Excuse my relative absence.

Or more than absence, excuse me while I try to balance studies, photography and a healthy life involving sports and food.
It's kinda hard to find the perfect mix between these things, but all of them are needed. I need to edit pictures without those hours taking away all my study time. I need to study and take pictures without that forgiving me to do sport. It's hard and sometimes it's nervous-wrecking. There are days where I don't actually have time to calm down, and some other days where I barely sleep doing everything I want (Or need, because I can't stay calmed without feeling as if I'm wasting my time). And I'd love to do so many things: Projects, polls, contests, blog entries... But time is just ticking and I have to do tons of things. I cannot be perfect, as none of us can, but I'm trying my best to keep on track with everything.
Exams are on the way, spring has sprung, days are longer... and so is the work.

Running and scared, being alone at the woods have never been more difficult. The light is about to set and there is no place to hide. Why isn't there a way to escape? No matter how harshly you look for, there isn't any evidence of exit. Why can't I move? What is holding me, chaining my soul from running and being free? 

I'm tangled, and I'm the only responsible for that.

Drawing by Sean Hales

This Friday, I bring you this lovely drawing by Sean Hales.

You should totally check his Facebook page out because not only does he upload his artwork (Which is already stunning) but the whole process so you can see every week in your dashboard how a drawing is being made, thus eager to see the final result!

You're always looking for that sunrray to hit your skin, that gentle light when you're in the shadow... It was so easy. You just had to look around you and everything would be covered with the most beautiful colors. The blessing of the daylight was marvelous, and at night you would have tons of candles illuminating your path in order to guide you home. But what happens when you find yourself surrounded by all the darkness and no one can seem to shine for you? You can no longer see the path ahead from you, or glance at the past because darkness prohibits you to see clearly. There are no longer shadows because the sun is inexistent, they are no longer shapes or optimism because you're unable to see anything. You are blind from every little spark that might lighten your life.

You can't do anything but to learn to accept yourself, and shine in your name.

Weigh anchor and hoist the mizzen! 

Forget the past, the people you used to love and your rusty personality.

It's time to keep going, to sail and never look at that shore again. Some days the water will be calm, some other days you wish you had stayed at home. The waves crashing into your skin will make you shiver, the ship will be tumbling down without faith. 

Be my anchor, my one and only security. Let's be safe and sound in the sea of chaos and broken relationships.

Because sometimes, we should sail and stop listening to those mermaids that we stumble upon.