In a creative world where it’s easy to compare ourselves and chase success, it’s also easy to forget why we started creating in the first place. As Makoto Fujimura writes in Art + Faith, it’s about creating “in, through, and for love.”

The images here are moments I’ve captured over time—no pressure, no expectations—just creating because I enjoy it. I hope they encourage you to see creativity in a fresh, more personal way.

May we not be afraid to be amateurs again, creating for the love of it.

The English word for amateur evolved from the Latin word amator which means “lover.” An amateur is one who engages in a pursuit for the love of the things pursued.

-Sarah C. Chestnut, Every Moment Holy Volume 3