• I’m not the broken person I once was… • Over the last few years, this photo series has represented a lot to me. While battling some really dark forces in my mind and body, I forced myself to create; just to feel something new. After setting up my tripod in my bathroom, I released the emotions I was feeling in that moment. • It’s also been incredible to look back at older work to see how much you’ve grown, to see how you face the same challenges so much differently than you did before. I used to feel like I was broken and that I couldn’t be fixed. Now, here I am, feeling free from that numbness and the monsters plaguing my mind. • Creating is so cathartic. You never really realize it until you are in the moment doing something with your hands, and you feel that sense of peace. It always pains me to hear people say they’re not creative or that they don’t have the skills needed to create something good. Everyone starts somewhere. It’s that conscious choice we make every day to pick up a pencil, a paintbrush… any tool it takes… and just to let yourself flow. Create something. Not for others, but for yourself. Don’t put any pressure on yourself to make something “good,” and see what it feels like. • #promotingpassionchallenge (at Queen Anne, Seattle) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7JxmqVFj8m/?igshid=1vcltygmi46cd