February Field Notes

The theme this month is mothering. And, apparently, bread.

I am mothering four girls and now sourdough, both of which I am still figuring out as I go. Do not ask me technical sourdough questions yet. I am hasty, sporadically successful, - and why can’t I stick to one receipe?! I also know I am extremely on brand for a millennial gal with a Dutch oven. Basic. Thrilled for myself.

So- Lately I have been thinking about how rarely I appear in photographs with my children. I am almost always behind the camera. For a long time that unsettled me, like I was failing to leave evidence of my own presence.

Yesterday I had a realization that brought real comfort. I am not trying to document proof that I was there. I am photographing the moments that feel beautiful to me, my emotions- capturing my own experience IN motherhood.

That shift is what led to this month’s new Mini Series, Mothering. It is a photo show about perspective, instinct, and what it feels like to be inside these days rather than standing outside them.

Here is where the month landed visually. Mothering

“The events in our lives happen in a sequence in time, but in their significance to ourselves they find their own order.” - Eudora Welty