Changing Things Up
My life has been shaken like an etch-a-sketch, but in a good way
I’ve gone through more change in my life this year than I have in the last five. It has happened at a breakneck speed which has been hard to keep up with, but also exhilarating in the best possible way.
Parts of me are waking up for the first time in over a decade. Other pieces are finally being let go, leaving me wondering why I held onto them for that long in the first place. I guess this is what it feels like to shift out of survival mode and into something else. I don’t dare to call it thriving, not in this economy, but it is fundamentally different than any other way I have lived my life before.
I’ve had time to look at myself, what I want and who I am, with patience and not the usual franticness that comes with jamming introspection into a reactionary life. I can take my time, breathe even, while I figure out what parts of me are still me and what parts were a response to everything else around me. It’s strange work picking that apart, especially when you had convinced yourself some things were innately you only to discover they were simply coping mechanisms.
All that to say, I’m starting with a clean creative slate over at Novo Notes. What I write about or photograph or discuss won’t come through a predetermined lens. It’ll just be unfiltered me in a space where I can build a body of work with all my parts. No more boxes or monikers or firewalling one part of my life from the other. It’ll be a glorious, honest mess and I’m excited about it.
So if you want to keep following me on this weird little journey, feel free to subscribe to Novo Notes. I’m not automatically porting over my subscriber list because consent is sexy. I have one post up to get things started and I’ll have another coming soon where I share what it felt like shooting a movie poster. After that, the sky’s the limit.
Whether you decide to join me on this new adventure or we part ways here, I hope you are kind to yourself and take care 💜