Category: Story Telling

For my self portrait I chose to stop and smell the roses. This is an attitude I’ve taken to approach this year in particular. Because I really want to have vivid memories from this part of my life. I force myself to slow down, and truly pay attention to everything happening. What I can see, hear, think and feel. While I enjoy being young though, I really cant wait to be a retiree, and literally be smelling the roses all day.

You may not consider city trash cans a “modern convenience” but did you know that New York city did not have city trash cans until 2024? Were very lucky to have infrastructure like trash cans, street sweepers, gardeners and more provided by the government, to keep our cities clean.

These mushrooms represent Gluttony. They are so hungry, they feed and grow on all the dead things in the soil. This mushroom sprouted up, and grew to humungous size within a few days. After about a week, it had melted down into a pile of goo… returning to the soil without a trace.

This is a close up of my brother. I like how he is squinting into the sun, it makes the color contrast very dramatic.

I took this photo of some palms in Los Angeles. They make a nice silhouette against the sky. I think they tell a story of a journey, through an unfamiliar place.

I really like this photo because you can see all the detail in the vines on the concrete. I think vines on concrete is very symbolic of resilience. Like the classic, flower growing form a crack in the sidewalk.

This is a photo I took of my brother in an airplane. I think it tells his story well because it emphasizes the red of his hoodie, which he wears every day. You can see he is on an I-Pad, his 2 favorite things to do are playing video games, and coding video games, so thats appropriate. I really like how the orange light is coming in from the window on his hair, its almost like his brain is shining through his skull.

Here you see my brother practicing the midwestern tradition of fourth of july fireworks. Where we celebrate our independence from Birtain, by reveling in our freedom to do many things. For example: setting things on fire, or wearing red white and blue. I wonder if there are any cultures that don’t have celebrations with fire as a key element?

I loved this prompt, there are so many beautiful flowers in my backyard and around my neighborhood, and I love any excuse to just wander around and look at them. This is one of the roses in my backyard. I really like how these roses have like 2 colors. They are yellowish on the inside with a bit of pink on the edge of the petals.

I took a picture of a stranger walking through the annex. I like how the trees frame them, and they are in light and the background is in shadow.