Happy Face
Category : HI Life to HIgh Rise, Photography
Date : September 30, 2012
Welcome to Queens! Spot the yellow happy face.
This city.
Date : September 27, 2012
…is amazing. All these things I saw in jus two hours. Nature, the dump, a AIGA talk by designer Louise Fili, and blinding ambulance action. Only in New York.
Not a Double-Up
Category : HI Life to HIgh Rise, Photography
Date : September 27, 2012
Double post below—uh oh. Looks like an Internet glitch. I thought about deleting one, but then I thought back to the conversation I had with Dr. Paul Levinson Monday at Fordham (photo above from my walk back to the train). I am exploring thesis ideas and something he mentioned was that books will always be there. Once they have been printed, they aren’t going anywhere. However now with the Internet, we can change things on the fly, delete the unwanted instantly, and hide mistakes. There leaves no room for error because someone can always make the wrong, right.
I decided to leave the double post below as a reminder that everyone is human, and we all make mistakes. I could have went back and changed history, but this time I decided to leave it. Sure it makes you think you are seeing double, or maybe questioning my ability to hit the “publish” button, but it is not a bad thing. The immediacy of the Internet has allowed us expect a certain level of perfection all the time, but nobody is perfect–that would be boring.
Summer in September
Category : Coast to Coast, Photography
Date : September 26, 2012
Today’s weather was a little cooler than the humid New York summers but it was the perfect temperature for taking a walk outside and enjoying the sun. I got to do this today with my good friend Marisa! We even ran into Leo on a movie set. Pictures below of the Marimekko umbrellas at Madison Square Park and my purple pants and French macaroon dessert.
Summer in September
Category : Coast to Coast, Photography
Date : September 26, 2012
Today’s weather was a little cooler than the humid New York summers but it was the perfect temperature for taking a walk outside and enjoying the sun. I got to do this today with my good friend Marisa! We even ran into Leo on a movie set. Pictures below of the Marimekko umbrellas at Madison Square Park and my purple pants and French macaroon dessert.
Gratitude
Category : Coast to Coast, Photography
Date : September 24, 2012
Looking east at the moonrise coming back to the city from Fordham University today.
Gratitude over attitude. Grateful to have made friends with so many wonderful people. Happy Birthday to one of the best in the west, my dear friend Allie!
Empire State
Date : September 23, 2012
Walking by the Empire State Building never gets old.
Chop chop
Date : September 22, 2012
Living in NYC can really get someone into the habit of doing everything at an accelerated pace. Although living here…
I spy…
Category : HI Life to HIgh Rise, Photography
Date : September 21, 2012
…the Empire State Building. Do you see it?
Looking up
Date : September 20, 2012
When the day-to-day struggle brings you down (because we know sometimes it gets the best of us), look up. The…
Maui, 2007
Date : September 19, 2012
Today my uncle, Maui Mike, sent out this image he took of Maui’s south side from Upcountry. Although this made me a little homesick for the beach and my family, it was also reminder of everything I have for me back at home.Looking at the date, August 2007, I was reminded this was the same month I left home for my first year in college at the University of San Diego. Moving away is a difficult thing to do, especially when home is Hawaii–a very unique , warm, and loving community–but I have realized a few things since leaving home. I would never be so grateful of where I am from if I did not leave. This theme has come up multiple times in many of my art works and my motivation. I know I am not moving home anytime soon, but one day I will return home to share what I learned with the Maui community. A lot of people want to flee the islands and never turn back, soaking up all the opportunities on the mainland and beyond. It is one thing to leave, but to me, coming back is just as important. Taking the opportunity to share experiences with younger generations, is helpful to provide guidance and relieve the fears many people have of leaving our very amazing, tight-knit Maui community.
Flatiron
Category : HI Life to HIgh Rise, Photography
Date : September 17, 2012
Saw this for the first time in an art history text book and now I get the chance to see it in person almost every week. Built in 1902, I’d like to know what the Flatiron Building gets to see everyday. Lucky to live in New York.