Elgin Hertel

#ayahuasca #miniserie #part3 #WILD #plantmedicine #pachamama #omg #belonging #fear #rituals #ceremony #naturewriting #awe #storytelling #publishabook Welcome to part 3 of my plant medicine trip and the incomprehensible manner the plant unfolds within me. I am unable to share everything I ve experienced and even if - I wouldn t because squeezing a VAST experience in some tiny lines wouldn t do it justice. Maybe one day u go try out urself? Call me :)

#ayahuasca #miniserie #part2 #WILD #plantmedicine #pachamama #omg #belonging #fear #rituals #ceremony #naturewriting #awe #storytelling #publishabook Welcome to part 2 of my plant medicine trip - when the actual Ayahuasca ceremony starts, the mystic beings get called upon and the point of no return will be crossed. #staytuned #ladies&gentlemen

#ayahuasca #miniserie #part1 #WILD#plantmedicine #pachamama #omg #belonging #fear #rituals #ceremony #naturewriting #awe #storytelling #publishabook When I told a friend about my plant medicine trip she said: write about it! Well I did send a voice message to a dear sister in mind & heart. At least the parts of my experiences I could grasp - 4 days after it all happend - and decided to make a mini series out of it : here :)) This is part 1 (of probably 3 or 4) #staytuned #ladies&gentlemen

#doubts #whoamiandwhy #voicesinmyhead #postcards #forwardandbackward #alldaylife #epiphany #instinct #wildwoman #intuition #womenwhorunwiththewolves #storytelling #publishabook Sometimes I just need one little question which SWOOSH throws me in the thought process of doubts. Who am I and why? Can my favourite occupation be my profession despite I am not (yet) earning money with it? What s my idenitiy ? What s my worth? What s my definition of myself? Is it JUST a call or is it THE call? A little but important all day life sharing :)

#authenticthievery #shauntan #reiseinsinnerederstadt #inspiration #belonging #littlewonders #goodnewsforonceplease #awe #storytelling #publishabook Today it s not my own text. I stole it from the book "journey into the inner city" by Shaun Tan BECAUSE it inspires me BECAUSE it s my soulfood* BECAUSE I wanna be visited by a technicolour cloud of butterflies too. Please! Btw: did it ever occur to you that you need to put SOULDFOOD in ur daily nutritional practice? #myfindingoftheday A few words to #authenticthievery by Jim Jarmusch "Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture, bridges, street signs, trees, clouds, bodies of water, light and shadows. Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul. If you do this, your work (and theft) will be authentic. Authenticity is invaluable; originality is nonexistent. And don’t bother concealing your thievery—celebrate it if you feel like it. In any case, always remember what Jean-Luc Godard said: “It’s not where you take things from—it’s where you take them to."

Elgin Hertel is an exceptional writer and storyteller ✨ she is magical in all the ways, hanging out with her is an adventure that you will never forget. Thank you for co-creating with me such a magical fun and creative session Elgin 😍 loved everything about it ✨ Words from Elgin "How can one make it from Peter Pan to Brides Corp in one photo session? With the absolut talented Gina Vandana. I've met Gina working together on a farm and we instantly connected over our sensual earthyness & big inner kiddo personality. At that time I was still wondering if I am worthy of a photographer for my artist coming out show but the moment I stepped into Gina's energy fIeld my whole being screamed: YES I WANT TO BE SEEN - through the lense of Gina :) And I am ecstatic how the pictures turned out. I mean WTF #whatthefact I am truely gorgeous & handsome & damn fun and sexy & astounding. I love myself and see versions of myself I m not aware all the time. The inner and the outer Elgin. Hello goddess. That s how Gina makes you feel. She wants you so much, you start wanting yourself. This is not the end it's the beginning, I have been photo therapy-ed" Grateful for all the women that chose to work with me in 2024 and cheers for the new ones that I will get to meet and create with in 2025! Bookings open for February 📸 Let's create 🌹

#goodquestion #peopleyouhavelostoutofsight #Senegal #touba #grandmagal #interconnection#naturedeficitdisorder #awe #storytelling #publishabook You & me we are full of stories. What makes a good story? For me: the ones that make me feel something and also the ones which fell so surprisingly in my life I had no time to decide but being in the middle of it - the crazy ones, the unexpected ones. THIS ONE ❤️ Fasten your seatbelts because we re taking off to a holy pilgrim in Senegal´s desert.

#naturedeficitdisorder #awe #thescienceofawe #blue #bluegazing #healing #iambluedabadeedabadi #storytelling #publishabook Originally the plan was a whole different one but then I woke up to a big fat blue sky: AWE!!! And I walked out my door and it was impossible to detach my eyes from the sky, they were glued to it. And I felt so horny about this blue sky , I just had to say something about it : I am blue da ba di da ba deiiiiiii 🎵

#ach #awe #thescienceofawe #naturedeficitdisorder #storytelling #publishabook Did you ever think about the meaning of AWE? Me neither - until recently - and suddenly if you start follow the white rabbit you may fall into an Alice in wonderland hole of synchronicity, so f**** interesting. Thx to this reel mounting I ll have another short story with another bird for you soon. Anyway, keep on looking for what u secretely desire.

#naturedeficitdisorder #dnn #collectivetrauma #chatGBTbattle #citysign #poet #shortstory #storytelling #mycat #publishabook I hereby present the battle between ChatGBT and my poetic self version of what nature deficit disorder (DNN) is . When I started writing short stories I just went for it with the 11min writing method introduced to me by #maryomrose in her wild writing course. I just later understood that (almost) all my stories have something in common: my nature deficit disorder in that sense: I am longing and searching for something I cannot name but I do feel because I have lost connection - and I am pretty sure : (to some extent) all of you feel the very same ❤

#killingmyparents #childhoodtrauma #sadness #heartbreak #shortstory #storytelling #hercreativeempire #performance #publishabook Have you ever thought: I wanna kill my parents ? Very unacceptable and brutal thought - however quite comprehensible if your parent s ever made you feel a torn heart, if they have hurt you so much and so often that you wanna break off contact to protect yourself but then you decide you cannot because you love them so fucking much. AAAAAH what to do? Kill them in a shortstory at least ... Whoever feels the same: I am with you ❤️

@ginavadanaphotography @ginavadana @thehigherselfportraits @allthepeopleiknow p l e a s e if u ever need a photographer : consider the one and only Mme GiGi ♡ ? WHY? That s why: Dear many GG´s , our story doesn t fit in an instagram story it fits a REEL (really?) (yes!) which is carved out of stone , remaining for the eternity of this online account :D Here comes a love letter: Like all good things in my life you just fell into it. On @tinyfarms.official you landed behind the fennel greens and as soon as I touched ur energy field, ur glow, ur laugther ur big kiddo sillyness I just madly feel in love with you being. You are a power house, you are vibrant (like a Cello G tone, sensual earthy like the golden yellow I like to wear), you re smart and are a master of good questions, you re a contemporary witch (where s ur cat? I have 2, can lend u one) , you re beautiful inside and out and even side ways up and down and diagonal. THANK YOU for your friendship, thank you for farming with me, thank you for being my witness and believer. OMG WORDS CAN T SAY HOW GREATFUL IA M FOR THE PHOTOSHOOT YESTERDAY, I cannot fucking believe that I am Peter Pan AND a Brides Corp in the same photoshoot XD can t wait to share ur art work here ❤️💯