a year in retrospect, 2011

january

february 

april 

don't worry, i didn't have a photo for march!

may

june

july

august 

september

october

november

december 

 new year celebration 2012 was by far the best new year i've had since leaving columbia, missouri in 2009.   the rain we had this year developed rainbows and allowed the roots to take ground and strengthen in this city of paris.  i have made some really great friends in which i can relate to and let loose with.  i look to the new year with more positive force than the {year before}.

'love what is ahead by loving what has come before' -yogi tea


{happy new year, 2012}

nuit blanche

spent all night at the 'nuit blanche'.  it really was a 'white night' for me, i didn't get home until six in the morning... took the first metro home.  

(could not find a velib, and taxis were not stopping)

for those of you questioning what i spent all night doing, it is when the paris is turned into a city wide art gallery.  art installations are everywhere, including film, performance, dance, and installations.

music with images projected on the buildings, a lot cooler than it sounds… p.s., i'm glad i don't live in that apartment building...

lamps of barbed wire covered from crystalized salt from the dead sea.  i don't think i'm going to go into all of the representation of this one....

 a view from sacre coeur at montmartre, candles burning representing the constellation of the stars.

this  installation was by far my favorite (and i think everyone else's too).  this court yard tucked in between some buildings was a homage to {purple rain the movie and song written by prince}.

this is what you would see when you walked by, crowds and crowds of people clambering to see and get photos (the line was really really long). 

it was literally raining in that courtyard and a lot harder that i thought it would be because i left a bit wet.

go {here} for more info and videos of the evening.