well aren't you just a cute little pyromaniac?

there really isn't much of an explanation for this. while in the process of packing and getting ready to move i came across this stack of letters i had written someone several months back. letters that i never intended to send. a therapeutic exercise of sorts. 

so why did i burn them? 

it felt appropriate i suppose 

i have always risen from my own ashes, like a phoenix, and this was just another one of those times. 

captured in photographs. 

Ashes... such a pretty word for such an ugly thing

© r.johanna arts 2009

advanced photo final

"A pretty birthmark for such a beautiful face.
All the men from her past
Seem to have left her abandoned,
I guess there's some things
That you can never erase."
-Rachael (She Wants Revenge)

happiness is...

graduating is stressful.
it makes your body hurt.
which then makes your projects not turn out how you wanted because you have NO energy.
I plan to continue the Happiness is... series and i hope to be able to use all of the answers people sent me.
I would just rather be in bed right now.

for those of you who don't know about this project... i asked the majority of the people close to me to finish the sentence happiness is... i got some really interesting answers. some people were funny and some more serious. all in all though it served its purpose and helped me explore what happiness means to me and how i can finally figure out how to have some.

as usual you can click on an image to make it bigger and don't steal my stuff.

that little black dress
a bad memory
clean underwear
lipgloss
that feeling you get when you first climb into a hot bath
Edward Cullen
pounding an energy drink your body can't handle
a bowl of sorbet and a churro 
a sleeping baby
knowing she's out there smiling somewhere

the important questions on my mind

EFY?

mission?

grad school?

letter of intent?

boys? do i even like them anymore?
(haha)

leave utah! when?

move home?

hawaii?

life blows.

watch!!!!!

you know how i feel about croissants!!!

how i feel in light of recent emails

my hair

colin commented on its "awesomeness" today so i thought i would share.

129 reasons not to be with you too

this series is a sequel of sorts to a previous project of mine. check it out here if you haven't seen it yet. originally, though, there was a different "sequel." it was titled "129 reasons to be with you" and it wasn't exactly art. it was a list. a list of reasons that someone wanted to be with me and the last line said, "i can't think of 129 reasons to not be with you."

i am not even supposed to know the list exists. i found it on his computer by accident one day while playing the role of the "good farmer's wife" and looking up a recipe for dinner.

i'm sure it's been deleted by now.
i am also sure it was mostly a lie.

three wedding dates later and all i have is this series of photographs...but in all honesty, i'd rather have these photos than that list.

you can click on the images to make them bigger!















all images are property of r.johanna arts and cannot be used without the artists permission...yadda yadda blah blah blah. don't steal my stuff.

new layout

i designed my sisters blog and then i got jealous... so i made a new one for myself.
enjoy!

for the giggles

or in my case insane silent laughter in the library.

first day of school

i am wearing my poncho because it is freaking freezing in the photo class room.

the end of summer and back to school which is also the end...

i'm just full of endings right now.

i figured out how to make a slideshow, after several failed attempts and stupid websites.

these are all pictures from the second half of my summer from my trip to Minnesota, where i spent time on the beach with mom, went to a bridal shower and met a cute boy, went bowling, partied at Lumberjack days (and had bottomless mugs of root beer) and got caught in a really bad storm in Wisconsin. then i came home and my family wasn't far behind so abby and i went up to idaho to meet them and went tubing and rock hunting and alpine sliding. (have you ever noticed that bologna and lasagna don't rhyme?) then my family came down to utah for more fun and too much ice cream.

there are lots of feet and bikinis as usual for me.

(also check out my playlist, which i stuck permanently at the top of my blog)

enjoy! i'm off to research graduate schools and finish setting up my cute apartment! (bookshelves!!!!!!!)