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24/05/2023

The biggest thing I've learned this far....
The Universe is ready for YOU ✨️🐛
Let me explain.... in January, I signed my lease for my Studio with zero plan. Zero. I walked in, and I felt this pull/need/calling to have the space.
Two months prior, I signed up for a Bo***ir workshop with . I'd NEVER entertained the idea of shooting bo***ir. It wasn't on my "to-do list," but I adore anything Emily touches/creates. The workshop date ended up being 3 weeks after I signed my lease.
I remember being in my ✨️flow✨️ during the workshop and looking over at Em and saying something like, "Oh my God, I think I could do this forever." And my mind instantly *saw* Goddess Sessions. Saw them in their entirety as soon as I spoke the words aloud. Felt them within my soul. Call it Divine intervention, a download from Souce, a vision, whatever, it was all there.
Six months prior, my dear friend and VA, .aryonamarie.va created me a logo. It was beautiful! The week after Emily's workshop, I ordered a sign with my logo on it. I opened the box inside my Studio (with barely any furniture in it) and I cried. Ary had created me a logo that was, in essence, what my business has become in 2023.
This year, I've been working through things I've been holding down since giving birth. Many of them relate to my own body and *inner workings.* All the while, I've been called to create a ✨️Sacred Studio Space✨️ that allows people to feel comfortable, seen, and heard through photography.
The purpose of these Goddess Sessions is to provide you with the space to unleash the inner You. The You who is growing, changing, and evolving. The You who may need to be spoken to softly, with kindness and love, but is ready to be seen. The You who has many phases, many pieces, many stories, but they all make up You. Because The Universe is ready for you, too! ✨️🐛🦋💕

23/05/2023

There is a duality in Motherhood...
Motherhood reminds me constantly of opposites, duality, and shared reality.
There is this constant reminder for me this year that "the only way through is through." The uncertain feelings, the struggles, the rollercoaster ride of emotions, need their space, BUT there is room for hope, kindness, love, and joy.
My journey has seen me closing the door and sitting in the darkness, BUT also throwing open the curtains to allow the warmth of the sun to fill the room.
I don't believe that Motherhood has a "final destination," but I would rather see it as a path that has bends and turns.
I don't know if I'll ever reconcile with the first 6 months of her life or if I can see the person I'll be 6 months from now, but I have hope and love in my heart. I can sit and listen to the versions of me that once existed with compassion in my heart.
I have so much more love for myself than I've ever known. And I could not love our daughter anymore for picking me to be her Mama. It's an honor to have her in our lives. ❤️
Wherever you are in your journey, you are there. Send yourself some love. Keep your eyes and heart open. ✨️

15/05/2023

"Pain, sweet pain, let's learn something from it." ZLB
I can honestly say I was born into the world with a deep knowing of sorrow and pain. Something that I don't believe I was taught, but that I arrived with. Deep emotions fill me to the brim on any given day - from seeing a raccoon on the edge of the road, listing to songs multiple times because they didn't hurt enough the first time, thinking about the inevitable loss of my dear Sirius, lost souls on the Titanic, and the list goes on.
For the longest time, I hid these emotions from the world. "No one wants to see you cry," is what my brain said. The feeling of my throat burning while I attempted to keep it in check. And then Motherhood barreled its way in.... and the fibers of me, my very cells changed again. I hid from my postpartum pain, the pain of losing my*self*, the pain of her first weeks on Earth, and my brain even locking away pain within my own body. Motherhood has brought me to the depths of pain and sorrow.
The pain I've ignored is ready to be set free. It wants to be transmuted out into the world. Not in a "look at me with pitty" kind of way, but a realistic and honoring way. A "forget me not" moment where I swim through the deep and dark well and into a blue lagoon. Realizing that the pain is to be examined and felt, as jagged rocks along the floor of the well. The blue lagoon is the goal, but the destination is in the feeling.
Pain isn't something I've involved others in. I have kept that part mostly hidden from the general public. But why? Why not share our pain and sorrow with openness? Because it's HARD and it fu***ng sucks sometimes. It's hard to sit with someone while they share their pain. But it's humbling and is so needed as humans.
I find myself in this constant movement through life and it mixes with Artistry. I'm always the student, humbled by the experience. Right now, I'm watching (outwardly and internally) to the pain and sorrow. I'm letting pain be my guide. I'm learning.

15/05/2023

The path through Motherhood has been treacherous.
No one "properly" explains the leaving of "one's self" from the Earth as a child's soul enters into the world. And the path back to Earth and into your body as a Mother is hard. I know for sure that I went elsewhere during birth. Somewhere that wasn't *here*. I don't know if my whole soul came back.
I had a recent Reiki session where I was reminded and given permission to grieve the person I once was, but realize she's never coming back. The death of the old me was never explained, and furthermore, the death was never... acknowledged by me. Is that right? 🤔 Hmmm... I'm not quite sure. But there was a void.
What I do know for sure, is that I've been stuck. Possibly in the ethers. There are parts of my very own body I don't feel connected to and/or have not acknowledged since giving birth. Wounds I've refused to address or even look towards because "life went on" and I'm a "mom now."
I believe that there is purpose in my time in the disconnect. That these exploration of wounds is meant to happen now. That this week's social media *theme* of Mothehood will not be Pinterest worthy, but a bubbling up of the me that is waiting to be ushered in. The me that is needed currently to myself and to our daughter.
Happy Mother's Day 💓 to all of YOU. The ones who need to be acknowledged, the ones in the messy, the middle, the stretching and growing, the unsure and guessing. I send you my unwavering love. The same love I'm shining into myself.

