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january

January 30, 2015 Robyn Ivy

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There are times when things or people or their actions just make no sense. Today already there have been a few. People can be so human!! 😉 Disbelief, frustration, sadness, anger and disappointment can abound. My mind will begin to craft a story in an attempt to make sense of what just doesn’t add up. Fortunately, I understand that my thoughts aren’t always reliable sources of information and in fact often have some bizarre intentions of their own. I try not to pay them much attention. I’m learning to allow myself the experience of feeling every bit of whatever shows up to its fullest so it can heal me, grow me and change me for the better. The heart can be a far more accurate read than the mind. Then, pretty quickly I surrender and offer it all up to a higher power...yes that totally includes Yoda and nature and God for me. Compassion for myself and others goes along way too I find-when it’s not out of stock in the fulfillment center of ME! How do you navigate it when you’re presented with circumstances that make you go 🤔 or 🤯or 🤪? How do you do human? * * * * #human #people #wtf #unbelievable #nosense #hmmm #noidea #huh #endless #somedays #bizarre #peoplearestrange #life #together #here #you #me #now #yoda #wisdom #surrender #feelings #letgo #story
There are times when things or people or their actions just make no sense. Today already there have been a few. People can be so human!! 😉 Disbelief, frustration, sadness, anger and disappointment can abound. My mind will begin to craft a story in an attempt to make sense of what just doesn’t add up. Fortunately, I understand that my thoughts aren’t always reliable sources of information and in fact often have some bizarre intentions of their own. I try not to pay them much attention. I’m learning to allow myself the experience of feeling every bit of whatever shows up to its fullest so it can heal me, grow me and change me for the better. The heart can be a far more accurate read than the mind. Then, pretty quickly I surrender and offer it all up to a higher power...yes that totally includes Yoda and nature and God for me. Compassion for myself and others goes along way too I find-when it’s not out of stock in the fulfillment center of ME! How do you navigate it when you’re presented with circumstances that make you go 🤔 or 🤯or 🤪? How do you do human? * * * * #human #people #wtf #unbelievable #nosense #hmmm #noidea #huh #endless #somedays #bizarre #peoplearestrange #life #together #here #you #me #now #yoda #wisdom #surrender #feelings #letgo #story
Bye weekend...thank you. You were awesome!💫 * * * * #weekend #warm #yardwork #fall #endlesssummer #satisfying #hedges #sleepin #sunday #tea #coolpeople #grateful #gotitdone #weekendvibes #home #fallcleanup #october #newengland #reallife #together
Bye weekend...thank you. You were awesome!💫 * * * * #weekend #warm #yardwork #fall #endlesssummer #satisfying #hedges #sleepin #sunday #tea #coolpeople #grateful #gotitdone #weekendvibes #home #fallcleanup #october #newengland #reallife #together
Sometimes you meet you people in life that you just need to know more about. They carry some kind of allure or special energy that makes you curious. @cynthiamorris was like that for me. We met at @campglp (an incredible entrepreneur camp for adults) 5 years ago and I’ve adored her ever since. At the time all I knew was that she was an artist, living in Colorado, and lead retreats for creatives in Paris sometimes...but that was enough. Yeah, I know right? Life crush. We’d been in each other’s orbit for a while but when she asked me if I would update her headshots for her when I was in Denver last month, I was thrilled. It’d be our first real chance to get to know each other better. We have had lots of small interactions over the years but they never felt like enough. I’d had the pleasure of attending her workshops at camp over the years and this year she came to mine. She’d gotten a dose of my “change your lens, change your life” approach to looking at the world but now she was going to experience me in action, seeing through a few lenses and shooting her all the while. @denverbotanic provided the perfect backdrop to capture my friend’s vital aliveness and beauty. Cynthia is a an incredible writer, artist, illustrator and coach who helps people finally write (and finish) that damn book they’ve been talking about writing (or have been writing...and writing...) She’s also super fun, tells it like it is, has the coolest hair and is worth welcoming into your orbit. You can check her out over on www.originalimpulse.com Thanks for the beautiful day of friendship, creativity and sisterhood @cynthiamorris. 🙏😘 * * * * * #headshots #denver #originalimpulse #photoshpot #campglp #friends #wisdom #beauty #denverbotanicgardens #see #seeherenow #create #botanicalgardens #colorado #writer #creative #folk #branding #marketing #uplevel #elevate #beseen #visible #wander #travel #darling
