For Those Who Don't Know...

I am Afton Michelle.

A twenty something year old transplant from the hustle and bustle of Los Angeles to the slower paced summer city of Chicago. With a Communications degree from Southern Illinois University, I proudly gallivanted my banners of personal victories at Technisonic Studios in St. Louis where I shaped a colorful video production background. Also a former Urban Outfitter, I helped shape the ways of shabby chic fashion with my own two cents, but got out of my retail chains and jumped into entertainment and media marketing. A self proclaimed Saved by the Bell trivia champion, I'm a big city girl with big city dreams. Independent. Living the dream paycheck to paycheck.

A writer, photographer, and a bit of a vagabond. But above all, I'm a Christian, daughter, sister, best friend, lover, believer, and magic bean buyer. All things music, art, fashion, film, and my favorite: photography. And maybe a little advertising and marketing talk along the way.

Photo Blog: Summer time

Summertime in Chicagoland has been full of good friends, nostalgia, and reconnecting - nothing short amazing. I'll be sad to see it go sooner than later.

I'm currently re-reading Blue Like Jazz and in the chapter about Redemption, I came across this and thought I would share...

"And that's the tricky thing about life, really, that the things we want most will kill us. Tony the Beat Poet read me this ancient scripture recently that talked about loving either darkness or loving the light, and how hard it is to love light and how easy it is to love darkness. I think that is true. Ultimately, we do what we love to do. I like to think I do things for the right reasons, but I don't, I do things because I do or don't love doing them. Because of sin, because I am self-addicted, living in the wreckage of the fall, my body, my heart, and my affections are prone to love things that kill me." - Donald Miller - Blue Like Jazz

PS - Also currently working on a seperate website coming soon to host my photography. Stay tuned!

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