Sunday, August 21, 2011

barefoot

there's nothing like relaxed afternoons spent with friends; random conversations and ridiculous amounts of laughter. shana, twiggy and i headed over to barefoot following our day's adventure of capturing colombo. this was one of my favourite days from my trip back to sri lanka, just because it made me realise how much i missed home. i devoured two glasses of ice tea and a bowl of strawberries and cream whilst shana attempted to attack the left column of the lunch menu - good times.



gangaramaya, sri lanka

















pettah, sri lanka

it had been awhile since i'd been home, the humidity, friendly locals and the minute details of colombo that made it what it was were missed dearly! shana, twigs and i headed out to pettah, venturing through the crowded streets whilst basking in the sun to capture these very traits. discovering a fully dressed dancer performing on a dusty sidestreet to no one in particular and visiting the dutch museum were a few of my experiences from that wonderful day.

















Tuesday, August 2, 2011

hello, again

it's been awhile, i know. my heart's been wandering the world, exploring it's boundaries, rekindling old love and igniting new. i returned home for 30 days, back to fresh summer skin and fond memories of my childhood. i miss home, i had a wonderful summer. woken up in the mornings by the glare from the rising sun  and the humble call from my grandma insisting that i eat breakfast with her. i miss her the most. her kind smile reminded me of all the good in the world that still exists, she is the most beautiful lady i know.
i haven't had time but i will write more about my adventures in sri lanka when i've got some, uni has been doing a great job of pinning me down and dragging me back to reality.


these photos are of hot summer days day dreaming in sri lanka when the municipal council would decide to cut the power out from 10am till 3pm almost everyday. i'd lie on my bed watching the fan above me coated in dust rotate slowly in circles. it would make this monotonous sound, a continuous rhythm - the sad noise like a constant knock on a metal door was the soundtrack to my distant thoughts. i'd fall asleep, dreaming to this rhythm. my dreams were projected in my mind at the pace of a film projector, 24f/ps, making the same noise as that fan and the same noise you would hear if you sat in the back row of an old cinema. i'd wake up drenched in sweat, my eyes heavy and a day wasted. it relaxed me.