I feel like it’s not only overdue, but my right and my calling to make a post here every day. I often feel that maybe my thoughts aren’t cohesive enough to write them here, but I forget how powerful and beautiful the act of writing can be. And really, it goes hand in hand with what I have to share visually. Together, they are a catalyst of the experiences I’ve had that I can share with others. I’ve found that’s what I really want to do. Create; Educate; Commemorate.

I believe that in my life I’ve attracted specific experiences — specific souls and relationships that have either grown to become something or drifted off for the better; specific places I’ve been and photographs I’ve made, hands I’ve shaken, DM’s I’ve sent, turns I’ve made. I believe that nearly everything happens for a reason, even if we don’t quite understand it yet, or ever. Many things in life aren’t meant for us to understand, but moments in time meant for us to experience… And perhaps, for some like me, we have an underlying purpose to capture them and preserve them.

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The work I do is both for myself and for the preservation of an art form which captures extremely rare, once-in-a-lifetime snapshots of our collective consciousness experience. That is a beautiful thing and I’ll simply always do it, always learning and growing along the way, as I’ve been. It’s just a beautiful thing to embrace, like all of our collective experiences together…

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…And when we find there’s something that hurts our souls, that disturbs our peace, that isn’t beautiful in respect to preservation of life – we act… We protest, we debate, we fight, we rebel.

Even those moments – especially those moments – need preservation. They and the individuals who have experienced pain and injustice need their story told so that the collective conscious understands morality and learns to love each other. We have been shown time and time again the importance of documenting and telling the stories over time, and fighting for the change we wish to see.

Spread love, stay safe, stay tuned. A post every day coming from yours truly.

In Solidarity
~Matthew