there’s no such thing as strangers
You can judge someone, think they’re a terrible person, absolutely hate them from what they seem to represent before you even talk to them…
And then talk to them, and realize they’re, just like you, a human being. One deserving of love and peace and joy, just as you are.
And maybe you realize that you and I, well, we aren’t that different after all.
“The idea that other people are strangers only exists in the mind,” says Jesh De Rox (or something to that extent).
Speaking of which (not really, yet at the same time, very really)…
I saw The Tallest Man on Earth live (and met him too!), I met and photographed the awesome Alicia of Instant Vintage, I ate phenomenal vegan food, I befriended and photographed a new friend, I took a train from Los Angeles to San Diego, I wrote on the inside of a bathroom stall.
When I don’t know what to say in words, photographs do it for me.
When I don’t know what to show in photographs, words do it for me.
I’m blessed to have the option. Blessed blessed blessed.
This isn’t me, but I still wish it were.
Funny thing about life: life is funny.
(Which also happens to be an awesome adolescent fiction novel that still remains one of my favorite books ever.)
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May 19th, 2010 at 00:53
I love the pictures! Keep it up!
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May 19th, 2010 at 19:50
You can judge someone, think they’re a terrible person, absolutely hate them from what they seem to represent before you even talk to them…
And then talk to them, and realize they’re, just like you, a human being. One deserving of love and peace and joy, just as you are.
And maybe you realize that you and I, well, we aren’t that different after all.
That thought’s been on my mind for ages. I was just thinking about writing about it.
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May 19th, 2010 at 21:07
@Stephany: ♥ ♥ ♥
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May 19th, 2010 at 22:07
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May 19th, 2010 at 22:23
You’re so poetic. I’m glad you have the option and that I get to see the products of both. =D
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May 19th, 2010 at 23:27
Sweet photos. Sweet entry. I’m feelin’ it.
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Btw–I can't agree with you more. Life really is funny.
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May 20th, 2010 at 05:16
I’m so glad you left that comment/link on my site. I’ve been reading your other posts. Your photography is amazing and your words inspiring. I’ll be stopping by more often.
Love that quote about life being funny.
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May 25th, 2010 at 00:40
these photos are so so so pretty!!!
DD what type of lens do you use to take these photos????
i really love the first photo of the blurred window! and the photos of the food you guys ate…. bowl of salad?? and also the photo of the road with the lovely vignetting…
photographs strike a cord with me too
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May 25th, 2010 at 21:42
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