from the soil of your words.

I've been so behind on uploading photos. This shoot is actually from month's ago. It was awkward and scary to shoot at first, but I feel it's one of those shoots that actually changed me. Here is my brother's lovely girlfriend, Anna. <3

kamakura

I am so behind on this entry, as I went on this lovely trip in April, but I finally get to share the photos!

Tokyo, Saitama, Kamakura, I miss all of these places. They are sewn into my heart, and start to bleed when I reminisce. I stayed with a good friend of mine, Tatsu, at his lovely home in Saitama during my trip. It was raining so hard most days, we joked that I brought the Fukuoka rain with me. We visited Kamakura and my heart swelled as the sunshine beamed down. The green, the beauty, I couldn't imagine a place like this existed. I still can't believe that some places in this world exist.

Tatsu was so sweet; he bought us film cameras and by the end of the day, we got them both developed in a shop in Shibuya on the way home. We looked through each set of exposures at home. Little trips like this with amazing people always make me feel so so blessed. I'm so lucky to see the things I do, and have friends like Tatsu. 

Inside the big Buddha.

Tatsu's film photos of me.

emerald-stained nirvana

I finally got around to editing the photos of my first time in Dazaifu from a month ago. Before going, I had been dreaming of Dazaifu for months, and with good reason. Mae and I wandered with open eyes and beating hearts. It's such a serene, beautiful place! The mountains surround and protect it, all you see is green and red. The gods are so close to you that they seem to touch and bless you wherever you walk, and when you pray. Mae showed me temples, took me up dirt paths, showed me the Kyushu museum with trees embracing each other and towering so high I was speechless. Dazaifu has become one of my favorite places, and thank goodness it's so close to me.