Greetings beautiful people…of course with all things considered, I hope you and your loved ones all are still safe, healthy, and well - especially now that things are slowly opening back up.

WOW...so much has happened since my last newsletter (everything in response to the untimely deaths (murders) of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery) and as a result - I know it has been an intense past few weeks to say the least. A lot of things came up for me this time around and specifically in reference to some of the guilt I felt in connection to choosing to take care of my well-being (self-preservation) instead of joining the protests. In addition to already being off social media (since April 1st) - I know some of that initial guilt was also rooted in the fact that I simply wasn't carrying some of the same weight (or pain/rage) as many of my friends who was connected ingesting all of the updates in real-time via social media. I started questioning myself a lot and then my good friend simultaneously shares this particular hey, girl. podcast episode with me where host, Alex Elle, so eloquently spoke to all of the things that was coming up for me during that time and right at that moment - I had found peace in my decision to focus on my well-being during this time. I needed that friendly reminder that just because I've made my wellness a priority doesn't mean that I don't empathize or care about the wellness of others...we just can't forget to put our oxygen mask on first. With that being said, I invite you all to listen here.

Take it easy out there. Peace and love ya'll.

#tbt to circa 2014 with my older twin lol

Now if you recently subscribed and this is your 1st time receiving this newsIetter, I want to give you a brief welcome and also bring you up to speed on what exactly this newsletter is; so basically I started this newsletter January of last year (2019) to send out only ONE email on the 21st of every month and each email consisted of a few shared images of my film photography (I started shooting with film at the beginning of the year and I've been using this newsletter as an opportunity to share/document my journey), a curated music playlist of 21 of my favorite songs of the moment, and updates and/or invites to any happenings that may be occurring in between newsletters.

For the people who's already been here with me - here's another installment of my 21 Questions series and this time it's featuring my Pops - which would've been perfect timing since this newsletter was supposed to be sent out on Father's Day...all good though, here it is now - 4 days later! Peace and love to all of the Fathers receiving this...and big love to you Pops!

Be sure to zoom in.

Thanks again Pops!

Just like all the other times, as a token of my appreciation, I also curated another lil’ playlist compiled of 21 (this time I added 10 extra songs as a "Stay Home" bonus) of my current favorite tunes (of the moment) that I invite you to vibe out to! I hope you enjoy and I’ll be checking back in on the 21st of next month. Hopefully we'll have better news by then. Peace and love ya'll!

- Lorenzo

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