Sometimes you meet you people in life that you just need to know more about. They carry some kind of allure or special energy that makes you curious. @cynthiamorris was like that for me. We met at @campglp (an incredible entrepreneur camp for adults) 5 years ago and I’ve adored her ever since. At the time all I knew was that she was an artist, living in Colorado, and lead retreats for creatives in Paris sometimes...but that was enough. Yeah, I know right? Life crush. We’d been in each other’s orbit for a while but when she asked me if I would update her headshots for her when I was in Denver last month, I was thrilled. It’d be our first real chance to get to know each other better. We have had lots of small interactions over the years but they never felt like enough. I’d had the pleasure of attending her workshops at camp over the years and this year she came to mine. She’d gotten a dose of my “change your lens, change your life” approach to looking at the world but now she was going to experience me in action, seeing through a few lenses and shooting her all the while. @denverbotanic provided the perfect backdrop to capture my friend’s vital aliveness and beauty. Cynthia is a an incredible writer, artist, illustrator and coach who helps people finally write (and finish) that damn book they’ve been talking about writing (or have been writing...and writing...) She’s also super fun, tells it like it is, has the coolest hair and is worth welcoming into your orbit. You can check her out over on www.originalimpulse.com Thanks for the beautiful day of friendship, creativity and sisterhood @cynthiamorris. 🙏😘 * * * * * #headshots #denver #originalimpulse #photoshpot #campglp #friends #wisdom #beauty #denverbotanicgardens #see #seeherenow #create #botanicalgardens #colorado #writer #creative #folk #branding #marketing #uplevel #elevate #beseen #visible #wander #travel #darling
Big ideas brewing in my studio...can’t wait to share them with you...but first...dream with me...what do you want to see me create or collaborate with me on in here? Ok...go! * * * #blankcanvas #dream #create #cocreate #fun #studio #space #vision #imagine #possibilities #community #gather #photography #photographystudio #dinnerparty #seeherenow #grateful #light #loft #iknowright #love
Big ideas brewing in my studio...can’t wait to share them with you...but first...dream with me...what do you want to see me create or collaborate with me on in here? Ok...go! * * * #blankcanvas #dream #create #cocreate #fun #studio #space #vision #imagine #possibilities #community #gather #photography #photographystudio #dinnerparty #seeherenow #grateful #light #loft #iknowright #love
Thank you to the poets, the musicians, the stillness seekers, the artists, the seers, the dreamers, the adventurers and the leapers of faith of past generations whose wisdom serves to remind us of what in this crazy life is really important. I’d put love and magic pretty high up on my list along with plenty of room for the unimaginable.
Thank you to the poets, the musicians, the stillness seekers, the artists, the seers, the dreamers, the adventurers and the leapers of faith of past generations whose wisdom serves to remind us of what in this crazy life is really important. I’d put love and magic pretty high up on my list along with plenty of room for the unimaginable.
“I said to God, “What are you?” And S/He replied, I am what is loved. I am not what should be loved for how cruel that would then be for my bride.” -St. John of the Cross
“I said to God, “What are you?” And S/He replied, I am what is loved. I am not what should be loved for how cruel that would then be for my bride.” -St. John of the Cross
Fireside Sunday with my boy. Nothing better.
Fireside Sunday with my boy. Nothing better.
Unexpected encounters of divine intervention. That’s what I should just call my whole trip to Colorado. One magical moment after the next...because it really was just that. On a whim I put up a post on fb saying I was in Colorado, offered up a rough outline of my plans and then asked for suggestions on where to go and what to see. Two days later I’m crying over breakfast with my second cousin-whom I know not at all though he remembers our meeting in our youth-swapping stories of our family lineages, our black sheepness, shared entrepreneurship, fear, love, parenting, risk, connection, deep anguish, tough choices and the grace and faith that got us both to that exact moment. It was a blessing I wasn’t expecting in a million years. A connection I wasn’t aware existed. A sense of family I was craving deeply. A shared ancestral past that affected us both in some unbelievably similar ways. We don’t always know who is out there loving us from a far. My cousin was and I don’t even know it! We don’t know who has our back, who shares our stories, who is cheering us on. Every human is just that..human. We are all just one conversation away from more meaningful connections. Say YES. Show up. Listen to the whisper. Be brave enough to dive deeply into conversations you’ve never had before. I had to risk being vulnerable to get to have the connection and understanding I didn’t know I was needing. Who can you lean into today? * * * * #colorado #divineintervention #travel #family #cousins #share #talk #deepdive #life #lyons #stonecup #conversation #vulnerable #shhhh #ancestors #ancestry #fun #whoknew #wander #adventure #explore
