“My path as an artist has produced a portfolio that continues to reveal my predisposition for the love of beauty and my evolution as a creative mind. It is a path that includes twists, valleys, hills, scenic mountain-tops, then more valleys and more hills. At the beginning of my journey I started out with the earnest desire to help those I photographed feel their worthiness by revealing the physical beauty that I could see in them. In a world which places such a high regard on physical appearance, we all deserve to know that we are enough and that our being enough actually has very little to do with exterior facades. (I write this as an individual who is continuously inspired by Beauty in all forms) Recently I learned from a teacher in the business that the number one characteristic possessed by the majority of top successful creatives is not obsession, as is often thought to be the case, but is instead self-compassion. The artist’s way and the way of life must be one of hope and the faith to believe that the best is always yet to come. It takes courage to be an artist.” -Josh Norris