intertwining

thanks always

what is your dance? if you had wings to fly would you stay or go? in the absence of fear, how do you move?

playing with projection

it is always such a pleasure to create with the ever brilliant rose. which do you like better…? black and white, or color?

behind the scenes with freeman

devotion (cont. - series of 6)

my work and heart are transforming. i love photographing and spending time with yogis. i believe this is the direction my artistic discipline is going in. what do you think? more and more to come. ...

devotion (IV)

a series of photos from recently; visual poetry representing devotion

1 & 2. rose 🌹 (much more to share from this shoot… slowly but surely)!

3. message on gate of cemetery (do...

fire becomes water // water becomes fire

in letting go

of what i thought

i wanted

there is freedom

🔥💧

photo by me; of the amazing Rose Vaughan!⚡️

🌘🐍�...

preview from a recent photo session … very excited to share more from this series.

pictured here is rose, my teacher, in standing compass.

10.24.23

the ones

not shown

on instagram

***

and a mantra

that kept repeating

during meditation:

***

how rare

how precious

recollection

darkroom print

from october

lifetimes ago

enter the womb

nectar chemical bath

fertile void

holy void

which desires

to manifest

the teacher is always as close as the breath. the breath is harder to grasp than the wind.

merging through the heart within the heart

remembering

how you fall

is how you rise

support. power. grace.

the heart

is the center

of the mind

*

the body is

the mind

*

what is

beyond

the beyond?

if you feel

if you feel bound

you are bound

if you feel liberated

you are liberated

things outside

neither bind

nor liberate

You...

subtle, & then all at once

3 poems reflecting on an intensive yoga therapy training from the past few days

I.

why

child

are you using

dull scissors

to cut

through delusion?

pick up 2023-10-12 11:57:00 +0000 UTC View Post

someone else’s days come in all quiet

[ i know nothing /

i am everything /

i am nothing /

i know everything ]

***

[series of mer on the roof]

shedding, transformation, purging, re-birth

modeled for a figure drawing class today for the first time. it was such an interesting experience. challenging for sure to stay still in a pose for 20 minutes at a time (the session lasted four ho...

preview from a rooftop session - welcoming october ✨

excited by these images. more to come… giving myself more time lately to slowly go through images, rather than self-imposing urgency. slower creation seems a bit novel to me, but stripping away t...

35mm film, from time in India

some by dani, some by me. shooting film is such a joy. a slow mystery. thank you for looking ✨… how do the images make you feel?

‘strawberry ceremony’

just got back some old film that i’m so excited about. will share more soon ✨…

everything is a paradox. everything contradicts itself. and it’s perfect.

mother & daughter, father & son, sisters of the earth (III)

becoming river

thank you for this life.

Great Mother

MAHA

holy earth

may we protect Her presence in all. ♾️

photos of me by goddess Elsa Marie Keefe

her artwork + magnetic presence are amazing — che...

holy dawn

this body

made love

with the moon

and by dawn

She dissolved

swallowed

by golden light

gracefully

streaming

through elegant branches

run i...

together in the space of Love

“when you’re in This place everyone you look at is your lover. so, being in Love isn’t special. being in love with the universe is ordinary.” it’s what happens when you destroy t...

i am

i am

*

pregnant

with the moon

magnetized

by the eternal

*

silver eyes

luminous rivers

enlivened by

the unseen

*

holy my...

submission to the wisdom of Earth [II]

submission to the wisdom of Earth [part I]

The Beautiful One handed me a broom and said,

‘Sweep the dust from the sea!”

then burned the broom in the fireplace and said,

‘Give me back my broom.’