These roses were so beautiful--but they came alive in a whole new way for me when I captured them and was able to do a little editing on VSCO.

(Anyone else a fan? It revolutionized something for me - gave me a new and extremely satisfying artistic outlet, joined to my iPhone photography.)

Photos can express so much - longing and the ache of the beauty, the stretching toward the more and the eternal.

My editing process is purely and only intuitive; I play until it clicks into place, until it feels as though I have caught something eternal and perfect and true. I feel it in my stomach--this strange relaxing into something real and right. But only when I've edited it perfectly and have been thus able to capture the poetry of a sacred moment.

These roses felt this way, and I couldn't help but share them. They make me catch my breath when I look at them still, and I'd love for you to experience that as well. There is so much that is hard and ugly in our days; a little bit of beauty in a cultivated, intentional moment can really make a difference.

(Please comment or upvote so I can go and take a look at what you've been up to as well - what little bits of beautiful and interesting you've been bringing into the world. It really is my pleasure! Thank you!)

xx,
Kay
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P.S. New cover up today (Alanis Morissette!)!. I'd love to share it with you.

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