growing.

It has been a very long time since I have taken a photograph that is personal enough to place here.  Very soon, I will have so much to share.  I have been scared of so many things that are so trivial, and have allowed those things to get in the way of who I am as an artist.  I recently lost 20 lbs, and I'm still shedding the weight.  I feel more beautiful every day.  Soon, I will share all the beauty I feel with you.  I promise.

-marika

time.

At the end of January in 2010, all I wished for was to skip ahead one year.  I was in a lot of pain from a breakup, and I wanted to be in a place where I knew it had all worked out. 

I am beyond that place now.  I am in the most amazing relationship of my life with the most amazing man.  He knows me better than I know myself at times.  That is priceless.  I am also in the best place professionally.  I have a lot of work to do, but at this point, it is coming along wonderfully.   I have a new studio, and a new outlook.  I am going to have a wonderful year.  :)

I have used this blog  mostly for self portraits, but today I am just writing.  I will be posting self portraits very soon.  I purchased a new film camera that is going to completely transform my life.  I promise I will share the most amazing stories soon. 

-Marika

worth it all.

I revisited one of my favorite places in the world with my favorite person in the world last weekend.  Every day of my life, he reminds me of who I am.  That is worth everything.  

 

 

~ m