11/05/2023

Can I tell you a secret?
On January 4th, I signed my lease and jumped into becoming a Studio owner WITHOUT a safety net 🙈🙈 YIKES! And hurray 🐛
Owning a Studio had been on my mind earlier in the year (Feb 2022) when I went searching for deeper inspiration. I had this gnawing need to remove myself from the photos I had taken up until that point. I poured over photography from the 50s, 60s, and 70s. The B&W Film photos spirred something deep inside of me. I was enchanted and moved. A seed was planted. 🌱
Fast forward to mid December (2022), I was zooming on Facebook and saw another local business owner announced renting a space inside the Old Federal Building (which now houses ), and I immediately set up a meeting! The owners took me up to the 3rd Floor, where I found MY room. As soon as I walked in the door, my soul sighed, and my creativity set a fire under my skin a blaze. There was no going back or talking me out of it 😅
This Studio means the world to me and my growing business. It is one of the first things I think about in the morning and before I go to bed. It contains my blood, sweat, and tears and has the hands of many of my loved ones imprinted inside its walls. Like me, it started as a seed and blossomed and bloomed into something greater than I could have imagined. 🌱🪴🐛🦋
There's "more to do" and create and plans not yet laid in the back of my brain. More rolls of film to be taken. BUT in this moment, there is joy and gratitude. I've never been happier in my dream job ❤️ Follow your dream, friend. ✨️

02/05/2023

One of the first things I ever photographed were flowers
My Bompa (my maternal grandfather) has always been the green thumb of our family. He happily spends his days building rock walls and flower beds by hand. I remember sitting at the kitchen table while he made lists of bulbs he would order for his latest bed. As an aspiring photographer (in high school) with a brand new 35mm Film camera, his flower beds were my paradise. Bompa's lupines, bearded irises, and lilies grabbed my attention.
Film class in high school was based around B&W. Although the colorful flowers caught my attention, the texture and light that lit the petals stole my heart when I stepped into the darkroom. Drained of color, my Bompa's flowers became other worldly. Angelic.
One of my projects from Film class still hangs in their spare bedroom. I believe I hand dipped B&W photos to color them. It's interesting to look back and think about where I am and where I've been. And I'd never thought that 11th grade "me" who marveled at portraits of her grandfather's flowers in a darkroom would be laying on a newly refinished wooden floor in her very own photography studio ❤️✨️
These gorgeous flowers are not my Bompa's, but from the wonderful Barnstead Farmstead, I could have lost days getting to know these flowers. They called to a part of me I hadn't spoken to or acknowledged in a while. A creative part of me that I can't wait to tap into again. And I'm dying to get the B&W scans back from the lab. These are digital, and I'm in love. ❤️

29/04/2023

A year ago, we boarded a plane and landed on the sunniest strip of beach I'd ever seen. 🏖
Every few months, I go back and look at the scans. 📸 I relieve those moments and hope they stay as fresh as the moment they happened.
I've never "retouched" or "edited" the scans that came from the lab. It feels taboo to change them in any way. However, I learned a great deal after processing the rolls. ❤️
📸 The Lab encouraged me to use a hand-held light meter vs. trusting the one that is built in to my camera. (This was life changing!)
💕 I learned that using an entire roll in one lighting situation is ideal vs. splitting a roll up into 3 or 4 days. (Also life changing)
📸 I made it a goal to add Film to every session, every wedding, every time I picked up a camera.
💕 I realize that as time goes on, the photos that I saw as "outtakes" are my most favorite today. The ones that show Sissy's hands and feet, the features of her face, and her expressions hold my heart.
I had no idea so many lessons could be learned on vacation 🤣 Where are you going on vacation this year? ⬇️

28/04/2023

I'd never understood mother's when they....
called their daughters their "best friend" until recently. I would metaphorically roll my eyes. But now I know better.... Sissy is my best friend.
She is this separate human being from me, but we are forever connected and bonded. We know things about each other that no one else ever will. Our little family unit has seen things that the outside world doesn't know. We cheer one another on and hold each other through hard times. We all gather on the couch, at our table, and at times in the same bathroom 🤣. If that doesn't say "best friend," I don't know what does.
I'm not naive in thinking or feeling that the dynamics of our unit will not completely change as she ages, grows, and begins to stretch her own wings. My hope is to be the safe place to land and be welcoming (outstretched) arms when she needs me. Every phase of her life has been different, such as the one we find ourselves in currently. DaDa and I are "cool," and she wants us to be in constant sight. Eating what we are and jumping in to "help" with everyday tasks.
There's things that come from being a mother that other mothers (and their children) understand. A little club where we're all united and all different. I find myself constantly awed by motherhood. The cycle of firsts and lasts. Today, I'm grateful for our walk up the Pier, her excitement to hold my hand, and her willingness to share a lollipop with DaDa. Time is fleeting, and so is childhood. Happy Friday, Friends ❤️✨️

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