“And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the wind longs to play with your hair” - K. Gibran . How this image came to be and post processed is going to be featured in the upcoming issue of @beautifulbizarremagazine in the Path to Creation editorial 💫 here’s a little excerpt - . “Whenever I’m in a shoot it feels like I’m away - I’m here, but I’m also away. Complete focus wraps around me, dulling all my other senses but sharpening the one I need the most. All I see is light, form, expression, colors, movement, a story waiting to be told. Cold, heat, time, my aching body - none of that registered, only that the muse in front of me, the earth, the nature, that every aspect connected to this moment is captured. All that matters is that I do this vision justice. That the hard work we’ve all put in is honored. . The rocks felt warm and rough against my bare feet, and I found myself feeling grounded in a way that I hadn’t for a long time. I wanted to ground Brandi into this moment too. I asked her to lay down. I found myself gathering the desert sand and letting it spill from my fingers onto her hair. My husband assisted me and spilled more sand onto her body. I encouraged Brandi to explore with her form in this space, to lift her arms up, to release them back, to close her eyes, to look away, to flow - and together we played as photographer and muse. . It was here in the last light, the love, the friendships forged, the music, the earth, the very air... I felt like that moment with all of us in it, that was the art...” . “Here is a story of the sleeping girl who lay lost in dreams, between the juxtaposition of the steady, hard rocks and forever shifting sand... a visual of the passage of time and our experience within it.” . Featuring beautiful @brandinicolephoto Wearing @lorysunartistry Retouching with @solsticeretouch With @nate.napoli & @_magnuskarlson