Wow, what a challenging and rewarding year 2015 has proved to be!
Family, client and friend have been afflicted with illnesses. I faced the subject of death on many levels and were reminded what a precious opportunity that I have to spend in this world.
This year, me and my Assistante continued our exploration of our curiosity in Italy, for the third time. And this time, it began with tears, tears of hurt and disappointment (a little bit of what happened here). Luckily, we did not let that incident put a damper on our trip and rose above the circumstance. Our love for this wonderful country and its people not only stayed, but grew.
Speaking of exploration, we are still at loss on how we ended up going to a part of the world that we never thought we'd be willingly stepping on - the Antarctica. We have learned so much about the beauty of this continent, and about ourselves, especially of our ever-expandable limits. Thanks to the other-worldly challenges that we had to deal with, we have become both physically and mentally stronger. I feel that we are more open to getting out of our "comfort zone", which used to represent moderate temperatures.
Friends, when you are immersed in the joy of family and friends this holiday season, I want you to know that I appreciate your being you, from a liking of our post, to a comment of how you feel about our work, to the supportive words sent to my email, to even taking the time to share our posts/website to your family and friends. For that, I thank you!
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Now it's time to have that toast with my family. With my renewed license in this world, for every additional day of my life, I will strive to share beauty, spread love and inspire changes. And I look forward to seeing you along.
Ciao!
Los Angeles Transformational Beauty Photographer
This Valentine's Day, Caress Yourself with Love - Los Angeles Transformational Beauty Photographer
I grew up in the far east and even I have heard the story of a woman being saved by a knight in shining armor (on a white horse?). So, would it be safe to say that many girls, if not all, have been brought up in the culture where such fantasy exists?
Valentine's Day is such a classic holiday, nowadays, to celebrate with your such knight. And it could cause stress for the princesses that are still waiting. They may think that no knight likes her or, worse, that she's not worthy of love.
Girl, listen, just like many things in this world, if desirable things haven't happened to you, it most likely is not a reflection on you. Think about it, your designated knight, in such a confusing world, may have been lost, distracted, gotten into a fight with the devil for a wrong princess, or even fallen off the handsome horse and injured himself. So, like I said, no delayed arrival for the above reasons could have been caused by you. So, stop being so hard on yourself, and have faith that the fittest and the bestest knight will show up when it's the right time and you are in your best state of physical and spiritual mind.
In the meanwhile, caress yourself with abundant love. Treat yourself as you deserve it. All of my women clients know what I'm talking about.
Happy Valentine's Day!
Happy holidays and we are moving!
Hi all! I know I've been MIA for a while.
First off, I'm working on a move, including my website and blog. I appreciate all your support over the years and would hope to continue seeing you around when the new blog is up and running. If you would take the one minute (not even) to fill out a short form in the link below, you will be the first to know of our "grand opening":
Now, the fun stuff...
This year, I've been busy exploring the surface of this planet. :-) My "assistante" and I charted our way to Europe. You may know that we went to Italy. Do you know that we went to Italy twice? :-) We've been to where the God Father One was filmed, The Postman (In Italian "Il Postino"), Under the Tuscan Sun... The list went on...
We went to countless ruins and medieval villages that I can't wait to share the stories demonstrating such richness of culture and the friendly cats (even though I got scratched), dogs, donkeys (and my "assistante" go bitten), the cows, the sheep...
The image in this card was made in Pisa. We all know the Leaning Tower. Yet, Pisa is so much more than that. As I was photographing the night scene of River Arno, I saw "Christmas lights effects" in October. And I wish that you find the spirit of Christmas and stay merry, jolly and happy in every day of your life!
As we all continue to learn and search the essence of ourselves, I realized that it has been a year that's changed me profoundly on a spiritual and creative level. And this change will for sure flow into what and how I create.
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I look forward to sharing with and getting inspired by you in the years to come. See you next year!