Solitude

It's disorienting...

Blessed

Ok, seriously, I have fully been loving the recent warm weather. It's been incredible! I went to the beach twice this past weekend and on the drive back home, each day, I just kept thinking how blessed I am; to be able to go to the beach and bodysurf in January (the middle of winter)!!

UNREAL!!

23!

Here I am, two days after my 23rd birthday: laying, sick, in bed!! It's interesting how sometimes a mild illness or sickness forces you to take the proper care of yourself; as of late, I've been sleeping less, drinking more, and basically burning the candle at both ends, so this is a nice change of pace. I spent last night and most of today watching movies, reading, looking at inspiring photography on-line; all things I love to do but have not been doing. I look at it kind of like a birthday gift to myself, which I'm aware sounds weird, I'm giving myself permission to take some time alone to reflect and relax.

It's a new year, I just turned 23, and change is on the horizon; I feel great!

Mammoth Vacation

I spent this last weekend in Mammoth Lakes, California, with my Dad, Little Brother, and our family friend Mike. My Dad, Brother, and I are attempting to start an annual ski/snowboarding trip. This year was our second consecutive year, and the trend has been that we go up around christmas time. It was great to get up to the snow, have a change of scenery, and spend some quality time with my dad and brother. The long and fun-filled days were nothing short of a workout, we charged all over the mountain from open to close.

It's amazing how getting away for a couple of days can change your perspective on home; I had a ton of fun snowboarding and spending time with my family, but it's great to be home!

Photos:

LACMA :: An Outing With Family

Just like most other people I've been caught up in a whirl-wind of family and holiday gatherings and obligations, so I've been very detached from my computer and as a result have not been able to blog for a couple weeks.

On the 23rd of December I took a trip to the LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art) with my grandmother and little brother. My grandma (commonly referred to as "Gwams ") is a member and had originally proposed the idea of visiting the museum months earlier, and seeing as how my little brother (who lives in Colorado, with his mother) was in town for the holidays I figured that we should make a day out of it and go visit this museum. I checked the LACMA website and was ecstatic to find out that I'd have the opportunity to view the Vanity Fair Portraits: Photographs 1913-2008 exhibit!

It was an extremely inspiring exhibit, with photographs from the likes of Helmut Newton, Maria Testino, Edward Steichen, Jonas, Karlsson, Chuck Close, Man Ray, Herb Ritts, Jonathan Blecker, Michael O'Neill, and of course Annie Leibovitz. There was quite a broad range of photographic styles, spanning many decades during the 20th and 21st century.

The exhibit is running until March 1st, 2009, and I would strongly encourage you to take some time to go visit the LACMA and see this exhibit; being there really made me realize how important it is to go and see artwork in museums. It was a really uplifting day!

Here are a few photos from our lunch-break:

Announcing JesseCarmody.com!

Today marks the launch of my new website! I'm super pumped on having built it myself and I'm rather pleased with the results. Check it out: www.jessecarmody.com

enjoy!

New Website- coming soon!

I've been working with the fantastically talented Jonathan Haggard, a graphic designer from Northern-California, getting some layout work done for my upcoming web site. I'm super pleased with the outcome; it was my first time ever working with a graphic designer and it was an enriching experience. Anyway, I thought I'd write a short post and put up a preview.