I love Instagram and I randomly caught this image on the left of Audrey Ann, AUDREYANNDAVIS_ on Instagram. Although her profile has changed since I found it last fall, back then her tag line was, "Hi, I'am Audrey, I love you, I wish life was fair." I love the contrast of "I love you" and "life isn't fair." I couldn't get it out of my head. It put into words the conflicting emotions that I had at the time. I found it when I had cancer and I was dealing with the reality of dying way earlier than I was mentally prepared to. My love for art, people and life seemed magnified due to something growing in me that could bring me to an early end. Between living in NYC, doing two combat tours in Iraq, I had life threatening moments but they were brief and random. Cancer is drawn out and a total different mind fuck. The image of Audrey just looking out with the sun catching her eyes fit this conflicting sentence perfectly. It was haunting and beautiful, full of love with a tinged with darkness.
Lindsey Ireland is an actress in NYC. I meet her in person around the same time as I saw Audrey on line. Lindsey had a huge impact on me because she is so full of life and energy. She was like a bright light; her energy was contagious and inspirational. She is an actress and has already stared in a movie where was a lead in. She loves Liz Taylor and she is has a passion for old movies. I captured her image from her ID card from an event she was doing, the kind of thing models and actresses do who are young, pretty and outgoing. But girls how are young and pretty are a dime a dozen in places like LA and NYC. Lindsey was different. There was a promotional clip that she did to sell herself as an actress that I found on line. That 5 minute clip captured her essence like lighting in a bottle. It was very inspiring and if I was an agent or movie producer, I would find a project for her. She will be a star someday, you heard it here first!
That was less than a year ago but it seems as if it was much longer. I am healthy, cancer free and these two girls have no idea of the positive impact was made on me by them just being on line, in Lindsey's case with her Instagram page and Lindsey by my brief interaction with her in NY by talking with her on a beautiful sunny afternoon.
That is the backstory of this picture.
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