honouring what is real

lately i've been so loving liz lamoreux's 'what is real' self-portrait series. just honouring where she is in that moment of that day really calls to me. this month has been challenging and i've been inspired by liz to pick up the camera on those days that might not be so shiny and bubbly...to document what is real.

a lot of my self-portraits pull out the whimsy in me, the joyful little girl wide eyed to the world.  those photos teach me so much and bring out a part of me that needs honouring.

but it is the truthful as well as the shiny moments that need honouring. its often those moments when i think it is most powerful to aim a camera at one's self, to look the camera right in the eye.  it feels like an asking to be witnessed, and a witnessing.

the last few days i've been trying to take more selfies.  some walking towards whimsy, some looking myself in the eye and others just documenting where i am.

and how are you?

Comments

[Lisa O]

great post! did i miss the selfportrait "workshop" or hasn´t it begun yet?

[stef]

love you so! xox

[Deborah Carr]

These are beautiful, soft...as you say, filled with whimsy and light.

[CHRISSY]

this
did
my
heart
good

love!

c

[caroline]

oh my vivi. the first thing i thought when i saw the first b/w portrait of you, is 'oh my god, vivi is so beautyfull'. it struck me like no other of the self portraits you take.
and then i read your post and laughed at how it fit.
it made me wonder how beautyfull we must all be to others, when we might think we are having perhaps a not-so-beautyfull day. a good reminder. that ones going on my fridge:)
love you! nice to see your paint and strawberry fingers in the later post!