This series is about those "gone in a flash" moments that when noticed feel magical and fill us with a sense of awe.

This series is about those "gone in a flash" moments that when noticed feel magical and fill us with a sense of awe.

I believe that our eyes tell our life stories.

A white backdrop is set up on a busy street corner. As passersby agree to participate they are given a piece of paper with an emotion written on it. They are asked to close their eyes and connect with a memory from their life when they felt this emotion. Once ready, they are to open their eyes for a portrait. What I quickly found was the moments of transformation back to their memory are so profound that this also needs to be part of the story.

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I believe that our eyes tell our life stories.

A white backdrop is set up on a busy street corner. As passersby agree to participate they are given a piece of paper with an emotion written on it. They are asked to close their eyes and connect with a memory from their life when they felt this emotion. Once ready, they are to open their eyes for a portrait. What I quickly found was the moments of transformation back to their memory are so profound that this also needs to be part of the story.

San Francisco

San Francisco

San Francisco

San Francisco

San Francisco

San Francisco

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San Francisco

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San Francisco

Throughout our life journeys there are distinct moments when we realize we are being held captive by something - it may be a relationship or a job or some habitual pattern that has taken over and is driving our life.

Once discovered, then a decision must be made. Do you push it back into the shadows, or do you face it?

When you've decided to face your captor a great storm begins to rage internally. It is grief, it is anger, it is fear of the unknown.

With time a shift begins to take place. No longer are we under water, submerged in a pain-filled darkness. There is a small crack that streams a light called "hope."

And then finally we can see the way out and boldly step onto a new path. We know we will never go back to that old way of being again.

That expansive moment when you recognize that you have evolved into a new way of being, a more aligned version of your true self. You are wiser, you are braver, and you are ready.

Throughout our life journeys there are distinct moments when we realize we are being held captive by something - it may be a relationship or a job or some habitual pattern that has taken over and is driving our life.

Once discovered, then a decision must be made. Do you push it back into the shadows, or do you face it?

When you've decided to face your captor a great storm begins to rage internally. It is grief, it is anger, it is fear of the unknown.

With time a shift begins to take place. No longer are we under water, submerged in a pain-filled darkness. There is a small crack that streams a light called "hope."

And then finally we can see the way out and boldly step onto a new path. We know we will never go back to that old way of being again.

That expansive moment when you recognize that you have evolved into a new way of being, a more aligned version of your true self. You are wiser, you are braver, and you are ready.