the road

my photography journey just keeps getting better and better.

current joy:
this group of people
being a beginner
dark&light
vanilla cake with sprinkles
his photos
50 degree weather

love,
stephanie

process of progress

today, i am grateful:
for song.
for "the process".
for baby steps.
for a partner in creative crime.
wandering.


i was talking to ellyn this morning about enjoying the process as much as the end product. we have a friend going on a trip next week and she has a very calculated and planned schedule, every minute accounted for. she likes traveling that way.

i'm finding i'm more the other way. yes, i like a plan and a good list is gold to me - but to just be able to take off and wander - priceless, right?

are you outcome motivated? or is the journey reward enough?

i also can't stand an unfinished project, which i seem to have a pile a mile high of..
we're complicated beasts aren't we?

to the journey and to the outcome, whatever they both may be,
stephanie.

bumps in the road

yesterday carson called asking me to come over and help him with a video project. this came as quite a surprise because we had just finished taping a rather important project the previous day.

i grabbed my camera and walked on over. carson was extremely excited and just said "start the camera and let me handle the rest."

what came out of it was this video. i was bawling as soon as i saw the names of dan and chelsea, two of carson's best friends from montana whom we haven't seen in quite some time, not to mention their new baby daughter.

i forget how much i/we have. this summer has been such a transitional period, both of us decided it was time to take our dreams a little more seriously and we decided it was time to start saying goodbye to jobs we both loved. emotional roller coaster doesn't even begin to cover it... then he goes and makes something like this.

carson had recorded "murder in the city" (one of our favorite avett brothers tunes) a while ago and i always forget how much i love his version. we made this video in one take.

if you'd like to follow our musical adventures, check out our little blog.

i hope you are in love with your own life, or fall back in with it soon.
goodnight,
stephanie

pushing through

i've been watching some of st. vincent's tour videos from a couple of years ago. i love what she says about making embarrassing music (replace music with whatever your thing is). if you feel like you're in a not so comfortable place with your art or craft, keep pushing. you'll get there.
alright, if you a fellow wisconsin sport lover, i hope we are in for an amazing weekend.
cheers!
stephanie

fight your way through

the one and only ira glass on the creative process. go fight.