Glance Back

More than once this year I've thought of the importance of understanding truly where I am in my life, when I am there. I've had a couple situations throughout the year where I became so focused on what was coming, and what needs to be done, that I've forgotten to give importance to what has already been done.

Throughout the past weeks, I have been taking some time to appreciate and acknowledge the portfolio work that has been done this year, and the year before. Its been amazing to open some of the folders and view a whole scheme of photos in a way that I had never seen them before. Maybe I just didn't have the time to look at them? Maybe I was distracted while I was looking at them. In a way its like double return, to know I can have 2-3 faves right off the bat, and then look back on the album a year later and have 2-3 more favorites.

The Photos featured in this post are from 2014. 2014 was a year of testing the waters. Doing what styles of shoots I felt helped me express myself the most at the time. 2014 was a year of learning the depths of adaptibility. Understanding how to wear different styles as if they were all mine, and understanding how to express outwardly what needed to be expressed, regardless of what I might have been feeling or thinking. Looking back I can say I honestly loved that year. Full of love, and creative flow, 2014 represented me well.

2015, I can speak of as though its gone because it isn't yet. But I can comment on my feeling of it so far.

In a lot of ways 2015 was very diverse. As my creative flow allowed me to do more collaborative work than ever, I was able to meet/connect/work with more creative people in the Okanagan than I could have ever imagined. Coordinating became something I practiced religiously throughout the year. Also I received a new appreciation for styling. 2015 open my mind beyond modeling, and onto the horizone to everything connected to it: How to see the concept as a whole, how to bring everything together to make the real thing as fabulous as the vision. How to coordinate everything from hair to makeup to outfit, location, and posework.

I think its so important to always give value and credit to the work that has already been done. As I've realized this past year, if I don't give those things value I loose balance, and I'm not fully apreciating the work, even as I'm doing it.