We hope everyone had an awesome Halloween weekend! Here are this week’s pics:
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Farrell – Los Angeles, CA
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Laguna Beach work session
Meeting Dr. Mark Hyman
West Hollywood Carnival
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Lauren – Portland & Fryeburg, Maine
Oyster lunch in Portland
The path to the sweetest outdoor wedding ceremony setting I ever did see.
Love and friendship
Frida the Queen of Selfies @fishwithbraids #artsinactionbushwick #morganwalls
F: What is one thing that you have learned about yourself this past year?
L: I’ve learned that once I spend a little time somewhere, I always feel like that is where I should stay. Makes for a funny way to experience moving around as much as I have been.
F: What are you most looking forward to?
L: The possibility of my dreams becoming reality.
F: What is your favorite way to express yourself?
L: Decorating a space.
F: If you could travel back in time, where would you go?
L: Back to Bali! Oh, do you mean more like another time?! Hmmm, maybe I’d check out the bohemian scene in Paris in the 1930s.
F: Have you been listening to any music? Care to share?
L: I’ve been feeling pretty off my game on the musical front. I’ve been waiting for a new (or old) album or artist to draw me in and completely knock my socks off.
It has been a long time since I have identified myself as a creative person. When I was younger, I used to write poems and take them very seriously. I would spend all night writing in the dark and let the words fly out of me. As the years passed, I stopped feeling things so deeply. I am not sure what changed. It could be age, it could be maturity, it could be meditation (?!) or apathy. I don’t think it to be a negative thing. Though lately, I have been craving some sort of creative genius within me to come out. For so many years, I focused on more practical and earthly things like keeping my house clean or being organized. But, that all starts to get a little boring.
In the past month, I have gone to two painting classes and though I don’t necessarily fancy myself to be the next Monet, I had fun. I didn’t completely suck. Most of all, I lost myself in the hours of painting. These classes have only cracked the door open for me toward putting my focus in expressing myself in one way or another.
It’s pretty awesome.
*Post inspired by Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert.
At the end of September I had the opportunity to go meet my friend, Jo (remember her awesome post about Cambodian surf rock?!) for a three week trip to Bali! It was such an incredible trip. Jo has been living in southeast Asia for the last couple of years, and had spent a little time in Bali before I got there, which made for a very easy entry for me. We saw a lot of different areas of the island, did a ton of yoga and ate deliciously fresh food every day. This was definitely a trip I didn’t want to come back from!
There are a few more pictures I posted along the way on my personal Instagram account, if you care to take a peek.
(image via flickr)
FOCUSING on self care this week. I have been going and going and it is time for me to slow down.
STARTING to read Elizabeth Gilbert’s new book Big Magic. I have heard so much about it and am ready to embrace my creativity! Who’s with me?!
BOOKING my singing lessons that Lauren got for me for my birthday. I have put it off because I am so scared! Eeeek!
READING Women Who Run With the Wolves. I’m not too far into it but the introduction alone was so powerful. I can’t wait to continue to make my way thru this read!
MARKING a year since I left my full time job. I couldn’t have imagined the year I’ve had, the places I was able to travel and the time I’ve been able to spend developing personal projects and interests.
LOOKING forward to my first visit to Maine this coming weekend to celebrate the wedding of two wonderful friends!
After a few months hiatus, we’re back! And better than ever! Let’s get things started with some pictures from the weekend:
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Farrell – Los Angeles, CA
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Celebrating 10 years with this guy
Painting class for Dad’s birthday
Gloomy Sundayz
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Lauren – New York, NY
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Ghost world in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn
Pink lady on the subway
Gamelan Urban Sanctuary @ The Chimney NYC
We hope everyone enjoyed the blood moon last night! Here are this weeks pics:
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Lauren – Bali, Indonesia
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Perhaps the most delicious thing I’ve ever eaten. Cashew Tree restaurant in Bingin Beach.
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Farrell – Los Angeles, California
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The best sign
Homemade ricotta
The sunset after surfing
Hi folks! It’s been a little while but we wanted to check in, say hello and let you know we haven’t thrown in the towel on blogging. We’ve had a great summer filled with some quality family time and lots of friend’s wedding, birthday and bachelorette celebrations! Farrell recently started a new job and I have been busy working on developing my vintage shop, The Disco Emporium (take a look at many of my new pieces here). Tomorrow I leave for a three week trip to Bali and Java! I’m super excited and hope to post lots of pictures while I’m away. We’re going to get back to a regular blogging schedule once I’m back but in the mean time we’ll be posting a bit here and there.
Hoping all is well in your world!
Albert and I had the most glorious time in Montana with some of our very best friends. It is such a vast and breathtaking place and it really casts a spell on you. I loved it. It helps that we had amazing hosts as well.
Earlier this summer I was asked by Composure’s Kyle Studstill to share two modern role models / people who inspire me for a series he has developed called, For Those Who Craft.
“In July I asked creative people in the Composure world to reflect on and share the exemplars who have influenced their art,” Kyle writes. “Here you’ll find a small series of collections curated by these artists—within each collection you’ll find a pair of inspiring projects, the curator’s take on their significance, and a theme that ties them all together.
Inside are ideas to introduce to one another, connections to be made. And in this way we dance.”
You’ll find info on & links to my modern role models, my dear friend Meaghan Calcari Campbell and artist Jimmy Marble under “PERSPECTIVE for those who work with WORDS.”
Thank you to Kyle for including me in this project. I can’t wait to explore those named by the other contributors!
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