A year ago I was closing in on a year of blogging every day.  Every morning I sat down with my laptop to write and share photographs.  I had organized my week into themed days to give me a constructive outline of what to share with the world when.  I knew not everyone who came... Read More »

The post Caught up in the Whirlwind appeared first on A Compass Rose.

Dear ______________,   Over the past years I have reserved my weekends on the blog as a creative outlet. Saturdays I predominantly share self portraits for #SelfPortraitSaturday Sundays have been my ‘free day’. I write about what is on my heart or write nothing at all.   This has helped past blog series find a home... Read More »

The post Sunday Letters #1 appeared first on A Compass Rose.

As we move into our weekend I want to pass on some motivational words to set you free. For the person who has learned to let go and let be, nothing can ever get in their way again.  – Meister Eckhart It is an authentic way of living | To be true to yourself and keep... Read More »

The post Let Go and Let Be appeared first on A Compass Rose.

I love people. As a photographer I love photographing people because of how we are all different.  I like that we do not all look a like.  That we each carry our own personal armoire of stories, scars, and triumphs.  To me a person is not really beautiful because of their skin, their body type,... Read More »

The post The War on Girls: Beauty appeared first on A Compass Rose.

With the I was tagged by Kolbi with the Confessions of a Blogger post that has been going around the blogosphere.  With so many new readers it felt like the perfect time to jump right in and play along.  The rules are simple.  Answer the nine provided confessions, including the one written by the person... Read More »

The post Confessions of a Blogger appeared first on A Compass Rose.

In this next installment of The War on Girls I take another look at how society is failing us.  I feel the need to preempt this with the fact you may not whole heartedly agree with me.  I am not a medical professional and I do not claim that all medications are unnecessary.  Perhaps you... Read More »

The post The War on Girls: ‘inDependent’ appeared first on A Compass Rose.

I have gotten a really great response from you all about my War on Girl series.  So when I saw this video on Upworthy today I knew I had to share it here on the blog. It expresses so beautiful in the use of poem form the pressure we as women feel to take up... Read More »

The post The War on Girls: Poetry Slam appeared first on A Compass Rose.