Sunday, January 30, 2022

Bailing

farewell, 2017, i’m grateful for ya. for the snowboarding, the women’s march, new projects, my sister lauren’s graduation, establishing @theriverstudio.co with @jtully, volunteering at my community radio station, shooting weddings, a summerful of great weekends with family & friends, swimming in rivers, hiking, standing up in my childhood friend’s wedding, bartending @coldmountaincafe, my first solo photo exhibition @42mapleartists, a group gallery show with @jtully, traveling abroad alone for the first time, exploring iceland, an amazing surprise weekend of friends from five (!!!) states, home for the holidays, & more snowboarding. 2017 was also about emotional conflicts, financial stress, body self-hatred, political despair, constant car chaos, battles with depression, & health issues that kept me from running the whole year. and yet, what a wild and precious life i have. there were and are a million little ways i failed my loved ones & myself, & lot of ways i tried to show up and be better. i often think about bailing on photography, to run out into the wild & never come back to civilization. but i’m not (yet) & i’m not making resolutions or promises to myself this year. the total reinvention cocktail can be intoxicating, but for me it’s always been toxic. the “new year new start” thing is a seductive illusion - as if i just had a little more discipline, i would charge forward & shed the flaws and failures of my old self, sailing into a brilliant unknown as some shining reborn being. not only is that impossible, it’s limiting. our journeys make us who we are. mistakes, and pain, make us human - and imperfections teach us empathy. our naked selves, not our curated ones, draw us together. vulnerability is a gift. what we do when we’re kicked and down defines who we are. in 2017, a lot of us felt got trampled. but it was a year of grappling, of dreaming, of reawakening. i don’t want to leave that behind. so i want to build on where i came from & keep climbing toward a better world & better work. old friends & new, favorite haunts & new adventures, inevitable failures, bigger dreams, same flawed, passionate, evolving mind & body. hello, 2018. (at Strandabyggð)
I'd like to think that I am presenting some recent photos on Iceland's hotpots, but obviously the above is not so recent ... Though the description does not out with old, in with a sort of new.
But the rest are (though some look quite summery ...).
The theme of the first part, "ones" possibly?

w gorącym źródełku ❣️
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#iceland #icelandtravel #islandia #landscapephotography #landscape #krajobraz #wodospad #waterfalls #waterfall #nature #naturelovers #photography #art #ptaki #birds #love #travelling #mountains #sesjakobieca #mountainlovers #góry #sesjakobieca #hotsprings #rzeka #river #icelagoon #couple
Megi eilífðarsól á þig skína,
kærleikur umlykja
og þitt innra ljós þér lýsa
áfram þinn veg.
📸 @acroyogaguy ♥️
#naturelover #purelove #bliss #dreamlife
There's a small natural hot spring at the top of Reykjafoss (swipe left to see the falls) that I got to spend my morning in. I have found my happy place. ❤️
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#travel #traveler #hotspring #hotsprings #iceland #europe #roadtrip #roadtripping #altgirl #greenhair #summer #nature #relax #naturephotography #summer #waterfall #canyon #wild @iceland #optoutside #hike #hiker #hiking

Chilldown
After a full day of hiking this was bliiiiiiis. A natural geotermal pool in the middle of nowhere to chill us down. This is paradise on earth!
The two's then.
When you try to take a nice artistic photo in a hot spring mountain river in iceland...
#instagay #instaawesome #passport #gaynomad #travel #adventurer #adventuretime #globetrekker #globetrotter #wanderlust #whereintheworld #hotsprings #hotspringsoak #iceland #photobpmb

Magnificent
VIAJAR COM OS PORTUGUESES EM VIAGEM SIGNIFICA NÃO TE LIMITARES AOS LOCAIS MAIS TURÍSTICOS ONDE VÃO TODAS AS AGÊNCIAS CONVENCIONAIS. CONNOSCO VAIS MAIS LONGE, A LOCAIS ONDE PODES TER A MAGNÍFICA NATUREZA DA ISLÂNDIA TODA SÓ PARA TI.
And then the gents solo, somewhat different?
Heydalur camping is such a nice place. They have this pool open 24/7 and after midnight you might have the place to your self like I did.
#hotsprings #hotspring #naturism #nudism #fkk #naturist #nudist #skinnydipping #skyclad #nudeswimming

1 comment:

  1. Do you know Cabo de Gata nudist beaches? Here you are: https://playasalmeria.es/

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