in the past | abandoned 4 in 1

as i was organizing some electronic files, i found this little project i worked on years back. i'm not sure why i abandoned it then, but i'm really drawn to it as it is now. 

forget what you know.

question assumption. 
stop and wonder. 
be curious.
re-wonder.


i did this recently by asking myself if my "dining room" really needed to be a dining room? sure it's the room right next to the kitchen, but i'd much rather have a studio to paint and sand, and to enjoy a glass of wine while getting my hands real dirty. so i said goodbye to the room formerly known as the dining room!


i spent last thursday evening staining some wood and painting with minimal light wee into the night. there, happiness glazed over me.

i wonder what else in my life is posing as something because it "should be" rather than being what it could be?

squaw valley | french meadows reservoir

i've been playing with video a bit...here's a little something i put together with some of the footage from this weekend. it's a bit of a teaser, except this is all of it. you'll see what i mean... and fyi, the music is by brooke fraser and it's called faithful.