Days as a photographer.

I have, for quite some time, been certain of my future. I knew after college, I'd scoot myself off to New York City and works towards becoming a writer for Nylon Magazine, but lately, I've been swimming in a pool of new direction. I still want to write, and I always will; it's an expression of my uncensored emotions and thoughts when I need it to be, and I am able to fully explain things I wish to. However, photography has quietly crept upon me, and I have found myself taking more pictures than usual. Well, today, I went out for a few hours and drove around the area I live and took an array of images in the forest preserve, the park, random places on the side of the road, and down by the river.

Somehow, today became one of my favorite days I have spent in Illinois. I drove and walked around for hours, no longer just looking at my surrounding, but seeing them, taking them in, and appreciating all that I constantly overlook. I have never been a nature girl, although my whole life, it's been forced upon me by my father, who if he had the choice, would move to a little house in the mountains; this idea which seemed ridiculous to me in the past, has now grown into a beautiful thing I'd love to do.

Today I realized what's important to me, in a sense. I feel so many times I am not as observant as I should be, and that bothers me. As I took in my surroundings and just how beautiful things can be, something happened in me. I don't know how to explain it, but I felt like for the first time I realized something. I realized that I wanted as many people as possible to feel what I felt today. As cliche as it is, I felt one with my surroundings as a walked through the paths in the forest, I was so entirely at peace with myself and life, which is something I have not felt in quite some time. Today's photography endeavor was so incredibly therapeutic, that along with writing about it here, I feel completely revitalized. I hope you enjoy these, and if you have any questions, feel free to e-mail me at la.vie.est.chic@gmail.com

And remember, like always, la vie est chic.