self-portrait This journey (and, lord, how I have grown weary of that phrase and its haphazardous use), has been teaching me a […]

Hello, friends! I am excited to announce that I have created another set of Photoshop actions for Photoshop CC. These actions are […]

Dear Dakota/Dakofo/Baby Bear/Baby Boy/Monkey Toe/Peach Butt/Magic Bean/Tyke, I had to include all your nicknames in there, right? As I start this letter […]

This past weekend, I took some portraits of my mom’s dog, Bobby. He is a certified therapy dog and she often uses […]

Honor the sacred.Honor the Earth, our Mother.Honor the Elders.Honor all with whom we share the Earth:-Four-leggeds, two-leggeds, winged ones,Swimmers, crawlers, plant and rock people.Walk in balance and beauty. – Native American Elder

I was so delighted to be Maid of Honor in my best friend’s wedding this past Sunday. It was such a beautifully […]

One of the things that brings me great joy is stumbling across nature’s gifts; those things that have broken or decayed, or […]

“A luna moth emerges from its cocoon with not long for this earth. The average lifespan is a week, during which time […]

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I imagine this might be what it looks like when we die, and how it might feel; like being pelted with prisms […]

I did a simple macrame project today.  It’s so relaxing and meditative and I’m really happy with the finished product.  I just […]

Here is a brief how-to with photos for the painting and stenciling makeover I did on my staircase. Supplies: Hand-held power sander […]

There have been times in my life that I’ve been so low I could taste the ground.  My mouth was filled with […]

And then she can breathe again, the fresh air of him plumping out her lungs, pillowing into her chest.  This is the […]

earth day — Nana used to say that she believed trees were people reincarnated, and you could tell what kind of person […]

This is a piece I wrote a year ago, but I have re-worked it here. — The body remembers. It remembers every […]

This past weekend, I did a conceptual fashion shoot for Aveda 501 salon in Bellevue, Kentucky.  These are some of my favorite […]

Then at certain moments I remember one of his words and I suddenly feel the sensual woman flaring up, as if violently […]

37 — Thirty-seven and here’s what I’ve learned: Always say yes to dessert. Enormous hills are meant to be rolled down. Only […]

gardening — Life tells us to bloom where we are planted; essentially, to accept our fate and make the best of it, […]

under seas — When I was a child, escape was crucial to survival. I would close the door to my bedroom and […]

closed windows — It can be a heady thing, thinking of all the other potential lives that lie just outside your own.  […]

for her — I have a vast collection of shells, many of which I didn’t even have to look for; they simply […]

© Jennifer Summer | 2015 Our life is composed greatly from dreams, from the unconscious, and they must be brought into connection […]

Put your hands on my knees, she said, and think of me as a book you’ve been dying to read. – Michael […]

move — These shoes are like coming home.  Every day, I remind my body of what it can do and from where […]

wordless — Some days, my love for him swallows all words.© Jennifer Summer | 2015

love – it can and should be so easy like falling asleep in a chair or like a church full of windows. […]

sur la pointe — Aching bones, shooting pains through the arch of my foot, toes that bruised and bled.  I was a […]

cage-free — He told her that her rib cage was big to accommodate the size of her heart.  Without the confines of […]

veins — The blue veins traversing beneath your skin are your map. Behind alabaster walls, a current roars through the delicate ropes […]

milk — And we were the girls who were told we’d be ‘spoiled’ if we let anything inside us before marriage; a […]

immortal spirit — The 1937 edition of Webster’s Universal Unabridged Dictionary defines ‘soul’ as: a word common to the Teutonic languages; Grimm […]

growing out — It’s all still there, in your lungs; the living memory of every gasp you took in fear or elation […]

all images © Jennifer Summer | 2015

The heart is capable of sacrifice. So is the vagina. The heart is able to forgive and repair. It can change its […]

out of my way you missed with your magic out of my way you see, you missed with your magic out of […]

My blood is alive with many voices telling me I am made of longing. – Rainer Maria Rilke | The Book of […]

Some images from a very short walk I took last night at Highland Park.This beautiful wild mushroom makes me think of an […]

skipping beats — This is a divine darkness that they pulse back and forth between them. The goosebumps that run a circle […]

the odds — We weren’t allowed to have TV Guide in the house because Helen believed that Jesus was coming back any […]

My body was made to move.  Lean child legs painted maps of escape through dense woods; abused toes stood en pointe, calf […]