Posts filed under ‘new beginnings’
map quest
I relocated to the other coast last week. My brother and I drove across the country, my car stuffed with stuff. That’s one heck of a drive. I thought I would document it but after 10hrs a day of staring at open highway, my mind was as flat as western Kansas.
I moved out here for various reasons – help my Dad, try something new (again), transform my identity (hopeless idea) – but it’s all a big mystery.
Sweetest Valentine
Field Notes: Red Blooded from Coudal Partners on Vimeo.
Okay, I know this is selling field notes but what a way to say I love you! Why does this intrigue me? I think that it gets to the sentiment without being sentimental.
I have been thinking about launching my own greeting card design company for a thousand years (more like 10) and I worry about that fine line between cliche and talking about stuff that really moves us in an authentic way. My work tends to be obscure because I don’t know how to communicate the feelings any other way. Or am I afraid of showing you how I really feel? Oy! Probably a mix of the two. So, will greeting cards be my way of feeling out loud? I’m terrified just thinking about it.
identity map
I’m far from my scanner and what I used to call home. My iPhone on the bed seems adequate for now.
If it’s blurry, then I have captured the moment perfectly.
moving
Well, I’m pulling up roots, packing up my stuff and heading to the east coast for a while. The flotsam and jetsam of my life keep pooling in disconnected piles all mashed up against each other. Today, I tried to take a picture of a butterfly, looked at pictures of my mother and found a pic of me in an old boyfriend’s VW bus. I think I started and stopped 20 different packing projects. My posts will probably be sporadic as I wrestle with life’s big question – why do I think all this stuff is me?
Just Tolkoff 