How awesome...

Sometimes I forget how crazy and awesome God is. I say this because there are times when He seems pretty chill. Like he's not really active in our lives. Like life just goes on and on and on. When I'm really honest though and look at who God is and what He has created I'm in awe. How can we not bow down and worship.

I know God is amazing and that He loves us and created us. All He really asks for is our hearts. Yet many of us still run, myself included.

What do they have in common?

Art, movies, and even the comfort of your bed are all subjective. That is how they are all similar. When it comes to these things though even if you get a friends opinion, you may end up with a completely opposite view. Each person creates their own opinion and it's unlikely that you both will feel exactly the same. That said I've been very disappointed in the movies I've seen lately. For those of you who know me, that's saying a lot. When it comes to movies I expect two things. I expect that you hold my attention the entire movie which is pretty easy to do and that whatever genre it is in, it excels in. Meaning if your a chick flick, follow the rules and make me ride the emotional roller coaster. Romantic comedy and comedy, make me laugh. Drama give me a little intensity and so on. Lately the movies I've seen are so mediocre. I really am just disappointed in the deteriorating quality of entertainment these days. It seems as if a lot of movies are no longer well written. This really only applies to half the movies out there. There is some good quality. I just wish that people wouldn't be so satisfied with the mediocre movies because maybe then we would get higher quality film. I recently watched Amelie again. They way they altered the color and the adorable story was awe inspiring. I loved Atonement with it's off kilter story and the beautiful panoramas and way the camera moved through the shots. There are so many great movies out there, I just wish they were easier to find.

One suggestion for you, watch Project Runway and Design Star when they are on. They really get my creative juices running. Look at what they did with newspaper on Project Runway. It's awesome, so try and watch the rerun. Even more so, look at some of the fashion from past seasons. Some of what was made for that show is so creative.

Just a quote that makes me think a little harder. ""Push the envelope", you know who uses that phrase? People who don’t have the guts or the brains to work inside the system."

Skelly

Continuation of the Red, White, and Blue.....

Washington DC is beautiful and quite inspiring. The whole trip was amazingly fun. The photo above I took during a beautiful sunset above the clouds. It is something I recommend everyone do when they fly at some point. It was awesome. Laura and I thought the flight there lasted forever, we were just that excited. When we landed we took the shuttle to the train station. We took the train (something neither of us had done before) to the Subway. Switched subway stations, then because our subway station was closed for the weekend, a bus to the station. Then walked to our hotel. Transport didn't get much easier but we had fun anyway. The monuments and memorials were so much different from what I imagined. I fell in love with the architecture there not the not-so-nice people. The city is really beautiful. I mean the top picture is of the subway and I think that was compelling. There is so much history in the city, I felt like I learned a ton by going there.
This little pepper above was something random I did. I went to Chili's for dinner with some friends. They were charging a dollar to color the pepper as a donation for St. Jude's Hospital. I went ahead and did it. Came up with this little guy with just green, red, blue and yellow crayons. So even when your not feeling super inspired, go back to the basics. You might enjoy what you come up with.

The True Red, White and Blue....

This past Labor Day Weekend was kind of awesome! I went to Washington D.C. with my best friend Laura as a late Birthday weekend for the two of us. We both have birthdays in August. It was a treat for ourselves. Plus despite the fact that we are super close, we had never been on a trip together. This was our first and it was certainly interesting. Maybe not an epic adventure like moving across country. But certainly an adventure nonetheless. Especially since the subway station by our hotel was closed all weekend.

I'll write more detail another day. This is just a visual snack. The second to last picture was taken at the Lincoln Memorial. The rest were from the Washington monument.

Perspective.

Perspective in photography has everything to do with the angle you shoot something at.
Perspective in life is so much more complicated.

It's something I've been contemplating the past few days. How perspective can change and how no two people have the exact same perspective. One of my coworkers oddly brought it up today. She was called in for jury duty and was almost part of a manslaughter case. She was talking about how past experiences, change your perspective on things later in life. It made me think about the time before I knew God was real. My perspective on life was completely different. It wasn't until after God became part of my life, that I really started to look around at the people around me. Previously, it was easy before to make it all about me and that still is the case sometimes. Yet, striving for something more has made my life completely different. Just a little food for thought.

I attached some pictures that had different perspective too. Hope you enjoy!