Well, folks, it’s been a while. Sorry bout that. If you’ve been checking back even somewhat regularly, I apologize for not having anything for you. Drake Johnson Michigan Wolverines Jersey Thanks for stopping by! This first quarter of my junior year at SCAD has been unbelievably busy. Lots to share, lots to catch up on. A few changes for an overview (there is far too much to share!):

1. DaeSean Hamilton PSU Jersey As of September I am a graphic design major with a photo minor. (Expect an overhaul of this blog design soon!) Lots of processing still going on there. But I feel solid about it.

2. I’m overcommitted. I love all the things I’m involved in, but it all adds up time-wise. A taste: I’m a student ambassador, vice president of Bookbinding club, on leadership with Christian Student Fellowship (CSF) as the graphic design coordinator person, and I’m co-leading a Bible study/small group with my friend Caitlin Betsy Bell, who happens to be trying to convert me to be a Fibers major. We’ll see!

And somehow with all this going on, on top of homework for my new graphic design classes, I have peace. God is at work here, changing the way I do things. I wake up to sunrises like this.

I flew out to Louisville, Kentucky last weekend to photograph a wedding. (Expect more images from that weekend!)

Definitely a wonderful experience – building my portfolio, catching up with my friend Nikki, and enjoying the stunningly gorgeous day Samantha & Allen had picked for their October wedding. Also fell in love with Bluegrass. Just sayin.

Last night I had the privilege of attending my first Barbershop performance. For those of you who don’t know what Barbershop is, think the good ‘ole men in red blazers at county fairs singing in quartets (if you’ve seen Charlotte’s Web). Well, lots of people still do that! And they’re not all old! I went to see my friend Nathan Daniel and his Barbershop friends.

What a treat it was! I felt like I stepped into another world.

They made the whole night into an “on the radio” theme – complete with a radio announcer, a FDR Fireside-chat-era radio, illuminated “Applause” and “On the Air” signs.

So nice that they had me completely and totally fooled. It was in fact not being aired on the radio, to my disappointment. Aaron Anderson LSU Jersey But it was still a wonderful night of good ‘ole camaraderie, amazing harmonizing, and upbeat, old-school love tunes. Very enjoyable.

So that’s some recent stuff with me. Ohio State Gabe VanSickle Jersey And some images. But today my heart is just singing! The Lord is so good! Sure, I’m confused about where I’m headed what with school, post-graduation stuff and jobs, wanting to seek Him before any of that and truly know my Father. Andrew Raym Jersey He has been so gracious with me. He has given me a new song to sing, and I will sing it for the rest of my life. What’s the tune? A song about the depth of His love for me. The heart He’s given me – for His son. B.T. Potter Jersey Tank Jenkins Jersey Praise for His goodness, for not abandoning me even though I couldn’t keep His commands, even though I turned my back so hard on Him. Dont’a Hightower Alabama Jersey Tyler Herro Jersey For giving me a solid foundation to grow up into. For holding onto me, even when I thought I was outrunning Him in my rebellion. All I have I owe to Him. Antonio Williams College Jersey I am completely for Him. And excited to see where he leads. We are dancing. Brian Rowe Jerseys My heart is tender, my palms are open, ready to follow His steps as He guides. Do you know how great our God is? He’s the Lord of the dance. And He’s extending His hand to you. Ben Nola Jersey Won’t you take His invitation? It’s the best decision you will ever make. And I don’t know a thing about dancing. But my Father does. Marlon Taylor Jersey That’s the beauty of it. He gives us all we need – His son: our savior!, a new heart, His precious Spirit to change us from the inside! – and we follow. He leads. Even when I’m so sure I know where my steps are going. His footprints are on the floor, before me. Greg Ellis Jersey What a glorious thing!

P.S. I touched a hummingbird’s wing last night.

I miss absolutely everything about Lacoste. This is my fourth week of being home, and things aren’t exactly peachy perfect. My brother returned from Thailand two days before I flew home from France, and the two of us have been slightly funkified as of late. Antwane Wells Jr. Ole Miss Jersey We miss where God took us over the past several months. Both the adventures we had and the experience of learning to trust God in another country, another culture – another context for life. But the amazing thing is that we have each other in this time of confusion. Coming back we are both asking questions like: Should I be going to college? Where are we going, God? Why am I studying this? Why have you made me this way? Where can I GO for you, God? – I’ll go anywhere! And in not knowing the answers to these questions, I find myself longing for the simple life in Lacoste.