Unexpected encounters of divine intervention. That’s what I should just call my whole trip to Colorado. One magical moment after the next...because it really was just that. On a whim I put up a post on fb saying I was in Colorado, offered up a rough outline of my plans and then asked for suggestions on where to go and what to see. Two days later I’m crying over breakfast with my second cousin-whom I know not at all though he remembers our meeting in our youth-swapping stories of our family lineages, our black sheepness, shared entrepreneurship, fear, love, parenting, risk, connection, deep anguish, tough choices and the grace and faith that got us both to that exact moment. It was a blessing I wasn’t expecting in a million years. A connection I wasn’t aware existed. A sense of family I was craving deeply. A shared ancestral past that affected us both in some unbelievably similar ways. We don’t always know who is out there loving us from a far. My cousin was and I don’t even know it! We don’t know who has our back, who shares our stories, who is cheering us on. Every human is just that..human. We are all just one conversation away from more meaningful connections. Say YES. Show up. Listen to the whisper. Be brave enough to dive deeply into conversations you’ve never had before. I had to risk being vulnerable to get to have the connection and understanding I didn’t know I was needing. Who can you lean into today? * * * * #colorado #divineintervention #travel #family #cousins #share #talk #deepdive #life #lyons #stonecup #conversation #vulnerable #shhhh #ancestors #ancestry #fun #whoknew #wander #adventure #explore
The dirt road appeared and on a hunch and a half a tank of gas we took it. There was nothing but beauty in front of us. At every single turn a new equally epic vista appeared. The light was unreal but something nudged me to look behind me. @angiecole_me screamed rainbow!! We hopped out of the car to take it all in. All I could think was an interview I’d listened to a few years ago with Jonathan Sacks, the former Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the British Commonwealth, who shared the following story. “Finding happiness doesn’t necessarily follow from pursuing it. Sometimes the deepest happiness comes when you’re least expecting it. And there is a wonderful story about an 18th-century rabbi, Levi Yitzchak of Berdichev, who is looking at people rushing to and fro in the town square. And he wonders why they’re all running so frenetically. He stops one and he says, “Why are you running?” And the man says, “I’m running to make a living.” And the rabbi says to him, “How come you’re so sure that the living is in front of you and you have to run to catch it up? Maybe it’s behind you and you got to stop and let it catch up with you?” Never more was it clear to me than on this recent trip to Colorado that something far greater than us created this beautiful place we call home -should your doubt arise just drive through @rockymountainnationalpark-and all this rushing to be better, more productive, more efficient, more everything may simply not be the point. What if our blessings truly are waiting for us to slow down enough for them to catch up with us? Thoughts? * * * * * #friends #roadtrip #rockymountainnationalpark #colorado #jonathansacks #kristatippet #onbeing #deepthoughts #wander #getlost #jeepwrangler #jeep #hunch #followyourdreams #intuition #pathlesstraveled #travel #adventure #roam
The dirt road appeared and on a hunch and a half a tank of gas we took it. There was nothing but beauty in front of us. At every single turn a new equally epic vista appeared. The light was unreal but something nudged me to look behind me. @angiecole_me screamed rainbow!! We hopped out of the car to take it all in. All I could think was an interview I’d listened to a few years ago with Jonathan Sacks, the former Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the British Commonwealth, who shared the following story. “Finding happiness doesn’t necessarily follow from pursuing it. Sometimes the deepest happiness comes when you’re least expecting it. And there is a wonderful story about an 18th-century rabbi, Levi Yitzchak of Berdichev, who is looking at people rushing to and fro in the town square. And he wonders why they’re all running so frenetically. He stops one and he says, “Why are you running?” And the man says, “I’m running to make a living.” And the rabbi says to him, “How come you’re so sure that the living is in front of you and you have to run to catch it up? Maybe it’s behind you and you got to stop and let it catch up with you?” Never more was it clear to me than on this recent trip to Colorado that something far greater than us created this beautiful place we call home -should your doubt arise just drive through @rockymountainnationalpark-and all this rushing to be better, more productive, more efficient, more everything may simply not be the point. What if our blessings truly are waiting for us to slow down enough for them to catch up with us? Thoughts? * * * * * #friends #roadtrip #rockymountainnationalpark #colorado #jonathansacks #kristatippet #onbeing #deepthoughts #wander #getlost #jeepwrangler #jeep #hunch #followyourdreams #intuition #pathlesstraveled #travel #adventure #roam
Change your lens, change your life. It’s my mantra and my approach to getting out of my own way so that I can thrive and love my life. I’ve been feeling a bit myopic lately-been too zoomed in on things. So I gave myself the invitation this week to zoom way out, to take in as much of the big picture as possible. I believe when you change the way you see you can change the way you live. What a beautiful place to practice this moving meditation. How are you looking at things right now in your life? Are you zoomed so far in that you may not be seeing all there is? Is possible your lens is so wide that you might not be seeing what’s closest to you? Food for thought. * * * * #see #colorado #coach #deepthoughts #changeyourlenschangeyourlife #landscapephotography #horizon #zoom #zoomin #zoomout #seeherenow #boulder #rockiemountains #vista #wideangle #folk #wander #whyweadventure #roam #expand
