Joshua Tree

Posted on November 24, 2022November 24, 2022 Posted in travelTagged anniversary, autumn, birdwatching, blue sky, cactus, California, cholla, desert, Fortynine Palms Oasis, golden hour, hike, hiking, Joshua Tree, Joshua Tree National Park, mountains, national park, national parks, oasis, palm tree, Ryan Mountain, September, Southwest, stargazing, stars, sunset, travel diary1 Comment

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This fall, Andrew and I spent a week in Joshua Tree, California to celebrate our fifth wedding anniversary. We stayed in a little Airbnb rental, hiked (highlights for us were Fortynine Palms Oasis and Ryan Mountain trails) and stargazed in the national park, and took in the beauty of the quiet and massive desert landscape around us. Rain on the first day of our trip broke a heatwave and we enjoyed lovely weather the rest of our time there to watch birds, relax, and see a vibrant harvest moon rising.

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process project / week 8

Posted on April 11, 2016February 7, 2017 Posted in sketchbook, travelTagged anxiety, art, art practice, BFA thesis semester, both/and, Brooklyn, college, emotions, feeling, fragmentation, friends, Gallery, grace, gray, handwriting, learning, learning to see, middle, middle places, museum, New York, NYC, paying attention, practice, process, process project, process project: BFA thesis semester, seeing, sketchbook, sketchbook practice, stress, thesis, trust the process, wholeness, writing1 Comment

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seeing Rome

Posted on February 1, 2015February 7, 2017 Posted in travelTagged art museum, Italy, Rome, summerLeave a comment

Rome, Italy: July 19, 2014 – July 21, 2014

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the in-betweens

Posted on October 11, 2014February 7, 2017 Posted in reflection, travelTagged college, Europe, home, practice, seeing4 Comments

Appreciating the in-betweens seemed easier in Europe. Here I tend to move with calculation: settling into routes that are fastest, most efficient, most effective.

This summer, I rode high-speed trains and walked quickly but traveled with a spirit of slower awe, observing intensely the things around me, intending to see in a way that would do the surrounding beauty justice.

Noticing is an art, and art is rooted in practice. I’m still learning to see well.

A note to self:
Look up and around, notice.
Make observations of beauty part of your everyday.
Savor the in-betweens.

la vue d’une fenêtre parisienne

Posted on August 9, 2014February 7, 2017 Posted in travelTagged France, Paris2 Comments

the view from a Parisian window:

– our Parisian window,

all the better for its preceding walk from the train station, five-story spiral staircase climb, narrow hallway, and heavy door key on a first night in Paris.

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