Nylon Parla is back, folks! That’s right. We have a new crew, new photos, a new mission, and we post every 19 days (which is how long a Baha’i month is). We take a photo on a particular subject (this…
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A few weeks ago, my friend Melissa Diep asked a few other ladies and myself to be models for a “Trash the Dress” photoshoot with about 20 photographers. First we went to a location under the railroad tracks in downtown…
For years I have railed against the end of summer, the beginning of autumn. September was always a month of conflict for me: it is my birth month, but also when school would start up again, and when the weather…
I haven’t really been home for 6 weeks. I stop here to sleep, do laundry, refill my suitcase, and off I go again! Travels are over for the time being, life continues to be busy but I’m glad it is…
On sunset, there is a shadowed promise of the night my favorite time and I held my breath we closed our eyes there was everything surrounding in the stillness of the light. Today is my birthday. It really feels more…
The trial of the seven Baha’i leaders in Iran has been postponed. As this New York Times article so aptly put it: “The Bahais have long served as the proverbial canaries in the coal mine of Iran’s theocracy.” Injustice against…
It seems like there is almost a reaching toward a not quite there feeling… we’re staring off into the distance, hoping for an answer. really, I was floating in this dream a soft, sunny place that reflected my heart and…
After several years of desperately wanting a digital SLR camera, I finally gave in and bought a Canon EOS 1000D. I am having fun, and I actually do carry it everywhere with me. Unfortunately I haven’t had a chance to…
I worked. Did chores. Planted things in the garden. Crossing my fingers that they won’t die or get eaten by rabbits. Made chocolate covered strawberries and apricots. Another article that I wrote went up on Soulpancake. Enjoyed the tulips in…
“It’s like the whole of humanity is displaying addictive behavior… from the individual to the largest organizations.” -Shannon, 1/1/09
“Unless the season of winter appear, thunder roll, lightning flash, snow and rain fall, hail and frost descend and the intensity of cold execute its command, the season of the soul-refreshing spring would not come, the fragrant breeze would not…
NYLON PARLA, the photoblog that I contribute to, has this week’s theme up, which is “Streetlife”. Check it out! Also, the illustrious and illustrative Ekundayo has made this awesome poster, which I want to share with you. The caption on…
day six Check out today’s posting…it took quite a bit of effort to get those pictures to the wonderful ladies at nineteen days, as I did not have internet access last night. I used Twitter at around 6 am to…
I decided to change a few minor things on my blog, the most noticeable of which is the addition of a second sidebar, where I have linked to a number of blogs of friends of mine. I cleaned up a…
The lovely and talented Amy Sahba asked me to be a guest photographer this coming week for one of her blogs that she works on with Leila. The blog, every morn and eve, has photos taken by the photographers in…
The illustrious Sarah Lonning has a presence on the web. Be impressed. Navid shares music, often with commentary. Brilliant. I’ve been enjoying it very much. That odd fellow known as David Precht launched his site a while ago, and it…
I am in the shadows of trees. infinite, against sun-streaked skies. the shadows are peace, forgiveness… When we whispered our secrets to the quiet spaces under the trees, beyond the hills that we slept under for one hundred years… the…
There are things to do. Decisions to be made. I’ve been home for nearly 2 months, and it has been a much needed break from the last few years of work (and before that, school). So…I’m working on that. Being…
your words came to me at exactly the right moment. I hovered in silence, in pain and confusion, all earthly attachments. your words…I had no response. we are none of us innocent and yet, and yet… we are souls, our…
but really, all I have to say at the moment is: I love Spain. (click for pictures)
I did a photoshoot a week ago with a friend who is an amazing photographer and is also serving here. He did some digital work on them…the space where we shot the pictures was very plain, but you wouldn’t know it from the photos….