Life Flows

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Marilyn

I dont know why, but I love this story. I have never been one to fawn over celebrity, but I would have liked to have met Marilyn Monroe.

“I’ll never forget the day Marilyn and I were walking around New York City, just having a stroll on a nice day. She loved New York because no one bothered her there like they did in Hollywood, she could put on her plain-jane clothes and no one would notice her. She loved that. So as we we’re walking down Broadway, she turns to me and says ‘Do you want to see me become her?’ I didn’t know what she meant but I just said ‘Yes’- and then I saw it. I don’t know how to explain what she did because it was so very subtle, but she turned something on within herself that was almost like magic. And suddenly cars were slowing and people were turning their heads and stopping to stare. They were recognizing that this was Marilyn Monroe as if she pulled off a mask or something, even though a second ago nobody noticed her. I had never seen anything like it before.” - Amy Greene, wife of Marilyn’s personal photographer Milton Greene

my city

my time is spent trucking a 14 month old all over the place. we live in seattle and i love to capture it from all angles.

ferry rides are common. I am a lucky girl to see Seattle from the water on a regular basis

Carkeek Park and Gas Works Park are regular spots

Tunnel

A tunnel can lead anywhere. Where did it begin or where does it end? often we get to the middle and find a type of equilibrium and balance between past and future. go back or forward, one or the other. each a known path with an end in sight.

this was taken at Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park in California.

Alec Mills Photography

My other venture in life, after family and motherhood, is photography.
I like to use glimpses of my day to day life as inspiration and memory flashes for others.
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