I know...

I've always been super reflective. I talk with my hands...rarely finish my sentences...squint my eyes when i am thinking...avoid talking on the phone...am rarely seen without my sunshades... listen to my music too loud and recently when a good friend asked me to describe myself with one word (sniff, as if): i choose intolerant.

The alchemy of life has taken the creative medium of photography combined all of my natural quirks and awkwardness and transformed me, to take a page from one of my favorite children's books, Frederick by Leo Lionni, "...they all applauded. "But Fredrick, they said, "you are a artist!" He blushed, took a bow, and said shyly,

" I know it..." until next time.