• About Me,  Life,  UPDATES

    2017 UPDATE: Vegan & My Upcoming Online Store!

    I have not done a personal life update in quite some time. This is a special year for myself, according to certain signs I’ve noticed, and all that is already coming into play within my direct reality. After years studying, cooking, detoxes, and financial planning, I am ecstatic to declare that I have adopted my own version of a Vegan diet. Last year, I shared a post about my Vegetarian/Pescatarian experience, which began in my early-adult life. This is the right time for myself to cross over into a lifestyle that pulls at me daily. The most difficult obstacle has been financial and relating to a lack of knowledge about…

  • Photography

    Photography & Design By Candace Renee

    I created a small photography collection featuring some of my favorite personal/contributed images. I have worked as a photography assistant for private parties and events, for almost three years now. To be of service to hundreds of tipsy and anxious clients wanting the perfect quick shot of the night, or the adorably distracted mini-footballers forced to come out on a Saturday for i.d. photos is more of a challenge than one would imagine. The energy can get wild and intense when you are in a work setting. My favorite part is getting to meet artists I grew up hearing, Like Salt of Salt N’ Peppa and Yo Yo. Overall, I…

  • Life,  Photography,  Writing

    Know yOUR power. Use yOUR voice.

    Unity is the core of this think piece I wrote in August of last year, inspired by responses to the Mike Brown murder. That post is a vague break-down of my view of life on this planet and how it is all connected. I believe that our natural flow has gone off course, for whatever reason. At that time, I wondered why anyone felt the need to justify an armed, fully adult man trained and paid to protect civilians murdering a teenaged male in the middle of the street, with multiple bullets. I wonder why even a trained police dog’s rights for justice are acknowledged, but not a young black…

  • Photography

    Kim Paige Shot by Me

    Here are my favorite shots from a recent photoshoot I did with my good friend, Kim Paige. It was her first shoot in a couple of years and I’m honored to be the first to get her in front of a lens since then. Kim is also a make-up artist and dancer with a gift for styling. Check her out! modelmayhem.com/thebottlemodel

  • Life,  UPDATES

    This is (kindA) what I’m up to noW.

    I realized that I have not written a full blog post on myself lately. It’s been fulfilling to share my lessons here, even though it is a blind exchange. Every concrete thing I would want to write and express about my current experience is still in progress. I don’t like to talk too specifically about what I’m getting into because the things are always changing shape before completion. I will share that I have been doing a lot of self-defining writing lately. I see myself clearer than ever, so a lot of wonderful messages are escaping me. Besides the poetry I have been writing, I am gradually working on the…