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This New World

As I turned 30 years old, I couldn't help but look back on the decade before, wondering where the time went and attempting to piece together the shattered, blurry bits of life that sat before me.  I became obsessed with staying indoors and adapted anti-social behaviors, later suffering from bouts of depression and overwhelming anxiety.  I felt as though my life was in ruin, wasted and beyond repair.  Through introspective writings and artistic outlets, I slowly became fixated on self re-discovery.  I became aware of who I was becoming, and more importantly, where I was going.  Although my views on self, love, faith, and the world around me had changed, I realized that deep down I was fundamentally the same person.  My dreams had never left me.  Through instant films and expired Polaroids, I wandered through my daily existence, attempting to document these faded dreams, and with them, this new world.

-Kaleb M. Starr