UPDATE: My BIRDS ORACLE DECK is now available over at Golden Blue. Hello friends! It has been three months since I announced that I was working on my own Oracle Deck and while I have been quiet here about it, I have been posting progress images along the way on my Instagram. I thought that […]
Jessica Blaine Smith
Dear Photography Students
A few days ago I was asked if I would help out with graduating students of the photography program at OCAD. There would be five of us real-life working photographers in on that day and over the course of a couple of hours, we would have twenty minutes each with six students. In that twenty […]
30 Days in Puerto Escondido
30 days in Puerto Escondido 120 showers (two people) 30 sunsets 6 beaches 3 bottles of mezcal 3 pounds of coffee 2.5 books read 2 full moons 2 tubes of sunscreen 0 sunburns Countless tacos, chilaquiles and avocados consumed, waves jumped, freckles gained, words written, images captured. For thirty days, I haven’t worn a bra, […]
The Story of a Towel and My First Experience in Mexico
Yes, that’s right, I am going to write about a towel. A towel that I bought in 1991 when I was ten years old. A towel that I still possess and a towel that is currently with us here in Puerto Escondido. It has Bart Simpson with his skateboard on it and it says “Cool […]
That Juicy Middle Bit
I have been thinking a lot lately about the middle part of things. That juicy middle bit. The place between forming an idea for something and the final result of the creation/moving forward of said idea. The middle part where everything actually happens. Sometimes the boring place. And always the necessary place. I am currently […]
New Project: My Own Oracle Deck
I am really excited to share this post because it has been a long time coming and because when I start something that I am particularly excited about, I usually run fast with it and do not hold back on talking about it. This time around, I have been easing into things. Really feeling them […]
The Desert of Australia
About a year ago I was given an opportunity that I didn’t hesitate in accepting. I was asked if I wanted to travel to the centre of Australia with a group of women. We would camp there in the desert with some Aboriginal women, the original people of that land. Would I like to join? […]
Project: Las Casas de San Cristóbal de las Casas
If you know me or if you have been following along here, you know that a big part of my heart is in Mexico. One of my sisters lived there for eleven years. Two of my nieces and my nephew were born there. My brother-in-law’s family is still there. I have traveled the country literally […]
True Friendship
I have been thinking a lot about friendship lately. About those friendships that us women have with women. The true, real and dirty friendships. The ones where those that reside in that tight inner circle see us and all of our parts. Our truly true selves. Vulnerable. Naked (both figuratively and physically). They see us […]
Personal Projects
Personal projects. Those projects that we say we would do if only we had the time. The ones that we dare to dream of and rarely make a reality. The ones that we tell others about. Stories to make ourselves sound more interesting. More involved. More legitimate. We swallow that lump in our throats […]