everything in between

I'm lost for words to begin to describe the last couple of months. My photographs go all the way back to the beginning of my senior year, and even there I have no words for. I hate to say this, but in retrospect this happened so quickly. cliche, I know. I'm trying so hard right now to say something worthy. But honestly, what is there left besides that life is constantly changing. It is only now, at this moment, that I feel it through goodbyes, packing, spending as much time with friends who are leaving soon. Which almost makes it feel unnatural. We try so hard to make the last moments special. When the casual hang outs were always the most fun. I'm listening to the best playlist ever made specially for me. It was harder than I thought it would be to say goodbye to this friend. Most of all because it seems only impossible to keep up our friendship on a non face-to-face level. Does that make sense? There is a solution, if you can call it that, and I'd be very excited about it. You'll only have to wait to find out. 

Then there's another person, whom you've all seen quite frequently on this blog. He's an interesting fellow. Always gets on my nerves. But for some reason we've been great friends for such a long time. Our friendship won't end at goodbye, maybe put on hold. But at this time, I'm happy for where he will be, what he will be pursuing, and simply grateful for the opportunity to know him. 

I'd love to write about every dear person in my life, and will, I'm sure, at one point or another. But as for now, I'd love to leave you with a song: Breathe 

nat and her skeleton lover - for our senior english class production of Benwulf 

when phil came to visit in september

little sofietje blissfully play by the pool

one of those days where I go out to lunch with lukas 

my feet before we walk a little ways down the road to eat pizza with the class

         

at the swimming pool, enjoying the sun, water, and fresh air

february - kento, from stranger to friend, helped me with a photography assignment

april - the three of us went to solo to watch a movie

lucky, lucky girl :)

 

Mr. Hicklin / English Teacher 

more photos on flickr 

march / bali / film

we arrived at the airport in the morning, everyone excited to dump their bags and head over to the beach.

walking to the hotel, i saw this creature and stopped to take a picture. also on the right,  an interesting statue towering over me. 

kohl at his balcony

dutchblitz - something i am horrible at

at the roof top during nyepi. trying to catch every bit of sunshine before it faded.

he thought no one could see him. 

i walked alone because i was sad - the water, like looking through a kaleidoscope 

clarity is overrated 

i let a little sunshine in 

the red lantern above the pool 

the boy under the red lantern in the pool 

sun-kissed shadows 

the evening of nyepi & us on the roof 

angela at the pool / waroeng 

experiments 

High School Senior Portraits 2013

A few of my classmates who let me take their Senior portraits! Oh and by the way, 

WE GRADUATED.

secret garden

this boy, who has been one of my best friends since somewhere in the middle of our ninth grade year, is leaving in just a few weeks. when i think about all the things that we have been through, all the memories that we have made, i am filled with happiness. last night we reminisced about our ninth grade years. how i use to be incredibly studious and the only times you would find us hanging out is if we were studying for a test or working on a project. it's funny to see how things change, but still remain the same person and have the same kind of friendship. this year we added a lot to our friendship by carrying my cameras wherever we went. often times we would search for new places to explore and were excited to find potential buildings, gardens, open fields, anywhere for our next photo-shoot. in some ways you could say that this new found hobby brought us to places we would never have come across without it. it gave us something to do, and soon it will give us many things to remember.