Having not had my haircut for about five months or something ridiculous like that, my hair was getting a bit out of hand and had grown very very long. But earlier in the week, I got it all chopped off and now it's just below my shoulders. I was so nervous to get it all cut off (I have a bit of an attachment to my hair and so there was quite a lot of build up the days before I was due to have it cut...Samantha didn't quite understand what the big deal was) but I actually really, really love it short!
Today I went to the Photographers' Gallery
and it was really inspirational to see contemporary photography for a change. There were lots artists who presented their photos accompanied by words or displayed in a book. I was reminded today how photography has the ability to shift my mood and promote feelings inside of me more than any other art form, like the series today by Donovan Wylie. The photos document the demolition of the Maze Prison situated in Northern Ireland and made me feel incredibly sad. They gave off such a lonely, empty feeling.
I left feeling rather inspired:
I'm currently working on a photography project of portraits. Samantha's dining room has sliding glass doors across the whole wall that conveniently let in North light. I've got some people who are going to come and sit for me so I'm pretty excited especially because they're all interesting looking (and I don't mean that in a bad way at all!).
The girls also had a couple friends over to have an Easter egg hunt (do you remember how fun those were?!) and I got to hide all the eggs (this excited me much more than it should have).
I got really sad yesterday to realize that come April, everything is just going to fly by as I'm going to be travelling (camping with the girls, visiting my grandparents, GREECCCEE, PARISS!) not to mention I have a friend who has booked her ticket to come to London for a month! I'm so excited!! I am having the most amazing time in London and as much as I miss everyone, it is going to be hard leaving the life I have become familiar with. How am I going to be able to live without having wonderful conversations with Ava or Maude yelling "ANDRA"? I don't know.
I will gladly let you take as many photos of me as you'd like. I need some headshots anyway!!
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