Squam Lake, NH
My little slice of Heaven.
#mvoyage | Austria
I spent a day in Austria at the end of my Somersault trip last summer. My wonderful Airbnb host Monika took myself and 15 elderly Austrians on a hike that passed by 4 glacial lakes. I was the youngest by 30 years and the only English speaker. There's a certain learned contentment that comes with being an outside observer. The white lines carving the mountainsides were streams of pure glacier water termed "glacier milk"; from a distance the water appears white.
music | bantug
music
Loved getting to work with a handful of artists over the past few months!
JAMIE KUJAWSKI
#mvoyage | Switzerland
After Somersault last year, I spent two weeks meandering around Gryon, Interlaken, Gimmelwald, & Schynige Platte. Never before have I encountered landscapes of such magnitude and power.
Honor Thy Artist
loved being a part of Honor Thy Artist, a collaboration that strives to strengthen relationships between artists in the Nashville community.
check out their website for everyone's photos from HTY round 3: www.hayleybidez.com/honorthyartist/2016/3/6/bow-down-round-three
stylist: Steph Thorpe
model: Marwa Bashir
hair/makeup: Hayley Bidez
Jordan + Steve
It is always an honor to document people I love.
music | Charles Johnson
Socks, Cicadas, & Other Frustrations
it's here! thank you so much for all your support and love. grab a copy & share it with the hashtag #otherfrustrationsbook to receive a free postcard!
#mcvoyage | Paris, part 2
“If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast.”
- Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast
Considerthewldflwrs jewel tones
#mcvoyage | Paris, part 1
I think of:
- baguettes & bicycles
- biking onto a 4 lane highway (ask me about this in person)
- the magic of Paris at night
- Fat Tire bike tour with some New Jersey bros (ask me about this as well)
- listening to the street wake up from our airbnb window
Socks, Cicadas, & Other Frustrations
It's here! Socks, Cicadas, & Other Frustrations is now available on Amazon at a special pre sale price.
loved working with Trella for their new single, 'Crash'. Available on iTunes now!
1.24.16
Isn’t it strange how we are repeatedly reintroduced to seasonal weather? Bodies can be trained to be frighteningly forgetful. I have experienced 25 winters and am still shocked the first time cold wind stings my face. The summer sun burning my skin is now difficult to imagine, though I experienced it 5 months prior. This is a defense mechanism. The same reaction applies to pain, loneliness, shame, fear. It’s easier to be intentionally ignorant versus excruciatingly aware.
Whether you are currently kicking some career ass or victim to the scarcity of winter freelance work, remember that our complex, beautiful, sacred human selves are not defined by what we do. This is not a new concept but one that must be continually carved in our minds. We are a generation that intellectualizes emotions while remaining protectively numb towards our own. I was recently asked to pick out my feelings on a chart and couldn’t. I didn’t want to be categorized or acknowledge that I might be weak or even worse, sad.
So. Don’t be afraid to unclench your fists and welcome the freedom in knowing that human worth is not measured by worldly occupation. Vulnerability outweighs status, progress, and knowledge, every time. I would always choose a difficult, honest conversation over an easy, fake one. Reverence, joy, love, & laughter would be futile without the existence of their darker counterparts. Warm weather would be mundane if we didn’t experience winter’s sting. Ask someone, stranger or lover, something besides “what do you do?”, and absorb their response. I will work to do the same.
la croixs over boys
#mcvoyage | Belgium + Amsterdam
Brussels + Bruges + Amsterdam
I think of:
- frites & beer (forever ruining all other fries)
- a highly disappointing Belgian waffle followed by a highly satisfying Belgian waffle
- getting wonderfully lost in Bruges
- realizing how bad I am at biking