Take me back to cozy days with a smiling snowman and a half-eaten-carrot as a nose, fluffy snow, and a cozy fireplace and chocolate chip cookies waiting for you inside 🏠✨
8 months away from this account.
8 months to reconnect with nature, family, and friends (distancing).
8 months to breath and take a break.
Many things have happened, lots of hiking, lazy days by the fireplace, and probably the most important thing, the first step towards one of my biggest dreams: I started a 3-year master’s MFA program in Film Production. Considering the time difference with Los Angeles, my days start around 11am and finish at 4am. I hope you are all doing well and got the chance to slow down and enjoy the little things over the past few months. ✨
Throwing it back to one of my favorite trips. All about mountains, hidden lakes, friends, and lots of strudel 😋 Truly looking forward to these moments again 🏔
After over two months of living within the walls of my house, tomorrow I will finally adventure out and go on a hike again. I cannot wait to feel the wind, the sun shining on my body as I’m making my way up the trail, and ultimately, feel connected to nature again. 🏔
Take me back to the places that make me feel small. Take me where the sun and the water meet, creating magic. Take me back to the mountains and the ocean, and everything in between.
I think one of the things that I missed the most is traveling. That feeling of just being able to get behind the wheels and go wherever you want. It’s almost like a therapeutical thing. When something’s wrong, I get in my car, play some music or a podcast, and just let go all of my thoughts.
I remember hiking to this place during a cloudy day. I wasn’t too hopeful for the weather conditions but it was still nice to get outdoors and embrace nature. Once we reached the first lake, a low fog started rolling in and everything just looked so untouched and pure. We couldn’t see any of the mountains surrounding us but, to be honest, I could not be happier.
I never thought I could miss sunsets. Never thought that could even be a thing, to get to a point in my life where I’d miss seeing sunsets because .. how can you? You just have to get out and look for a spot and watch the sunset.
As we slowly approach almost two months of lockdown, I start missing a lot of things. And sunsets are definitely somewhere up there in my list.
Digging into my hard-drive trying to find photos that remind me what being surrounded by nature feels like. When there is absolutely no one around you for miles and miles (except maybe for a few bears here and there 🐻).
Purpose.
Throughout the past few months, this word has been floating in my mind quite a lot, especially when shooting. What is your purpose when following your passions? What is that thing that motivates you to get out there and do things? I have often realized, sadly, that when I am out shooting, I rarely do it for myself. I am either doing it to show it off on social media as in “I wonder if this will do well” or even shooting for someone else, thinking about someone else. I wonder what she/he will think about it. I wonder if she/he will like it and tell me I did well. But how many times have you pressed the shutter because you, and only you, liked that shot? How many times have you gone outside shooting, or singing or painting or playing music or any kind of passion you might have, for yourself and no one else. It might sound weird but as much as this is my passion and I am doing it for myself, sometimes I feel like I am doing it just to please others. Sometimes I feel like there is no purpose.
So, as much as I dislike being stuck at home, this forced me to analyze certain thoughts and confront myself. I may not be able to get out there and shoot, but there is definitely some sort of growth going on here.