Change your lens, change your life. It’s my mantra and my approach to getting out of my own way so that I can thrive and love my life. I’ve been feeling a bit myopic lately-been too zoomed in on things. So I gave myself the invitation this week to zoom way out, to take in as much of the big picture as possible. I believe when you change the way you see you can change the way you live. What a beautiful place to practice this moving meditation. How are you looking at things right now in your life? Are you zoomed so far in that you may not be seeing all there is? Is possible your lens is so wide that you might not be seeing what’s closest to you? Food for thought. * * * * #see #colorado #coach #deepthoughts #changeyourlenschangeyourlife #landscapephotography #horizon #zoom #zoomin #zoomout #seeherenow #boulder #rockiemountains #vista #wideangle #folk #wander #whyweadventure #roam #expand
An epic evening seeing One Republic live in concert with the Denver Symphony Orchestra at @redrocksco last night with the lovely @theorgmaniacs. Might really be the most beautiful venue in the world. A night to remember always. Magical! * * * * #onerepublic #redrocksamphitheater #redrocks #friends #concert #denver #vacation #selfemployed #liveyourlife #bestlife #wander #travel #folk #music #shows #festival #denversymphonyorchestra #symphony #live #park
An epic evening seeing One Republic live in concert with the Denver Symphony Orchestra at @redrocksco last night with the lovely @theorgmaniacs. Might really be the most beautiful venue in the world. A night to remember always. Magical! * * * * #onerepublic #redrocksamphitheater #redrocks #friends #concert #denver #vacation #selfemployed #liveyourlife #bestlife #wander #travel #folk #music #shows #festival #denversymphonyorchestra #symphony #live #park
Nothing like a little hike in the Rockies to put things in perspective. The perfect way to celebrate the opportunity to come to Colorado to present a workshop. Grateful I have such great girlfriends to explore with AND that I have another week out here to keep adventuring. Where should I go and what should I see? Who else is out here? Suggestions welcome. Just went to Boulder then I’ll be in Lyons, Aspen and where ever else the travel magic takes me. * * * #travel #colorado #teach #present #rattlesnakegulch #hike #dayhike #outside #friends #nature #wander #explore #adventure #girlfriends #fun #vacation #workshop #teach #photography #changeyourlenschangeyourlife
Nothing like a little hike in the Rockies to put things in perspective. The perfect way to celebrate the opportunity to come to Colorado to present a workshop. Grateful I have such great girlfriends to explore with AND that I have another week out here to keep adventuring. Where should I go and what should I see? Who else is out here? Suggestions welcome. Just went to Boulder then I’ll be in Lyons, Aspen and where ever else the travel magic takes me. * * * #travel #colorado #teach #present #rattlesnakegulch #hike #dayhike #outside #friends #nature #wander #explore #adventure #girlfriends #fun #vacation #workshop #teach #photography #changeyourlenschangeyourlife
Sometimes the most magical vantage point is the one you weren’t expecting to find. 🔮 In case you’re curious this is the beginning of the Amazon building in South Boston. * * * #perspective #construction #site #onlocation #hirise #hiriseconstruction #boston #southboston #view #skyline #bostonskyline #work #see #seebetter #look #uphigh #turnaround #industrial #editorial #commercialphotography #branding #seeherenow
Sometimes the most magical vantage point is the one you weren’t expecting to find. 🔮 In case you’re curious this is the beginning of the Amazon building in South Boston. * * * #perspective #construction #site #onlocation #hirise #hiriseconstruction #boston #southboston #view #skyline #bostonskyline #work #see #seebetter #look #uphigh #turnaround #industrial #editorial #commercialphotography #branding #seeherenow
Rainy day ensemble. The perfect shade of black. Elevate your brand. * * * * #photoshoot #handbag #leather #italy #kimberlypucci #newport #rhodeisland #atelier #photography #robynivy #maker #folk #craftmanship #black #travel #luxe #onlocation #shoot #uplevel #brand #marketing #photographer #beseen #seeherenow #visible #work #girlboss #design #details
Rainy day ensemble. The perfect shade of black. Elevate your brand. * * * * #photoshoot #handbag #leather #italy #kimberlypucci #newport #rhodeisland #atelier #photography #robynivy #maker #folk #craftmanship #black #travel #luxe #onlocation #shoot #uplevel #brand #marketing #photographer #beseen #seeherenow #visible #work #girlboss #design #details
I see people for a living. Sometimes that looks like this. 🙏📸@natalie.coletta
I see people for a living. Sometimes that looks like this. 🙏📸@natalie.coletta
