It’s always so hard for me to write a paragraph about myself. There’s so much to say, yet nothing super exciting. 

I could talk about experiences in high school or college- about how I changed my major at least 5 times, dropped out about as many, and ended up with a degree in psychology because my brain is wired differently, and I always wanted to know why.

Sometimes, I like to think I’m interesting, but I’m mostly pretty boring. I guess that’s part of who I am though. I romanticize the mundane. I live in the parallels and 'what ifs' of life.

I don’t think I ever look at anything for what it is. Only what it could be. Only what I see it as. 

 I’ll go to a cute coffee shop, not for the best coffee, but for the art that surrounds it. I’ll order my cold brew, black, sit in the least busy section, and simply get lost in the details of the tile or think about the artist that created the mural in the back wall. I wonder what inspired them. Opposite of me, I’ll see the couple cozied up in the corner and secretly wish I could snap a cute photo of them. I look at the scene in front of me and immediately set the stage for a photoshoot. I’ll play it out like a movie or a book- both of which I enjoy in my free time. The arctic monkeys cover of “baby I’m yours” playing through the speakers could easily be their anthem. The way they sip their coffee- well, coffee for her a blue, fizzy energy drink for him- like no one is watching. But I see the way they make faces at each other. How he pokes her for his own amusement and she just wants to punch him in the arm. His lip curls, her nose wrinkles-

I have to stop staring at people, it’s weird. 

I don’t think I'll ever stop seeing art though-especially the art in connection. I’ll always see what could be. What I could create with the right tools. I am an artist after all, I don’t know if I formally mentioned that. Not just photography, I paint and draw. I create things with my hands. Dabble in digital doodles, even. I love creating. I love sharing what I see with others. Sometimes it takes months to create a painting that reflects something I see. With photography, I can point my camera  and capture my vision in a matter of seconds. I think that’s why I love photography so much. It freezes that moment- it’s the most accurate depiction of what I see. What I feel. What I hope you feel when you see.

Here I am, rambling. So many words later, yet I still don’t know what to say about myself. 

I love my dog. I love my family. I love traveling to cool places and seeing cool things. I like coffee. I like art. I like being in the sun and going to the beach. I love pizza dates and movie nights with my husband.

 Pretty simple stuff- but that’s me. 

Karli 

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