This is the last set I've got to post with Yin and that makes me a little sad. We haven't shot or played in a long time. We just keep missing each other and not being on the same page lately. Life conspires to change and that has affected our availability and kept us from connecting. It's a shame because I always go really deep within her rope and I miss it. And her.

Life conspires to change and that is true of positives as well as negatives -- more so in my experience. I'm looking forward to that. We'll work on getting there, I'm sure.

It's been two years since this shoot (I can't believe it) and I'm just now getting around to posting it! There's a method to my madness, even if I can't discern it when I'm deciding what galleries to put up each time around. Sometimes it just feels right not to post galleries in the order I shot them; sometimes it does. This set is a physical counterpoint to the intense ball tie that Yin and I did that day -- the one that helped me start to process some very nasty things living in my heart that day. I went from being compressed to being held erect and drifting in and out of head space -- even though standing! Good thing Yin was there to keep me from falling on my face!

I've gone through a lot of change since we shot this gallery and so has Yin. Posting it now is a reminder for me of how she and Michele helped me through a rough time and seeing it keeps my mind open to what's possible when you are open to letting your friends hold and keep you safe while you're going through bits of hell.