Everything in my Life Changed
I wouldn’t be a photographer if it wasn’t for RESET.
The summer of the first Camp Reset in 2015, I fell in love with so many beautiful strangers and wanted to share their stories. Portrait photography became my outlet.
I remember the opening night of the first year. One of the founders (and now one of my best friends) Adil Dhalla-Kim spoke to a group of 100+ adults about how summers felt endless when we were kids.
He explained how time feels different for kids because we’re experiencing so many things for the first time. And if the open and curious mind of a child can somehow bend time, then we could tap into the same magic as adults if we want to.
Reset was the first place I heard adults talk about inner child work. If you’ve followed me for a while, you’ll know how important play and inner child exploration is to my life.
I wouldn’t even be making meditations if it wasn’t for RESET. (Or at least, the meditations would be very different.)
Reset was also where I first experienced the transformational impact of PLAY. I knew what play was before, but for the first time—thanks to the brilliant curators at Reset—I saw how healing and expansive play could be.
I hate to think what my life would be without Reset.
They have a space in Toronto called the Reset Living Room, and it’s like a community centre—except that it’s so much more. You’ll find co-working space, games, arts and crafts, focussed work areas, a sauna, music, and the kindest humans you’ll ever meet.
(I promise, you’ve never been to a place like this before.)
In a time where so many of us feel alone, disconnected and divided, Reset is a totally new way of bringing people together.
I am sharing this with you because Reset is in the midst of a campaign to keep their brick-and-mortar location open.
Their campaign to keep the Living Room open runs until March 28th.
Reset is a community that played such a big role in my life that I literally would not be here, doing this work, living this life, if it wasn’t for them.
So go learn more about the great work that Adil and his amazing team at Reset are doing here —> @helloreset
And I’ll see you at the Reset Living Room 🙏🏽
Big love,
D