Art comes in many forms, we know that. I, myself, cannot successfully execute many of them. Painting, drawing, sculpting, or anything like that is more or less just too high-speed for me. However. Words, I love. Words, images, and people.

That is my art. I like to capture life and people as fully and beautifully as possible through photos and words. That's what this is- what I've tried to accomplish is a description. I have tried to used photos and poetry together as one piece to describe Branden.

It's such a cool feeling- I wish I could share it with you- when the words line up and create something so harmonious and so affective. When the shutter closes at precisely the right moment and you know that it's right. This one was so fun, as Branden is someone I know incredibly well, and happen to be extraordinarily in love with.

However, It's inspiring me to push further. I want to do this not just for the people I know and love, but for strangers and acquaintances. I want to push my boundaries and my comfort zone in not just writing and photographing, but in my own interactions with people. I want to open up and change my own perspectives.

I look forward to sharing more of this collection with you as it comes along!

Here is hopefully the first of many:

Branden Macfarlane Hummer

to think-
this state of being
this beautiful existence

to love-
this face of stranger
this fear, this chance, these people

to make-
her corners turn
this cold and blueness burn

to awe-
the galaxies
this unknown marvelousto live-

this beating heart
till death with all its might