Make Your Mark

Love is like a river. We all have our own waters trekking to different places. Sometimes as we carve our marks across the history of humanity, we merge with creeks, streams, and even other rivers. Our waters are constantly changing. But we are never truly changed.

The people in our lives are much like these other waters in the sense that the people you meet influence you with new ideas, new hobbies, new philosophies... but it adds to the bigger picture of who you are. Relationships are formed from such mingling and the paths together are sometimes long and sometimes short. They can carve huge canyons into your heart. Trek through vast mountain ranges. Storm across heavy rapids. Or stream across slow, steady distances. When you meet new people, you have the chance to flow along new currents and carve a new path into the countryside to carry you to new places and experience new things. But sometimes, these currents can take you to dead ends. It's all about knowing in your heart where you are headed in life. East or west? North or south? Up or down? Left..right..sideways....upside down. What's waiting for you, just around the river bend?

Point is, let your river flow. Never be afraid to discover what lies ahead of you. Don't be afraid to open up to new people, live, and love others. I aim to be the change I wish to see in the world: someone that is completely happy being themselves inside and out no matter the given situation. The human experience is about taking chances and pushing to change without being changed. Go with the flow of time and embrace all that happens to you. Good and bad. Ultimatly the way I choose to handle any given situation makes me who I am.

P.S. Picture is from zee 2009 portfolio. Thought it fit the theme of the blog nicely :)

Dreamcatchers & Sunshine

The picture above is the result of some tireless encounters with me and my camera. I was trying to capture the excellence of my necklace that I made (the dream catcher) but my camera did not want to focus correctly. And even though I was getting frustrated I have to say that I kind of like the out of focus look that it turned out to be...

It's sort of... symbolic.

As Qi Gon Jin wisely spoke "Your focus determines your reality." My focus has been unclear. Misguided. Left alone in the dark. I know what I want in life but it's knowing what steps to take to get there and not letting people around me bring me down. A huge fault of mine has always been living for others and not doing what my heart truly desires.

So, Heart, what path will you carry me down? Speak openly. Travel wisely. Worry less. Oh... and uhhh.... bring me a shiny plate of awesome and a full cup of happiness while you're at it :D


Turn around, look at what you see
In her face, the mirror of your dreams
Make believe I'm everywhere, living in your eyes
Written on the pages is the answer to our
neverending story

Reach the stars, fly a fantasy
Dream a dream, and what you see will be
Lives that keep their secrets will unfold behind the clouds
And there upon the rainbow is the answer to our
neverending story
Limalh-Never Ending Story

I think my car and I might take a nightly stroll out to a dark isolated spot tomorrow night to witness the Perseid Meteor Shower in its ultimate climax. Using the Dark Sky Finder my good friend Dominic showed me makes me want to go all the way out to West Virgina and stand on top of the Appalachian Mts. Or fly out west :) Man, I really need to work on that teleportation device....

Washington D.C.

I never meant to wither. I wanted to be tall. Like a fool left a river and watched my branches fall. Old and thirsty I longed for the flood to come back around to the cactus in the valley that's about to crumble down. Wipe the mark of sadness from my face. Show me that your love will never change. If my yesterday is a disgrace.. show me that you still recall my name. -Lights, Cactus in the Valley



Washington D.C. was the mark on my trail this past weekend and we got to see more than I expected or even hoped for. Though, traveling through the city, I had constant reminders of the yester-years from when I first visited our nation's capital (for all yee Americans out there ;D) back when I was a little wee one. I remember vividly the Star Wars exhibition, Smithsonian, the White House, K street, and last but MOST certainly not least - National Geographic headquarters. I still remember to this day my first experience with National Geographic. I discovered the Theory of Evolution at their museum's featured exhibition at the time. When I learned that many scientists believed we evolved from apes, I was completely shook to the core as I was raised to be Christian. When I went home after that trip with my family, I remember getting a lecture from my 2nd grade teacher after my extensive weekend journal entry proclaiming my discovery. Her being a devote Christian as well, she told me I was wrong and wouldn't let me go to recess because I argued with her saying that Jesus evolved from a monkey too because he was human. Thinking back on that now... I'm not sure how she got away with that? Teachers now would be fired over such a thing today. Nevertheless, every time I see a Geico commercial doing their cavemen spoofs, I always think back to that moment in time lol.

Anyway - This time was a little different. We hit all the hot spots so our eyes could feast on all the glorious white, oddly roman-esk architecture that makes it stand out from the rest of the world. Looking up studying the architecture there were times that I had to remind myself that I wasn't in ancient day Rome. Until I looked down at ground level again... the segway tours and plethora of cars, lights, and ginormous construction trucks may or may not have made that reminder pretty easy.

Nevertheless, we explored all the glories of D.C. - National Archives (holds the Nations official Constitution, Declaration of Independence, etc..), the White House, Smithsonian Institute (Air & Space museum FTW), Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument, Arlington Cemetery, National Geographic Headquarters (my heaven), and became extremely ecstatic that their ceiling in NG Headquarters was covered in stars... but done in such a way that the fiber optics and perfectly chosen paint and materials made it feel like you just stepped out into the galaxy for a taste of the stars themselves. :')

The main reason for the trip though was seeing Lights in her special acoustic performance. Her delicate singing and beautiful lyrics of the songs that I admire so much literally brought excess moisture to my eyes. Almost to river form. And then, I got the extra bonus feature of hearing a brand new song that she wrote this year that I can relate to in more ways than one. The lyrics at the top of this blog were from this song :)





My more photographerish photos were posted to Flickr :)
Good Night
Brooke