About me

I'm Amy — I was born in the winter of 1992 to a loving mother and father. I spent my babyhood learning how to talk and walk, but soon after, I found in myself a desire to write stories and sentences about feelings and what happened in a day. I didn't know by doing this people could call you a writer or a poet, I just thought it was my little way of understanding the world as I saw it. Whether I was frightened or living in a yellow ball of sunshine, I would write it down. If I didn't write, it was like lying to your loved one about where you ate your supper, it made me feel miserable to be without the pen and paper. 

I started my blog in November of 2008 but the posts remained private and hidden for years. I never imagined sharing my words with strangers, it was just something that happened. I also never imagined that my blog would begin and evolve into a "fashion blog" but that happened too. If people ask what compelled me to start posting self-portraits and styled outfit shots, I would say it might have something to do with my inability to draw or paint. Fashion to me is my version of a paint brush. I wear these outfits not because I have an intense and irrational love for my self image, but because I have an intense and irrational love for the art of color and story-telling. These outfits tell a story in ways my words do not. I keep posting here because it makes me happy and in a world where instant gratification drives many, it sure feels nice to take my time when I write here.

What you'll see before you in these posts is a snippet into my curious mind. You'll notice my love for nature and my endless thirst for finding beauty in the everyday. I get sad often. I get happy often. I ricochet between confused, curious, satisfied, and mad daily. I am in no way ordinary, I cannot pretend to be, but what I am is a human being who believes there are people out there who feel the same way as I do. 

The other loves I carry besides writing and photography are old-time banjo, guitar-picking, gardening, video games and my boyfriend of seven years. Not necessarily in that order. I play shows around my home of Calgary, Alberta, Canada but I dream that one day I'll sing my songs elsewhere too. If you would like to hear my music, you can find it here.

 Our lives are made better when we express ourselves through art. My blog is a teeny crab shell in the sea of blogs, but I keep coming here, and I'll continue to do so until I move along to the next adventure.

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drawing by kathyrn wilkins