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thanks-a-day 03.14.09

me: i am thankful for sitting in a hotel with my family eating pizza and watching rocky.


me: i am thankful for günther!


ashley: i'm thankful for a delicious vegan st. paddy's day feast!


michelle: i am thankful for ten miles to home.
this is michelle's first thank you post and it's so good, too! :D

jump365: 089-094

eek! i had no idea i was almost a week behind with posting these! hopefully day 092 will make up for it... i think that's the most people successfully in the air i've taken so far! EXCITING! that jump was super excellent, too. six people all together!


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thanks-a-day 03.13.09

me: i am thankful for local music!


ashley: i am thankful for public art.
me too, gurl!

thanks-a-day 03.12.09

me: today i am thankful for my first piece of art that i've ever purchased- embarrazine #5 by max wheeler!
p.s. that's submarine spaceship on the print.


gauri: i am thankful for my books because i love reading!


julie: i am thankful for beautiful music. we went to go see our friend play in the orchestra.


brittany: i am thankful for my son, oscar.

jump365: jumpology

philippe halsman created a series of photographs of influential people in 1959. his photographs are a kind of study of people with their guard let down- halsman calls it jumpology.

"in a jump the subject, in a sudden burst of energy, overcomes gravity. he cannot simultaneously control his extpressions, his facial and his limb muscles. the mask falls. the real self becomes visible...deep underneath people wanted to jump and considered jumping fun."

the jump project for me has become more than a way to lift my spirits and increase my energy- it is a way for me to study myself at a peak of realness. although i do edit which shots i include in my project, i don't think that this takes away from the honesty caught by the camera at the moment of my jump. the same goes for the people with whom i jump. i love seeing their expressions and their intense concentration (or complete joy.) i find myself asking certain people to jump with me because i want to see them in this state- to see how they will react. the results are surprising, but above all it helps me truly understand the person more.


brigitte bardot jumping for philippe halsman.


salvador dali jumping for philippe halsman.


the duke and dutchess of windsor jumping for philippe halsman.

thanks-a-day 03.11.09

me: i am thankful for feathers (naturally molted!)


mom: i am thankful for my big cup that allows me to drink lots of tea.


ashley: i am thankful for local music.

thanks-a-day 03.10.09

me: i am thankful that i know how to make curry!


mom: i am thankful for another beautiful day.


brittany: i am thankful for miller light power hours.*
*i do not condone power hours or promote the miller company. :-(