To provide a safe, inclusive and connected space - to help empower others on their love journey - for me, there is no higher calling.

My story is not an uncommon one. Growing up in the Bible Belt South, I learned early on that acceptance often came at the cost of authenticity—that I needed to adopt certain rigid beliefs and reshape myself to fit within the expectations of my community. For the first thirty years of my life, those beliefs profoundly shaped the way I saw myself and the world around me. Eventually, I reached a point where I could no longer compromise who I was simply to belong. I had to step outside the confines of the life I had been taught to live, and begin the soul transforming work of living truthfully. It has been the scariest, most painful, and ultimately most liberating journey of my life. As I continue to embrace who I am, I have discovered a sense of belonging that fitting in could never provide. I now understand my life’s calling as a journey from fear and entrapment to love and freedom. And on this journey of becoming the person I used to judge the most, I have been forced to reconcile both my relationship with God and with the one I see in the mirror. This practice of reconciliation now floods every aspect of my being, especially when I am creating art. For me, art is freedom and love and connection with God and self. In the Juniper trees, in the sandstone, in the love shared between two beings, God is there. And what an honor to document the manifestation of this love. To provide a safe, inclusive and connected space - to help empower others on their love journey - for me, there is no higher calling.

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