10/17/2025
Reverence.
This is a word and an embodiment I forgot since I was a child. To my younger self, this was always associated with church and religion- which felt so aligned at the time, but as I grew older, no longer resonated for me.
But the last two years or so, I have been going back to my roots- not in the religious way, but to the deep spiritual roots I grew up with, that have ultimately helped shape my journey and who I am today.
Where Reverence once meant to my younger self, being quiet, respectful, praying….
Now takes on a much more in-depth and personal meaning.
Reverence to me now feels like such a deeply personal, spiritual devotion. It embodies and reveres such a deep respect, honor, and appreciation for what is. For the things and people I love. For the experiences that change me forever. And for the things that sometimes I just don’t understand.
The past 2 years have brought me literally to my knees countless times to actually pray… and I honestly stopped praying some time ago. In the meantime I have developed a profound spiritual relationship with things outside myself that I can’t fully explain… but the dropping to my knees and praying… surrendering in full reverence to circumstances outside of my desires or control…. And personally allowing and witnessing myself in my full human experience and expression; has ultimately brought me back to my true self. And for that, I am grateful. I allowed myself to be photographed in one of my truest and most raw states in my life, and I honestly adore these pictures the most of any I’ve ever had taken. ❤️