When are you coming for your photo shoot? What are you wanting to create right now? What’s next for you? The new studio and I are ready for those of you who want to really step into your next chapter. 📸 Best money you can spend on your branding is shared between stellar photography, strategic brand consulting and on point graphic design. 💻 Whether it’s coaching services to help you keep moving forward in the process, brand consulting to finely hone your vision for your business or uncompromising photography to visual share your personal mission with the world or the perfect space to hold your presentation, meeting, workshop or event...I’ve got you covered. 💃🏼 Whatever your next step is I’d love to help you take it in the right direction. Link in bio. * * * * * #newspace #studio #whatsnext #icanhelp #coaching #bigpicture #vision #help #support #eventspace #rhodeisland #providence #bridalshower #photoshoot #babyshower #workshop #photostudio #rentphotostudio #style #retreat #beautiful #loft #urbanoasis #sanctuary #teach #gather
When are you coming for your photo shoot? What are you wanting to create right now? What’s next for you? The new studio and I are ready for those of you who want to really step into your next chapter. 📸 Best money you can spend on your branding is shared between stellar photography, strategic brand consulting and on point graphic design. 💻 Whether it’s coaching services to help you keep moving forward in the process, brand consulting to finely hone your vision for your business or uncompromising photography to visual share your personal mission with the world or the perfect space to hold your presentation, meeting, workshop or event...I’ve got you covered. 💃🏼 Whatever your next step is I’d love to help you take it in the right direction. Link in bio. * * * * * #newspace #studio #whatsnext #icanhelp #coaching #bigpicture #vision #help #support #eventspace #rhodeisland #providence #bridalshower #photoshoot #babyshower #workshop #photostudio #rentphotostudio #style #retreat #beautiful #loft #urbanoasis #sanctuary #teach #gather
I believe there is a divine light in all of us. We are born with it and it is utterly inextinguishable-try as we humans may. We can feel it, sense it, live by it. It’s a tether to a Source greater than us (if that’s your belief) and a reminder that we all come from the same place and will return to the same place and are far more similar than different. 💡 For years I’ve watched the many ways people relate to this inner glow...this connection to the part God/Oneness/Source/Goddess/Spirit that dwells within each of us. 🔥 Some people doubt it or try to cover it up, to dim it and even to deny its existence. Other folks revel in it, use it as a North Star and truly craft a life around it. 🌟 Me? I try to fan it’s flames daily. Meditation, mindfulness stuff and sticky notes. I try to remind myself that tiny flame is there. Some days like a whisper and other days like a yell and a roaring fire. I feel like it’s my connection to this inner flame that keeps me centered. ❤️ How about you? Ps. I love your light! * * * * #light #divine #shine #brave #glow #connect #breathe #random #thoughts #right? #deep #worthit #grow #meditate #yogi #yoga #halo #sunburst #flare #sunflare #sol #sun #wisdom #guidance #coach #life
I believe there is a divine light in all of us. We are born with it and it is utterly inextinguishable-try as we humans may. We can feel it, sense it, live by it. It’s a tether to a Source greater than us (if that’s your belief) and a reminder that we all come from the same place and will return to the same place and are far more similar than different. 💡 For years I’ve watched the many ways people relate to this inner glow...this connection to the part God/Oneness/Source/Goddess/Spirit that dwells within each of us. 🔥 Some people doubt it or try to cover it up, to dim it and even to deny its existence. Other folks revel in it, use it as a North Star and truly craft a life around it. 🌟 Me? I try to fan it’s flames daily. Meditation, mindfulness stuff and sticky notes. I try to remind myself that tiny flame is there. Some days like a whisper and other days like a yell and a roaring fire. I feel like it’s my connection to this inner flame that keeps me centered. ❤️ How about you? Ps. I love your light! * * * * #light #divine #shine #brave #glow #connect #breathe #random #thoughts #right? #deep #worthit #grow #meditate #yogi #yoga #halo #sunburst #flare #sunflare #sol #sun #wisdom #guidance #coach #life
“No matter how slow the film, Spirit always stands still long enough for the photographer It has chosen”-Minor White * * * * #perspective #seeherenow #theartistsway #morningpages #creative #see #vision #look #heal #shift #studio #thedeepend #life #summer #folk #live #photo #whitebrick #unicorn #shoot
“No matter how slow the film, Spirit always stands still long enough for the photographer It has chosen”-Minor White * * * * #perspective #seeherenow #theartistsway #morningpages #creative #see #vision #look #heal #shift #studio #thedeepend #life #summer #folk #live #photo #whitebrick #unicorn #shoot
Have you ever read @juliacameronlive’s infamous The Artist Way book? Its really more of a creative spiritual workbook than a book and its life changing...every time. I’ve done her process to reignite my connection to my divine creative spark many times over the years. It was becoming clear to me I needed a tune up. One of the weekly commitments of this course is to go on a weekly artist date alone. In preparation for my I asked my dear friend and insanely talented painter @fredpoissonstudio to teach me some basic watercolor techniques. Secretly I was hoping some of his magic and mad skills would wear off on me! These are my first watercolor studies. You gotta start somewhere. It was so fun to experiment this way and play in a different medium. Can’t wait to play more with this on my artist date! What are feeling drawn to lately? Maybe it’s worth exploring a little more? I didn’t sign up for a course, I didn’t invest a ton of time or money. I just asked a gifted friend to share some of his gift with me. A total win win. Fun with a friend, creative expression and leaned a new skill. I’d invite you to give yourself permission to try something new this week. * * * *#artistway #trynewthings #juliacameron #fredpoisson #watercolor #experiment #play #fun #friday #friends #create #joy #now #when
