On Then to Now

There is something so similar about these shots.

The purple clothing, the area of the body that's shown, only one ear visible.

I sort of see why some people said they didn't think I needed new pictures.

And yet.. there is something so unbelievably deliciously different about these shots.

Maybe it's only me who is able to see the difference in the human pictured?

I might be the only one who can see the stories, the lessons, the war that raged, the growth.

After all, I'm the person who lived the 3.3 years in between when they were taken.

In a weird way, the fact that the shots are so similar is what makes me able to see just how different they truly are. Does that make sense? It's like being photographed in the same location a few years later.

Once you put them side by side, you're kind of unable to not see the differences that have come to be.

I know a lot of women who aren't into getting any older. Lots of actresses, especially.

I've had people tell me to enjoy the next few years, that I can't have a career once I hit a certain age, since I played kids just oh so well and don't I know that's how it works? Um, okay.

Know what I think? I think this getting older thing is totally working for me.

And I think those people who think/thought that, can shove it :)

What about you? Have any similar pictures you can put side by side?

Are you into getting older or longing to go backward in time?

Do share please&thankyou. xo

On Headshots

Here is one of the strangest parts about being an actor:

at several points in your career, you will spend hours and days staring at photos of.. yourself.

Hundreds of photos of you, lots of them of your face/shoulder area.

You just click through photo after photo, your face after your face.

And somewhere around photo 378, they all start to blur together.

The trick here is to not over-think it. Don't ask too many people. Go with your gut instincts.

Keep in mind that this picture needs to represent you, not necessarily be a hot facebook photo.

It's about knowing who you are, not who you think you are in your mind or who people say you are.

And of course, remember, like the photo above, they will all be edited :)

Because nobody is without some damn gorgeous flaws.

p.s. this blog post came about from a need to do literally anything else but go through pics.

and now i'm sad that i'm done writing it because it means i will go back to them.

unless i perhaps take myself a little breaksie. mayhaps until the morning. yes, the morning indeed :)

p.p.s. photo by Phillip Spaeth