Rubber Duck Festival

We walk because thats all we can do. 

Some photos of Sydney before I left

(sydney 2011)

5am feelings

(nick hopper)

It’s 5am and you are pondering whether you should try to go to sleep or just stay awake since clearly you can’t go back to sleep. Wondering why you can’t go to sleep but feel so nonchalant about it, you don’t resist it. Mind wandering.

Maybe these are the nights she was telling me about when you just aren’t able to sleep but you can’t seem to pinpoint what it is that is keeping you awake. Needing a place to explore these inhabited feelings unable to feel as though you are expressing yourself (why aren’t I articulate?). Writing will never be forte neither will be photography but you do it anyway.  Yearning to feel something more than what this present life gives you, unsure how to attain it- yet a state of euphoria. Hugging someone you only met for a month but feel this deep bond that you find yourself fallen to the ground in shock. Catching yourself in pilot mode. Wishing for that moment when you are feel “this is right, this is where I need to be” it’s probably on top of a mountain somewhere, gotta go find my mountain. Not making any sense.  Watching life move forward back at home, you feel a little heartbroken as though you never existed but you know you did, you’re just a little vain. Avoid calling home scared of all the hidden ignored feelings that you locked inside yourself. Feeling guilty for not feeling any homesickness but you regret nothing for leaving Sydney behind. Feeling over dramatic. Writing horribly, yet an urge to post it. Trying to establish a sense of relevancy back at home.

5am feelings.

Bon Iver

I remember hearing Bon Iver - For Emma for the first time in one of my many youtube spirals. It was haunting, touching and moving. I downloaded their whole album and played it on repeat ever since. I was crushed when I couldn't get tickets when they toured Sydney but I was able to score them without a hassle here in New York. I loved that they decided to play at the beautiful music city hall that has so much history and character. I wasn't at first a fan of Bon Iver - Bon Iver. But I think it was simply that it was so different from For Emma, Forever ago. It all changed when I heard them play live. I fell in love at the moment with Bon Iver the album. The vibrations just affect your heart like no other. I am so happy that I went and I will hold it dear to my heart.

KING OF NEPTUNE NIGHT

Rutgers just hosts huge seafood buffets that would make my dad proud... whole lobsters and crab legs. A bit disappointed with the shrimp but epic night! ahahahhahahahahah

Princeton

flea market & Brazilian festival

Coney Island

A little day trip to Coney Island.

Harlem