Have you ever read @juliacameronlive’s infamous The Artist Way book? Its really more of a creative spiritual workbook than a book and its life changing...every time. I’ve done her process to reignite my connection to my divine creative spark many times over the years. It was becoming clear to me I needed a tune up. One of the weekly commitments of this course is to go on a weekly artist date alone. In preparation for my I asked my dear friend and insanely talented painter @fredpoissonstudio to teach me some basic watercolor techniques. Secretly I was hoping some of his magic and mad skills would wear off on me! These are my first watercolor studies. You gotta start somewhere. It was so fun to experiment this way and play in a different medium. Can’t wait to play more with this on my artist date! What are feeling drawn to lately? Maybe it’s worth exploring a little more? I didn’t sign up for a course, I didn’t invest a ton of time or money. I just asked a gifted friend to share some of his gift with me. A total win win. Fun with a friend, creative expression and leaned a new skill. I’d invite you to give yourself permission to try something new this week. * * * *#artistway #trynewthings #juliacameron #fredpoisson #watercolor #experiment #play #fun #friday #friends #create #joy #now #when
There are times when things or people or their actions just make no sense. Today already there have been a few. People can be so human!! 😉 Disbelief, frustration, sadness, anger and disappointment can abound. My mind will begin to craft a story in an attempt to make sense of what just doesn’t add up. Fortunately, I understand that my thoughts aren’t always reliable sources of information and in fact often have some bizarre intentions of their own. I try not to pay them much attention. I’m learning to allow myself the experience of feeling every bit of whatever shows up to its fullest so it can heal me, grow me and change me for the better. The heart can be a far more accurate read than the mind. Then, pretty quickly I surrender and offer it all up to a higher power...yes that totally includes Yoda and nature and God for me. Compassion for myself and others goes along way too I find-when it’s not out of stock in the fulfillment center of ME! How do you navigate it when you’re presented with circumstances that make you go 🤔 or 🤯or 🤪? How do you do human? * * * * #human #people #wtf #unbelievable #nosense #hmmm #noidea #huh #endless #somedays #bizarre #peoplearestrange #life #together #here #you #me #now #yoda #wisdom #surrender #feelings #letgo #story Bye weekend...thank you. You were awesome!💫 * * * * #weekend #warm #yardwork #fall #endlesssummer #satisfying #hedges #sleepin #sunday #tea #coolpeople #grateful #gotitdone #weekendvibes #home #fallcleanup #october #newengland #reallife #together Sometimes you meet you people in life that you just need to know more about. They carry some kind of allure or special energy that makes you curious. @cynthiamorris was like that for me. We met at @campglp (an incredible entrepreneur camp for adults) 5 years ago and I’ve adored her ever since. At the time all I knew was that she was an artist, living in Colorado, and lead retreats for creatives in Paris sometimes...but that was enough. Yeah, I know right? Life crush. We’d been in each other’s orbit for a while but when she asked me if I would update her headshots for her when I was in Denver last month, I was thrilled. It’d be our first real chance to get to know each other better. We have had lots of small interactions over the years but they never felt like enough. I’d had the pleasure of attending her workshops at camp over the years and this year she came to mine. She’d gotten a dose of my “change your lens, change your life” approach to looking at the world but now she was going to experience me in action, seeing through a few lenses and shooting her all the while. @denverbotanic provided the perfect backdrop to capture my friend’s vital aliveness and beauty. Cynthia is a an incredible writer, artist, illustrator and coach who helps people finally write (and finish) that damn book they’ve been talking about writing (or have been writing...and writing...) She’s also super fun, tells it like it is, has the coolest hair and is worth welcoming into your orbit. You can check her out over on www.originalimpulse.com Thanks for the beautiful day of friendship, creativity and sisterhood @cynthiamorris. 