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Love is silly.

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I find it funny that I no longer post very often here on DA but I will still check in and every time I do I check for a note from a girl I thought I loved.

She no longer even has a profile here.

Not sure if it's habit, curiosity or hope. :)
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Make It Mine

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I have written this journal so many times. I was always afraid that I was going to wake up tomorrow and it wouldnt be true.
But it is true. It's been true for weeks for months almost now. I am happy.

Happiness born of an almost intrinsic belief in the control I exercise over my life and my happiness.
The knowledge that happiness is not something to be found but a choice we make every day.
I think I finally see now that perfection is inherently imperfect that we have to find perfection in the imperfect.

My portrait project has been quite simply life changing. More than I could have hoped for, the people I have met have have had a profoundly positive effect on my life. The people I have had long conversations with on park benches, empty parking lots, busy street corners, under bridges, they all surprised me to be honest, because what I found impressed me. I found little bits of myself in each of them and I found ways that I wanted to be better, saw things from perspectives I had not considered. I see each one of these people that I conversed with as a lens by which they were kind enough to let me see the world through and by seeing the world thru their eyes I have come to see mine more clearly as well.  

Strangers: A Portrait Project laliusl.deviantart.com/gallery…


I believe in a world of beauty and happiness. Not because it is inherently that way but because I perceive in that fashion. I think we can construct our own utopia with imperfect materials and find perfection in that imperfection because that is our condition, to always be searching for perfection knowing that struggle will be our constant companion. Love it. Live it. Share it. Life. It's what we have. It's all we have.

Make it your own.
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What's different this time is I am traveling alone and the only object is to find inspiration in strangers and strange places.

Lately I have been traveling quite extensively through the western United States.
Now its time head east!

I want to photograph nearly everyone I meet, create a catalog of faces and find one person each day to profile.
I feel that there is so much beauty in this world and if I could stand back and take it all in at once it would make my heart burst. I want to find little pieces of that beauty in the people I meet, and record it. I am in love with that beauty with that discovery, the epiphany of letting go, stop trying to control and manage and just absorb, reveling in and learning from it all.

I will post the faces here at the conclusion.
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Break Time.

1 min read
Just wanted to let everyone know that I won't be around for a while. I need to reevaluate, reset and figure out what I am doing. It's as if I only believed in one thing and I came to find out that that belief is no longer true or perhaps was never true to begin with. How do you deal with that?

So if I don't get around to reply to comments and messages for a while you will know why.
Thank you for all your support, I honestly believe that DA is the single most important factor in my development as a photographer. Being surrounded by so much talent and genuine support is an honor.

Thank you!
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I finally got a much need overhaul uploaded to my website! As frustrating as it was I actually kinda enjoyed becoming proficient at CSS : )

Anyways I would love to have your thoughts, whatever they might be, on design and navigation. I kinda would like some lighter pastel colors for my wedding section but I just cant decide on what colors exactly...
photobychriswalter.com
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