THESE ARE A FEW
OF MY FAVORITE THINGS

01

Photographing

People, places and things. My first photo assignment was 5th grade with a purple plastic film camera. Lauren Lindner paid me 5$ to take stealth photographs of the boy she had a crush on at recess. So began my unrealized dream of being a private eye.

02

Traveling

I want to go everywhere. Seeing things I have never seen before makes me feel alive. Adventures, secret bars, rocky coast lines, lush green fields… I want it all. Where should we go next?

03

Making

I need to use my hands to make things. To create something out of nothing is a magical feeling. I was not born as lucky as Sabrina the Teenage Witch, so I have to find my own ways to make that magic. It doesn’t matter what it is - welding, woodworking, sewing, weaving, knitting, designing - I can see something in my imagination and go crazy working out how to bring it to life.

04

Learning

My therapist says this is due to my desire to be needed and to always be the best, which is probably true since my goal is to learn how to do everything. Build a house? Carve a spoon? Make some clothes? Understand the human psyche? I want to know it all! Teach me!

05

Growing

Call it gardening or farming or little house on the prairie-ing, but I love it. Flowers, Food, Cactuses, Ferns, anything and everything. While I lived in Chicago, I have to get creative with how to exercise this muscle each year. It started as a mini farm in the suburbs, then building a garden for Bang Bang Pie, then working with Herban Produce, and finally to my overflowing rooftop patio garden and apartment. Having recently moved to Maine, I am looking forward to all of the new space I have to grow!