🙏😘 * * * * * #headshots #denver #originalimpulse #photoshpot #campglp #friends #wisdom #beauty #denverbotanicgardens #see #seeherenow #create #botanicalgardens #colorado #writer #creative #folk #branding #marketing #uplevel #elevate #beseen #visible #wander #travel #darling Big ideas brewing in my studio...can’t wait to share them with you...but first...dream with me...what do you want to see me create or collaborate with me on in here? Ok...go! * * * #blankcanvas #dream #create #cocreate #fun #studio #space #vision #imagine #possibilities #community #gather #photography #photographystudio #dinnerparty #seeherenow #grateful #light #loft #iknowright #love Thank you to the poets, the musicians, the stillness seekers, the artists, the seers, the dreamers, the adventurers and the leapers of faith of past generations whose wisdom serves to remind us of what in this crazy life is really important. I’d put love and magic pretty high up on my list along with plenty of room for the unimaginable. “I said to God, “What are you?” And S/He replied, I am what is loved. I am not what should be loved for how cruel that would then be for my bride.” -St. John of the Cross Fireside Sunday with my boy. Nothing better. Unexpected encounters of divine intervention. That’s what I should just call my whole trip to Colorado. One magical moment after the next...because it really was just that. On a whim I put up a post on fb saying I was in Colorado, offered up a rough outline of my plans and then asked for suggestions on where to go and what to see. Two days later I’m crying over breakfast with my second cousin-whom I know not at all though he remembers our meeting in our youth-swapping stories of our family lineages, our black sheepness, shared entrepreneurship, fear, love, parenting, risk, connection, deep anguish, tough choices and the grace and faith that got us both to that exact moment. It was a blessing I wasn’t expecting in a million years. A connection I wasn’t aware existed. A sense of family I was craving deeply. A shared ancestral past that affected us both in some unbelievably similar ways. We don’t always know who is out there loving us from a far. My cousin was and I don’t even know it! We don’t know who has our back, who shares our stories, who is cheering us on. Every human is just that..human. We are all just one conversation away from more meaningful connections. Say YES. Show up. Listen to the whisper. Be brave enough to dive deeply into conversations you’ve never had before. I had to risk being vulnerable to get to have the connection and understanding I didn’t know I was needing. Who can you lean into today? * * * * #colorado #divineintervention #travel #family #cousins #share #talk #deepdive #life #lyons #stonecup #conversation #vulnerable #shhhh #ancestors #ancestry #fun #whoknew #wander #adventure #explore The dirt road appeared and on a hunch and a half a tank of gas we took it. There was nothing but beauty in front of us. At every single turn a new equally epic vista appeared. The light was unreal but something nudged me to look behind me. @angiecole_me screamed rainbow!! We hopped out of the car to take it all in. All I could think was an interview I’d listened to a few years ago with Jonathan Sacks, the former Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the British Commonwealth, who shared the following story. “Finding happiness doesn’t necessarily follow from pursuing it. Sometimes the deepest happiness comes when you’re least expecting it. And there is a wonderful story about an 18th-century rabbi, Levi Yitzchak of Berdichev, who is looking at people rushing to and fro in the town square. And he wonders why they’re all running so frenetically. He stops one and he says, “Why are you running?” And the man says, “I’m running to make a living.” And the rabbi says to him, “How come you’re so sure that the living is in front of you and you have to run to catch it up? Maybe it’s behind you and you got to stop and let it catch up with you?” Never more was it clear to me than on this recent trip to Colorado that something far greater than us created this beautiful place we call home -should your doubt arise just drive through @rockymountainnationalpark-and all this rushing to be better, more productive, more efficient, more everything may simply not be the point. What if our blessings truly are waiting for us to slow down enough for them to catch up with us? Thoughts? * * * * * #friends #roadtrip #rockymountainnationalpark #colorado #jonathansacks #kristatippet #onbeing #deepthoughts #wander #getlost #jeepwrangler #jeep #hunch #followyourdreams #intuition #pathlesstraveled #travel #adventure #roam Change your lens, change your life. It’s my mantra and my approach to getting out of my own way so that I can thrive and love my life. I’ve been feeling a bit myopic lately-been too zoomed in on things. So I gave myself the invitation this week to zoom way out, to take in as much of the big picture as possible. I believe when you change the way you see you can change the way you live. What a beautiful place to practice this moving meditation. How are you looking at things right now in your life? Are you zoomed so far in that you may not be seeing all there is? Is possible your lens is so wide that you might not be seeing what’s closest to you? Food for thought. * * * * #see #colorado #coach #deepthoughts #changeyourlenschangeyourlife #landscapephotography #horizon #zoom #zoomin #zoomout #seeherenow #boulder #rockiemountains #vista #wideangle #folk #wander #whyweadventure #roam #expand An epic evening seeing One Republic live in concert with the Denver Symphony Orchestra at @redrocksco last night with the lovely @theorgmaniacs. Might really be the most beautiful venue in the world. A night to remember always. Magical! * * * * #onerepublic #redrocksamphitheater #redrocks #friends #concert #denver #vacation #selfemployed #liveyourlife #bestlife #wander #travel #folk #music #shows #festival #denversymphonyorchestra #symphony #live #park Nothing like a little hike in the Rockies to put things in perspective. The perfect way to celebrate the opportunity to come to Colorado to present a workshop. Grateful I have such great girlfriends to explore with AND that I have another week out here to keep adventuring. Where should I go and what should I see? Who else is out here? Suggestions welcome. Just went to Boulder then I’ll be in Lyons, Aspen and where ever else the travel magic takes me. * * * #travel #colorado #teach #present #rattlesnakegulch #hike #dayhike #outside #friends #nature #wander #explore #adventure #girlfriends #fun #vacation #workshop #teach #photography #changeyourlenschangeyourlife Sometimes the most magical vantage point is the one you weren’t expecting to find. 