the year of unexpected beauty
I'm about as good at keeping new year's resolutions as Taylor Swift is at keeping a boyfriend.
I last about a week. Then, I give in to junk food or swearing of whatever necessity I falsely believed I could live without, and then i'm back on my BS. This year, however, I finally followed through.
At the beginning of 2017, I set out to capture moments of unexpected beauty.
What I mean by unexpected beauty is like...that moment when you're in the middle of doing life and something in particular catches your eye and you're like, "yo that's weirdly pretty" (i.e. looking in the mirror sometimes), and you kind of just admire it for a second before going on with the rest of your day. Well, I decided to take pictures of those little things.
It became almost therapeutic; a small yet consistent reminder that sometimes it's important to just stop and notice. To let yourself appreciate the everyday things and simple treasures that we normally overlook. It was by far one of the best things i've done for myself. (and it sure beat giving up french fries, I mean come on)
I tried to stay away from the obvious subjects, like the sunset or flowers, which are lovely, but they're expected. Here are some of my favorite little moments from this year:
the reject rack in the forever 21 dressing room. // in the midst of a stressful shopping trip trying to find a dress for a wedding
messy blues. towel of hues. // a sad day. a very bad day.
remnants of a good cup of joe. // curtesy of one of my many trips to stellar cafe.
half cooked + sunny side up. // breakfast in a tiny texas house in luling with sarah (spring break 2k17).
1995 ford taurus. "soft cups only" // sitting in the starbucks parking lot with sarah, drinking coffee and talking before the john mayer concert.
color organized bell peppers. // a farmer's market in Iowa.
a freshly slept in bed. // my hotel bed in austin, tx during a YCT convention.
one door closes, another one... // door of a bed and breakfast in fredericksburg, tx on a family vacation.
sink of succulents. #alliteration // watering day at Texas State
With 2018 on the horizon, i've decided to continue this resolution into next year and build onto my collection. I'm super excited to keep this going, so if you'd like to keep up with me and my journey, click on the button below to check out my VSCO journal:
In 2018, please do yourself a favor and take second glances at the things around you. Look up, look down, and let yourself be overwhelmed by the seemingly underwhelming. Treat yourself to the ordinary things this new year and, of course,
