Story Telling

For my first photo blog ever, about two years back, I chose a picture of my desk- filled with everything and anything I used, to represent myself. Today, I choose this simple bowl of almond butter granola instead, for the sole reason that it gives …

Envy- the deadliest sin of all. Yet, it is a common misconception that one must all be envious of others. I believe the worst kind of envy is of yourself; of your past, your memories, and the life that once was.

This picture was taken on a rainy and stormy day, reminding us that even the dead need shelter from the force of mother nature.

The urban landscape: the most striking representation of humans’ interactions with their environment. As society progresses, its architecture moves along with it.

In the spirit of California’s two-week fall, here is my favorite tree in the entire world- the one that paints the streets and skies yellow.

“Color is descriptive. Black and White is interpretative.” – Elliott Erwitt

This week’s photo challenge prompt was to tell a story about our friends and family through a visual image. This is a story of summer, of water, of ambiguity; of impending doom derived from a sharp tree branch and a deflating tube.

Although many might consider my Mexican ancestry and Jewish heritage the primary aspects of my culture, I believe it is more important to emphasize our individual traditions, the customs we choose to practice in our own ways. For my family, this is our yearly camping …

The United States of America was founded upon the principle of freedom. But if you think about it, are we really free? Can we do whatever we please? Say whatever we want? Go wherever we feel like entering? The answer is simply: no, we can’t. …