🔮 In case you’re curious this is the beginning of the Amazon building in South Boston. * * * #perspective #construction #site #onlocation #hirise #hiriseconstruction #boston #southboston #view #skyline #bostonskyline #work #see #seebetter #look #uphigh #turnaround #industrial #editorial #commercialphotography #branding #seeherenow Rainy day ensemble. The perfect shade of black. Elevate your brand. * * * * #photoshoot #handbag #leather #italy #kimberlypucci #newport #rhodeisland #atelier #photography #robynivy #maker #folk #craftmanship #black #travel #luxe #onlocation #shoot #uplevel #brand #marketing #photographer #beseen #seeherenow #visible #work #girlboss #design #details I see people for a living. Sometimes that looks like this. 🙏📸@natalie.coletta When are you coming for your photo shoot? What are you wanting to create right now? What’s next for you? The new studio and I are ready for those of you who want to really step into your next chapter. 📸 Best money you can spend on your branding is shared between stellar photography, strategic brand consulting and on point graphic design. 💻 Whether it’s coaching services to help you keep moving forward in the process, brand consulting to finely hone your vision for your business or uncompromising photography to visual share your personal mission with the world or the perfect space to hold your presentation, meeting, workshop or event...I’ve got you covered. 💃🏼 Whatever your next step is I’d love to help you take it in the right direction. Link in bio. * * * * * #newspace #studio #whatsnext #icanhelp #coaching #bigpicture #vision #help #support #eventspace #rhodeisland #providence #bridalshower #photoshoot #babyshower #workshop #photostudio #rentphotostudio #style #retreat #beautiful #loft #urbanoasis #sanctuary #teach #gather I believe there is a divine light in all of us. We are born with it and it is utterly inextinguishable-try as we humans may. We can feel it, sense it, live by it. It’s a tether to a Source greater than us (if that’s your belief) and a reminder that we all come from the same place and will return to the same place and are far more similar than different. 💡 For years I’ve watched the many ways people relate to this inner glow...this connection to the part God/Oneness/Source/Goddess/Spirit that dwells within each of us. 🔥 Some people doubt it or try to cover it up, to dim it and even to deny its existence. Other folks revel in it, use it as a North Star and truly craft a life around it. 🌟 Me? I try to fan it’s flames daily. Meditation, mindfulness stuff and sticky notes. I try to remind myself that tiny flame is there. Some days like a whisper and other days like a yell and a roaring fire. I feel like it’s my connection to this inner flame that keeps me centered. ❤️ How about you? Ps. I love your light! * * * * #light #divine #shine #brave #glow #connect #breathe #random #thoughts #right? #deep #worthit #grow #meditate #yogi #yoga #halo #sunburst #flare #sunflare #sol #sun #wisdom #guidance #coach #life “No matter how slow the film, Spirit always stands still long enough for the photographer It has chosen”-Minor White * * * * #perspective #seeherenow #theartistsway #morningpages #creative #see #vision #look #heal #shift #studio #thedeepend #life #summer #folk #live #photo #whitebrick #unicorn #shoot Have you ever read @juliacameronlive’s infamous The Artist Way book? Its really more of a creative spiritual workbook than a book and its life changing...every time. I’ve done her process to reignite my connection to my divine creative spark many times over the years. It was becoming clear to me I needed a tune up. One of the weekly commitments of this course is to go on a weekly artist date alone. In preparation for my I asked my dear friend and insanely talented painter @fredpoissonstudio to teach me some basic watercolor techniques. Secretly I was hoping some of his magic and mad skills would wear off on me! These are my first watercolor studies. You gotta start somewhere. It was so fun to experiment this way and play in a different medium. Can’t wait to play more with this on my artist date! What are feeling drawn to lately? Maybe it’s worth exploring a little more? I didn’t sign up for a course, I didn’t invest a ton of time or money. I just asked a gifted friend to share some of his gift with me. A total win win. Fun with a friend, creative expression and leaned a new skill. I’d invite you to give yourself permission to try something new this week. * * * *#artistway #trynewthings #juliacameron #fredpoisson #watercolor #experiment #play #fun #friday #friends #create #joy #now #when

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