The Broken Way by Ann Voskamp
From The Feed
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Four shots from my insta feed this week. So many pretty greys and blues. Love the feet shot of me and M. It is so very good to be in the same city as that boy again, with proper dates and church and Sunday afternoon hang times. Canberra has been very good to me so far.
February 17 2017
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Going through my back log of photos from this last week and finally getting around to posting photos from moving day. It was a long day of flights and airports and being stuck in Sydney for a few hours because of storms but by the time I landed in Canberra it was lovely and sunny. Welcome home to me.
February 16 2017
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Today I said goodbye to the beach and the road that leads me home. There is something sacred about the roads that hold almost everything you have ever known - memories drip from every corner and this time you know your sleepy beach town will keep them safe until you come home again. Because you will. These are the roads and stories that made you. And you are never, ever too far from all that you grew to be.
Saturday June 18 2016
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I have so many posts in my draft lists that have not seen the world yet. I found this one today- four of my favourite style photos from our engagement party last June. This party was such a visual dream and tested the waters greatly for our DIY wedding. Which all going to plan it will be stunning and I’m so so excited to experience it, and to also see it photographed!
If you’re also engaged or planning a lovely wedding, let me know in the comments. I love hearing about other peoples ideas and plans and having all the more reasons to scroll pinterest.
The Simple Pursuit 🌿 ✖️
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This blog has been pretty quiet as of late. In fact, most of my creative channels have been. The end of 2016 was a blur of study, wedding prep and long distance love. A rush to pack, to move and to once again to sort my life into boxes. I posted a while back about the possibility of a new city and how absolutely terrified I was of letting go, again, of everything I had come to know. I will probably make a life announcement in a few days, but you should know I’m not scared anymore. Deakin U is my new academic home, from the cloud of course, and I think Canberra and I are going to get along mighty fine.
I found this song last night although once I had heard its opening line I knew I had heard it before, but like all good songs, it didn’t mean as much until now. Until I needed it to. You can find it here. Lyrics that speak holy prayers into my life, my soon-to-be marriage, my relationships and my church. For me, 2017 is all about the simple pursuit.
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VRSLY Takeover // May 2016
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This came in the mail today!! My copy of the Unsplash Book. I knew it was on its way but I’d been thinking so much on other things that I forgot it was due to arrive soon. My design is on the right. Still can’t believe I made it into this book!
This week I am the take over artist for an application called Vrsly! I was going to post my whole series here but I figured that’s too much of a sneak peak at them all, so they will come at the end of the take over.
While I love posting the finished versions of my work, I find progress shots so much more interesting. What people use, what their sketchbook looks like, how they set up their workspace. I love it. So if people love seeing it as much as I do, here are some of my shots while I was working on the series.
My go to equipment usually includes my moleskine, artline fineliners or micron pens, a coffee and my mod from This Is Ground. and nice sunlight for those process photos. If you’re a Vrsly user, I hope you enjoy the series and come say hello on instagram, where all the magic is happening. :)
To Write Love On Her Arms, or more specifically Jamie Tworkowski is one of the reasons I fell in love with writing. As a child and teenager I tore through my school’s library and English class was always my favourite– to this day I sometimes wonder why I never went on to do an English or Literature based degree. I have always loved words and reading but never really fell in love with the writing side until I found a banner on a myspace page that lead me to a blog that contained a story that instantly made me apart of something bigger than myself. Interestingly enough, I didn’t relate to the issues TWLOHA raises awareness on until a few years later but when my world got a little darker, trying to find the words, my own as well as others, was a lifeline.
I had songs and poems and scripture all telling me I was not alone. Switchfoot, Listener (especially their Wooden Heart album), Shane Koyczan and more recently, Joel McKerrow and the Mysterious Few were, and have become artists whose albums get spun when I need an extra reminder that exactly who I am is enough and will continue to be so. I read blogs and and wore a shirt and forced myself to be apart of community, when all I really wanted was to be alone. I wrote, read and stuck massive print outs of quotes on my wall, letter by letter, as if the process of placing them so intentionally made my heart believe them more. It did, in the end.
Ironically, for someone who now loves to write and who loves to write because of an organisation who raises awareness of self harm, depression and mental health, I’ve never really written much in the way of my own story. In fact, six years on my family still does not know what happened in my life the year I turned twenty. Maybe they have since guessed but the fact remains that I have not told them so they officially do not know and six years too late I often wonder if I could ever find the words.
This year TWLOHA turns 10 and perhaps that is the reason I have begun thinking about my journey of late. A friend of mine from high school has also started a blog based around her own journey with depression and her mental health and her honesty is inspiring. The TWLOHA10 celebration is on April second. It’s a Saturday. Maybe by then I will have found the words.
PS: What you can see pictured is TWLOHA’s ‘Supporter Kit’. It arrived today and the tee is the softest shirt I’ve ever owned. and I also neeeeeed this one in my life. Why is the Australian dollar and shipping so expensive? :( :(
