06/11/2026
A little momentary art for your feed.
This was the first fine art photo I was able to take after the traumatic brain injury.
There's a mix of emotions around it. It's not my favorite, I don't usually like to take photos at Utah lake, I kept trying to convince myself for weeks that it was not good enough, but ultimately it is special in its own way.
I was able to feel "normal", feel like myself, even if just for a moment.
At that point in time I had been home from the hospital barely a month.
I was in a limbo phase where I was impatient with the healing process, but knew I still had a long way to go.
I hadn't yet had my cranioplasty surgery to put my bone back that they took out during an emergency surgery while I was unconscious in the ICU, so I was flooded with anticipation anxiety.
I was deep in the middle of processing a lot of PTSD from what happened, and creating art, even if it felt simple, was internally healing.
Art is therapeutic.
This particular shot is a reminder that much like how healing is not linear, has good days and bad days, and everywhere in between, art is the same way.
It doesn't need to be perfect.
It's always been about capturing the moment to try and mimic the emotion that was felt in that moment.