A moment of self reflection, thats what this massive body of alpine water is to me. Again I found myself out in the deep darkness of night taking a long exposure. I crave the silence along the coastline - I wanted to create something that could embody this emotion so I could always admire the feeling, if not to only look back but to remember such a feeling was and is possible.

The sky led me to stay out late every night, the chill of the heavens blanketing me as the blue and violet stars lit up the massive pines touring all around me. I have an affinity to the stars, we are children of them, I’ve seen and fallen in love with one. I beg anyone to stare deep within the cosmos - it stares back at you.

I have delt with a viciousness that had control of me for many years, a constant cycle that led me to much more suffering then necessary - I tried to escape reality. A crutch in which I relied on heavily becoming something in likeness to breathing I suppose. It pushed me deep within my mind, every time I picked up a lighter i dug deeper and deeper, until I hit bedrock - rock bottom. I looked up from the massive labyrinth I created looking to the tear covered eyes of those who loved me - I didn’t realized my suffering weighed upon theres souls. I decided to climb out, unable to look within the eyes of the loved ones until I was face to face with them standing beside the ledge - I could see the joy there souls had, I wish I could have seen it much sooner. I love being lost within the eyes of someone I love; I find it so funny that now such a powerful vice has no power over me. “Chronic sunshines forever, you know that it don’t really go, I’m getting spat out of Peckham, while your’e cycling home, it’s an ongoing circle, no sights to behold, vicious repetitions, while still cycling home.” A quote from Cosmic Pyke.

One of my favorite moments I’ve ever captured is tilted “A memory of lovers” It embodied just that a moment that will live in the hearts of the couple kissing beside the river. A moment that burns into those who have experienced something so meaningful - Love is something that transcends logic, it makes strong men weak, it opens your soul up to something much more grand than yourself. Love is the most ascendant emotion we as humans can manage to feel, it’ll make your cry, it’ll make you smile, it will make you laugh hysterically, it’ll even make you feel as if you fallen within an abyss. Love really gives meaning to our short lives, I’ve found so much clarity within it - I found myself.

Lake Tahoe.

Olympic Valley.

Oklahoma.