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Friends - they make you laugh a little louder, smile a little brighter, and live a little better than before.

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Mark Twain

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I‘ve been having a hard time writing for the last several months. That is a terrifying prospect when writing simultaneously helps you make money and keep part of your sanity. Everything I wrote was…

Amanda is a freelance writer and editor who likes to write, eat, and correct misplaced commas, mostly in that order. 

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Create, create, create!

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Meet Myrtle Myrtle is a badass. Obviously. I mean, just look at her. She doesn’t even own a shirt, much less wear one. She doesn’t give two fucks what you think about that either. And she’s not overly concerned what you think about her using the word fuck. Because Myrtle is smart. She lives her life for herself. She loves hard and true but has no time for people’s nonsense. Get on board or get out. Once, she worked at a 50’s themed diner and dreamed of walking on the beach at sunset to feel the peace there. She finally did that and now she’s busy making her dreams come true and owning her life. 

Buy Myrtle gear on www.carriehilgert.com. There are also Etsy listings for a print of Myrtle. Find that here.

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I want to unfold...

I want to unfold. I don’t want to stay folded anywhere, because where I am folded, there I am a lie. and I want my grasp of things to be true before you. I want to describe myself like a painting that I looked at closely for a long time, like a saying that I finally understood, like the pitcher I use every day, like the face of my mother, like a ship that carried me through the wildest storm of all.”

— from Rainer Maria Rilke’s Book of Hours: Love Poems to God

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Earlier in the year, I received an invitation to join some creatives in a beach house on the coast of Oregon. To be honest, I wasn’t 100% sure what for, but I thought about it for about 3 seconds my conclusion was…. YES YES YES count me in. So this January, I flew into Portland, where the weather was the most perfect PNW stereotype, and met some of my comrades at the airport. We made the obligatory Target run and then drove two and half hours to the small coastal town of Yachats...

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I ran through the waves with bare feet and a soaked dress, feeling the wind rip at my hair and the sand scratch my skin.  I let the rain pour down on me in the forest, moss under my toes, feeling SO ALIVE that I could almost fly.  The sun warmed my face and dazzled my eyes as I climbed rocks on the beach.  I photographed waves higher than me, crashing down around Thor’s Well and blasting my cheeks with salty spray.  I photographed people in nature, as I love to do more than almost anything.  I began to notice sudden bolts of clarity as I realized my mind had been too cluttered to see what was obvious.  The precious stillness was drifting into the deepest corners of my soul.

Ara Roselani is a photographer, living in Portland, Oregon. She is an adventurer, photographer, traveler, romantic, nature addict, rock-climber, waterfallaholic, reader, Volkswagen-driver, nerd.

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In September, Mystery & Madness was born, an experiment in community building with an intimate group of photographers, writers, painters, musicians, designers, and stylists.The twelve of us set out to find inspiration and connection. We gathered on the Oregon coast to touch nature and see stars. We traveled across the country to rest, recover, and adventure.We succeeded...

Anne Almasy is a Lifestyle / Portrait Photographer & Writer from Atlanta, GA

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Over the last month or so I’ve been out of town for about 3.5 of the 4 weeks. I’ve been with family, friends, and more recently strangers that became my friends.  This last week was extra important to me and was the final breath in my month of ‘rest’. I’ve had a busy year to process and had it not been for a week on the Oregon coast with a few other like-minded strangers (read: friends, now), I don’t think I would have been able to finish thinking about how 2014 grew and where 2015 would take me.  It’s been a long time since I’ve wanted to pick up my ‘real’ camera when I’m not working...

Sarah Esther will show you how beautiful you are. She is a boudoir photographer based in Atlanta, Georgia. She will bring out that sexiness that "doesn't exist." It does.

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