I find myself missing the feel of tall weeds brushing my knees in the morning in the valley, dew drenched feet making the trek up for breakfast. I miss what it feels like to wake up to light gently streaming through orange curtains, coating my walls. Dwight Phillips Jr. Jersey My suitcase as my bedside table for alarm clock, watch, unused envelopes, and glasses. Tristan Golightly Jersey I find it easy to look back to time spent with my friends – on the terrace watching the climbing clouds change colors above the valley, in our Murrier room telling stories while piled onto one bed, staying up late weeping together over heartache. I miss living in community with them. I miss the quiet mornings on Tuesdays and Thursdays when I had the room to myself to spend with God. I miss the glory of the view – sitting on the rock ledge outside the Mac Lab to watch the afternoon shadows on the fields or late at night watching the stars reveal themselves across the enormous sky. Miles Simon Jersey Marveling at God everywhere. In all that I saw. Trevor Williams Jersey Peyton Woodring Georgia Bulldogs Jersey In how I saw Him in my new friends.

At home I find myself in a very different season – one of rest and also of challenge. Youth God is showing me ways that I don’t trust Him. Ways He wants me to trust Him. I want every scrap of my life to be surrendered fully to Christ. Holding back nothing for myself and for my own control – because He is showing me how He loves me and how strong He is. My God is relentless, and He wants all of me. He didn’t just make a way for me (that part is sweet!) – He wanted to make a way for me to be with Him again. Now my sinful soul is counted free. Mason Stahl PSU Jersey For God the just is satisfied to look on Him and pardon me! He wanted me! Not only did He declare me guiltless through the penalty Jesus paid for me on the cross, He wrote His NAME over mine. Vinnie Sunseri Jersey I am His! My questions are still valid. I don’t know the answers to them. But God does. Jack Raborn Jersey Julian Love Jersey So in this summer at home, I will content myself with simply being with my Father who loves me. And doing whatever it takes to fall more in love with Him.

Well, Christmas is over and I’m still making books. Crazy? I loved making presents for my people this year – each was a book but every one was designed specifically for the person I gave it to. And now that Christmas is over… I can’t stop! It’s my first week back at college. Since Christmas, I have made three books – two in Savannah. Something about pretty papers, found fabrics, tearing pages, measuring precisely, cutting apart old books (I feel like a surgeon when I do that), smelling the old books before I make them new – it’s all very tangible. I love working with my hands. I love creativity, beauty, and the poetry that follows the passage of time. Old books made new. Presented blank to new owners. Hopefully when they are rediscovered in an attic centuries from now they will be filled with page after page of treasures. So much history between the covers.

Right now I am sipping some mediocre instant hot chocolate that I improved by dropping a Lindt Swedish truffle in (yum!) – trying to warm up from my adventures outside. Grady Jarrett Jersey It’s currently 36˚ here – the coldest I can ever remember. Damani Staley Jersey My fingers were unprotected by gloves because I needed to fiddle with all the knobs and levers of my view camera for Large-Format Technique class. Max Johnson LSU Tigers Jersey That’s right, I’m shooting this bad boy for 10 weeks! I’m so excited! Click the link to see the video. (It might take awhile for it to load, so you might want to revisit it after you finish reading the rest of this.)

I am currently missing home. Trey Moore Texas Jersey I miss my home church and my people there. I miss making dinner with Sarah Welch. I miss walking my dog in the morning and starting my day off spending some time with God. LaNorris Sellers Gamecocks Jersey Jordan Poole Michigan Jersey I miss the loving welcome of my home. DeAndre Hopkins College Jersey I miss my brother and his crazy outfits.

But God has me here for a reason. While I was on break, I was missing Savannah really bad. I missed my church here – Bible study, my girls, CSF nights, and Jimbo.

How fickle am I? Adjusting is hard. I consider each place to be my home… but I only truly appreciate what I have when I am away. Jase McClellan Jersey Last night was particularly difficult for me. Malik Hartford Jersey Which is why I’ve decided: Jesus is my home. Eric Glover-Williams College Jersey I have felt suffocatingly alone in both Apex and Savannah. And that’s okay I guess… because no good gift or blessing from God (no matter how wonderful) – whether it be a person, a possession, status, material wealth, talent, a relationship, a house, a family – NONE of these things is designed to bear the weight of the soul. I become so disappointed with these things because they are not meant to satisfy me – only God can. So in this difficult time of transition I am remembering that God is my home. I am accepted because of Jesus alone. I can do nothing today to make God love me any more or any less than He does right now. I am simply “unqualified.” But that’s all that is required. Wade Taylor IV Texas A&M Jersey I have a raw, aching need for Him. Rashaan Evans Alabama Jerseys To know my Maker.

Lord, you are my dwelling place. Your Spirit lives inside me. I will forever seek to know the One who made me and has made a way for me to be reunited with You. Trent Williams Oklahoma Sooners Jersey Jesus, YOU are my home. Charlie Flowers Ole Miss Jersey Not the things you provide or take away. I love you.