guessed/ Could be something as simple as this,/Something as simple as this?//Jake Bugg// (at Cliffs of Moher)

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//So, if you ever need a fool/ Who will give you a love so true/You can always find me where the skies are blue//The Lumineers// (at Northern Ireland)

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//Keep close to Nature's heart...and break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean.//John Muir// (at Tollymore Forest Park)

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//And I'm on my way, I still remember/These old country lanes/ When we did not know the answers/And I miss the way you make me feel, it's real/ We watched the sunset over the castle on the hill// Ed Sheeran// (at Cliffs of Moher)