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we have adopted a distorted sense of reality. somehow the tangible world has become, in our minds, the real world.
“Art is a birth, and you can’t go to a teacher to find out how to be born…you have to struggle…until that image, the one that comes out of your need to create, emerges.” -Malcah Zeldis

“Art is a birth, and you can’t go to a teacher to find out how to be born…you have to struggle…until that image, the one that comes out of your need to create, emerges.”

-Malcah Zeldis

Washington, DC | 2010 I haven’t touched my camera(s) in a while, much less this blog. I guess med school does that to you.

Washington, DC | 2010

I haven’t touched my camera(s) in a while, much less this blog. I guess med school does that to you.

Warpaint 6.13.2010 What draws me to art, especially music, is the risk. It’s crazy to spend months and years pouring your soul into creating something that, in the end, could be ripped apart by fickle fans and ruthless critics, not to mention the “hipster” crowds, in a matter of minutes. And yet, they do it anyways. Not because they want the recognition for it, though that might be nice, but because they love the creative process and hope to give the world something new, honest, and true. And so they’ll gladly take that risk, because when weighing moments of rejection against the possibility of providing personal enlightenment, it’s not really a risk at all. So on one level, artists mimic, albeit on a much smaller scale, the creative processes of a God who in the beginning created the world out of nothingness. But on a deeper level, I’m reminded of a Son who put His life on the table for the sake of the reconciliation of many. Knowing for sure he would be rejected, but also treasuring the few who would could come back to Him. Obviously I’m not saying I see flashes of Jesus Christ every time I find myself in some random venue listening to a band that lives in relative obscurity. But music will always be more to me than what sounds good on the radio.

Warpaint 
6.13.2010

What draws me to art, especially music, is the risk. It’s crazy to spend months and years pouring your soul into creating something that, in the end, could be ripped apart by fickle fans and ruthless critics, not to mention the “hipster” crowds, in a matter of minutes. And yet, they do it anyways. Not because they want the recognition for it, though that might be nice, but because they love the creative process and hope to give the world something new, honest, and true. And so they’ll gladly take that risk, because when weighing moments of rejection against the possibility of providing personal enlightenment, it’s not really a risk at all.

So on one level, artists mimic, albeit on a much smaller scale, the creative processes of a God who in the beginning created the world out of nothingness. But on a deeper level, I’m reminded of a Son who put His life on the table for the sake of the reconciliation of many. Knowing for sure he would be rejected, but also treasuring the few who would could come back to Him.

Obviously I’m not saying I see flashes of Jesus Christ every time I find myself in some random venue listening to a band that lives in relative obscurity. But music will always be more to me than what sounds good on the radio.

Costa Rica, 2007. Since my brother is borrowing my d80 and since shooting and processing film takes so much longer, I’ve just been revisiting old pictures that I never really processed. I think shooting film really helps make better photographers, because the deliberateness and care of composition with each shot is so much higher than the hold-the-button-down-and-take-700-pictures style that digital tends to promote.

Costa Rica, 2007.

Since my brother is borrowing my d80 and since shooting and processing film takes so much longer, I’ve just been revisiting old pictures that I never really processed. I think shooting film really helps make better photographers, because the deliberateness and care of composition with each shot is so much higher than the hold-the-button-down-and-take-700-pictures style that digital tends to promote.

it’s a beautiful thing.

Oriente, Lisbon. 2008. europe has a charm that i’ll always love. my summer program at cambridge, trip to portugal with the bro, music tour in germany, and the family vacations all over europe (which i probably didn’t appreciate at the time) are experiences i’ll always cherish. maybe someday i can make it to spain. asia and latin america definitely have their merits, but europe is just charming.

Oriente, Lisbon. 2008.

europe has a charm that i’ll always love. my summer program at cambridge, trip to portugal with the bro, music tour in germany, and the family vacations all over europe (which i probably didn’t appreciate at the time) are experiences i’ll always cherish. maybe someday i can make it to spain.

asia and latin america definitely have their merits, but europe is just charming.

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!