Bison, fun, and wheels... Six Flags!

Seeing the Beauty Through the Pain

Seeing the Beauty Through the Pain

Feel the sea breeze on your face

See the waves pull the sand away

The sand through your toes

Enjoy the beach

Seeing the beauty through your pain

For Taty.  Love you.

Memories of Paradise

The sounds of the sea

The smell in the air

The sun on my skin

Your kiss on my check

Cozy warmth of the sand

Memories of paradise 

Memories of you.

A picture from an enchanting week in paradise.  These memories are for you my beautiful love.  We shall be together again.  Sigh..... 

Homemade Crafts

In the desire to see other people being creative, my sister and I visited the Brooklyn Indie Market.  One of the vendors stood out to me, the designer and creator of Purty Bird products, Linda R. Catalano.  The creative pendants, felt characters, and magnets make for great gifts.  The products are reasonably priced and fun to look through.  I purchased two of the pendants, one depicting a whimsical bird and the other depicting a stick figure character holding a large heart.   

I recommend visiting the Purty Bird website and supporting the independent designers of New York City.

www.etsy.com/shop/PurtyBird

Controversy in Fashion

The clothing store Forever 21 is having huge controversial exposure over their new maternity clothing line.  I love shopping at Forever 21 and I am a lot older than the intended targeted shoppers.  I do not think that selling maternity clothing will encourage teen pregnancy, but it definitely will not have the pregnant teens looking unfashionable.  Television shows like MTV's 16 and Pregnant tries to show the duel sides of being a teenage mom, but after watching season 1 of the show teen pregnancy did not look so unwelcoming.  The show documented a few arguments with baby daddies and upset but supportive parents; these issues seemed to be all a part of teenage life except the teens in the show had a child to raise.  The show had a large following and is in it's second season.  Will Forever 21 and televisions like this increase the already increasing number of teen pregnancies?  I couldn't answer that question, but I will definitely keep shopping at Forever 21 for their cheap fashion and stylish finds.

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The World of Social Networking

Now that I have started blogging, I had to become a Twit and tweet on Twitter. Like my blog it is in it's fledgling stages so follow along and we shall journey together.

http://twitter.com/moedeblogger

Fashion, Music, and Umbrellas

The storm clouds that engulfs the city makes me think of fashion, music and umbrellas.  When the rain began I pulled out my large rainbow umbrella to shield my Gap shorts and H&M tank top from the monstrous drops of water.  The wonderful array of colors of the umbrella will keep my slightly relaxed hair from becoming a huge nappy puff.  The large drops of rain tap tap tap tap on the pavement and car tops to music in my iPhone.  John Mayer has never had a percussion band as large as the rain falling on the awning of the corner Bodega.  This rain is well overdue.  The smells of the rain through the peach and plum trees in my neighbor's yard is welcomed with the music of the moment.

Have You Ever?

Have you ever gotten into your car and forgotten where you were going?  I think I've done that far too many times.  I got into my car this morning, of course not going to work, and forgot where I was going.  While prepping myself for my journey I recalled that I needed to go to the supermarket because I can no longer tolerate my mother's cooking.  My mother is a great cook, but the taste of her food has never changed for the 30-something years I've been on this earth. I have to keep reminding myself that I will always be going somewhere, I just have to remember the moment's intentions.

Everything happens for a reason...

Have you ever had the worst day of your life turn into the worst few months of your life? Well, this happened to me a month ago. I lost my job and my home on the same day, and the love of my life was misplaced a few weeks before that.

As a teenager I went through my hard identity crises, but I always pushed through the issues and told myself that this moment of pain shall pass. But as an adult, telling myself that this moment of extreme pain and tribulation will pass does not seem to feel true. I have been without work for over a month and I've found myself applying to any job that I feel would give me a chance. I've found myself getting to know my nieces and nephews better; I've went to more dirty New York beaches that I have visited in my life; and I've started to write more. This blog is a product of my unemployment; a product of my need to vent my frustrations on the world and on my life's pain; and this blog is a product of my need to expose the world to my love of photography, poetry, and fashion as I've gotten to use my time to develop this love of the arts.

The photograph on this post was taken my very humble sister, who snapped this photo along with a few others to show to a program director in the desire to teach photography to that program. She did not get the job, but I appreciate her passion and drive to become more than she is as a mother, sister, and dreamer. She took the photo to capture the emptiness of the moment and this emptiness is how I feel in this time of unknowing. I want to be like the photo that captured the uncertainty of the emptiness and become a beautiful representation of the void.