Blinding Beauty (365 Day 21)

I had a pretty nice day today. My friend Jose and I went to check out an abandoned house that I had found. I didn't want to go in alone, in case it was inhabited by unfriendly vagrants. I felt pretty safe with Jose there. Most people would think twice before starting something with him.

The house was pretty rad. The downstairs had a bunch of open windows with vines growing over the outside. I sooo need to put a naked lady there. The upstairs was just crazy trashed and kinda creepy.

We then went to check out another abandoned building, across the Michigan border. That was freaking awesome. It had a great ambiance. Beautiful broken windows. Perfectly crackling paint. And it was filled with an assortment of oddities. There was even an old box of 8 tracks upstairs. Rad! I am really jazzed about the idea of shooting there. I was pretty upset with myself for not bringing my tripod. I totally could have done a self portrait there. Ah well. Next time.

I took this image a little while before sunset. Inspiration usually comes to me at the last minute, when I most need it.

Sometimes the world is too bright. I mean this for multiple reasons. Quite litterally it is too bright because I am very light sensitive. But it is also just too overwhelming sometimes. There is so much beauty in the world, that it is sometimes hard to look at. There are so many colors and textures. So much to take in. I often wonder how people pass it all by and aren't struck by the power of it. There are many ugly things in this world as well, but even many of those have their own special kind of awful beauty. I am glad that I see all these things, but sometimes I must cover my eyes, lest I be overcome.

Sorry about the late upload. I fell asleep super early.

April 28th