the pendeulum

​We have meraki’d (languished in solitude) so hard throughout the journey that the last three weeks was insane. Chaotic. Overwhelming to the point where all of our introverted personality turned into a monster demanding peace.

a rare moment of peace, pc: cat cassidy of @seriesoflight

​But, I say this with such sincerity, it was the best kind of chaos. We have barely had the time to blink. Seriously, however, I told my Introvert-Monster to shut it and suck it up, for the time being because it has been wonderful.

the rise of the introverted-monster

​The quiet solitude energy of meraki to constant overstimulation was like a pendulum. It swung from one end to another, and kept swinging the past few weeks. There was never an in-between moment. We got so busy by being around other people, by my photographing back to back sessions and moving from one place to another without really settling down for a bit.
 
I admit, there were times when I wanted to hide under a rock and escape the constant “on” mode. It got so busy that I pulled an ostrich method with my phone, totally ignoring texts/emails and left some of my friends hanging.

Canadian ladies are so much fun, really. miss you all! (you know who you are)

we hung out at mer til late into the night, I felt like I was among girlfriends

that brief respite from overstimulation (pontiac lake state park)

meraki gang being interviewed by DPANTV (be sure to check out our video at www.dpan.tv)

making new friends are easier with ice cream :)

the seasoned meraki gang

the crazy fun party we had at my twin sis' home in Rochester, I met so many fabulous people.

being with family helped a lot and it has centered me

with clients I've done for few years now at Boston, love love love them

I got to work with Douglas Ridloff of @aslslam (www.aslslam.com)

We got to meet so many cute kids, this one was smitten with me just because of my finding meraki bracelet

a session with my very first student I ever taught while interning at The Learning Center

​And now? We are in the meraki-mode full force and I blinked. Several times. Eitan said, “it’s over, just like that [in reference to the Cassidy get together for the Memorial Weekend].” I am so grateful for last weekend, where we have dubbed the fun as the #moosehillgang (be sure to check out the hashtag on Instagram).  Being with my family felt like a calling of a sort, it's like I wish we lived closer and I know that I can make that wish come true, easily. Of the entire meraki trip, I felt the most centered when with them.

what my parents have to put up with when their daughters are professional photographers, LOL

this. I live for this.

even meraki loved being full

oisin and bea, they were two peas in a pod

oly sandwiched between aidan and sephie

henry ryder, my nephew

it finally felt like summertime

it was so awesome to be photographing side by side with my twin sis, especially on our birthday

my family, the thing that really matters the most to me.

​It’s so quiet, too quiet. We are grabbing this week as our final week to take a deep breath because, from now until June 5th, it will be our very last time to be just us. Hereafter, it will be a pendulum furiously swinging til we arrive home mid-July.
 
When this trip is over, the pendulum will finally stop its momentum and be still. When it is calm, what will become of the spirit of meraki? My photos. My photographs of the entire journey into a book will be a spirit that will forever stay still.

the touch of meraki, amazing wooden sign made by the Mastyl Signs