My photo is a fond memory of mine. My best friend worked at a pet hotel and the owner kept this pit/staffy mix when he was brought there at around nine months old. He had spent the majority of his life there, so his manners are a little poor, but he's the sweetest blockhead I have ever met. The photo was taken on our first outing together on the river path. I decided to hold him, and he's around 70 lbs. so he was a little weary at first, but then realized it was much easier to get around this way.

Its simply myself . Its the one picture I have without makeup , without trying. It was a picture unposed , and as soon as I turned around my friend said smile and captured it how I was. The background was beautiful, and so natural. Its the only picture I've looked at of myself and for one little moment didn't point out all the flaws I think I have, the one time I've felt okay about myself . The fact that it wasn't planned, or posed makes me love it. In a way it's like life : you don't plan out every step , it's natural, and it just happens. And everything will fall in place once you let it. That's what this photo means to me.

I've always felt a connection to the phrase "our hearts are wild creatures, that's why our ribs are cages."

When I read it the first time i fell in love with it. It was something I'd been trying to say for years but could never get it quite get the words to flow. I was so thankful when I read it and it's always been one of my favorites.

I put it as my profile picture because before anyone read my account I wanted them to know a little but about me and my opinion and when I found out it fit in the bubble perfectly, I knew it this was the one.

And that's it.

em took it

she had a portrait project in photography and asked me to model

leaned against my treehouse dad keeps swearing he'll finish... someday

looking at the trees as she adjusted the settings

I still remember the way the air tasted that day

like dandelions and secrets and dew

Halloween, 2014. I'm going for a hybrid between "warrior" and "wizard." Throughout the costume searching process, I discover a long, Merlin-style beard extending down to my waist. On top if, so to speak, I find a classic "Viking warlord" helmet. I combine these two veils to create "Modin." "Modin" = "Merlin" + "Odin." "Wizard" + "Warrior" = "Warrizard." Mission accomplished. This costume, and the profile picture from it, signifies a hybrid between wisdom and drive, between Merlin and Odin, between wizard and warrior - two qualities, two archetypes, which resonate with this soul.