Dear Bloggers:
Welcome to my new, improved and (God willing) updated much more frequently, blog! I have decied to join the blogosphere full force with inspiration (i.e. unwavering admiration & admitted obsession) from the likes of Kristen Vining and Lindsay Reagan Thorne. Writing has been my biggest passion since childhood. I remember using my mom's old word processor (yes, word processor - there was no editing anything back then! When you back spaced there was literally a
line through your words) writing story after story about fifteen year old triplets whose father was a wealthy, never home CEO for a "major corporation". The triplets solved crimes, saved the world, fell in love and often pretended to be each other on dates (as all triplets do). It was a direct rip off of my favorites, Sweet Valley High and Nancy Drew. I kept diaries where I pined over my love for 7th grade soccer stud "My So-Called Life" style (except I, the blend-in-able, flannel wearing, introspective Claire Danes look alike, never actually got to kiss or run my hands through the eye grazing, dirty blond hair of the young Jared Leto...sigh). After the drama filled days and sleepless will-he-smile-at-me-in-the-hall-at-school-tomorrow nights were past me, God thew me some curve balls (my parent's divorce; unfaithful friends, family and loves; a boyfriend's untimely illness and death; and a painful battle with depression). All of these would make compelling tales full of turmoil but somehow writing about the hurt and sorrow that shaped the person that I am today is something I find extremely difficult despite the triumphs I ave experienced because of it. I have written much about these incidents, in no particular order, with no particular agenda, hoping it will be cathardic, but I find myself unable to finish perhaps because, though these things are over, they are so much a part of me that they will be never be truly complete. I find myself frustrated because my heart is overwhelmed with so many emotions that I am compelled to share in some way. I feel EVERYTHING. My heart swells and stretches with love and ache so many times a day I am quite sure it may explode one day for being too full. I see an old couple holding hands on the street and I feel overwhelming sense of promise and hope; I see those poor, sad eyed dogs in those devastating commercials with Sarah McLaughlin's haunting voice and want to save them all; I hear my boyfriend laughing in the other room of our home and I feel safe and loved. My constant, often cheesy yet always genuine heightened state of feeling leads me to my need to have a creative outlet and to my desire and passion for touching others lives for the better. This is where my blog comes in. Here I will attempt to combine my love of writing and my newer love of photography into a creative portfolio of sorts that I hope will lead to a full on career some time int he not too distant future...or, if nothing else, a place to learn more about my passions and share my outcomes with you.
What I hope to bring to the world: beautiful pictures; portraits of friends and those of you I don't know yet; pictures that capture my city, Charlotte, and all of the wonderful, peculiar people who roam here; little essays about life, love and the lessons I've learned and continue relearning every day; notes about the people (famous and otherwise) who inspire me on a daily basis; greeting cards - genuine ones that say what you're truly feeling on that particular day as I know not everyone can express themselves with words though they desperately want to - and funny ones that make you laugh - but only if you laugh at things that are a little silly and a little offbeat, both with pictures taken by me; the ability for you to order said cards & photographs; and the ability for you to contact me to capture the things in YOUR life that you are passionate about with the help of my camera and my (over) active imagination.
I WILL be corny. I WILL at times be a little Chandler Bing-ish (i.e. sarcastic) and I WILL be all over the place (oh and i WILL reference movies and TV shows... a lot). I am open to your ideas and thoughts at all times. Feel free to email me with questions regarding what I do or if there's anything I can do to hep you be creative for someone YOU love.
<3,
Laura
