I think that seeing joy in bodies, naked bodies, is something I need to remind myself of sometimes.
We are all something magnificent under these costumes we wear.

I do see myself in my work, and there was a very specific moment I am thinking of right now. I was up in the high Uintahs with one of my best friends at the time. We found this huge clearing within the thick aspen groves. It was this vibrant field of grass. I don’t even. Know what came over me, but I said, “I’m gonna run through this field naked.” I was naked - except for shoes - in an instant.

He took photos of me with my phone, which he secretly took from the pocket of my pants, which I may or may not have thrown to him in a dash.

When I look at them, these photos show me there were moments in what was a very difficult time of life, where I found joy. Not just joy - but extreme joy. These photos are a very special view into that period - but the perfect one for me to see that at any moment we could just leave everything that shrouds us behind and just feel our own Self without shame. Run through the field. Be naked. Feel silly. Embody joy.