Cruising Craiglist, as I do, I came across an interesting post that made me feel really bad. So I decided to take some action.

Read this:

I have been a photographer for the past 5 years. (www.rachelkemper.com) I have recently been involved in a car accident where not only my car, but by resources for creativity, and income (laptop, harddrive, camera) have been stripped away. Although I know there is always a way through and out of seemingly disasterous events. This one it seems, is not the event I can not escape, but the state of mind it has thrown me into. For with the right mindset, anything and everything is possible.

We all come in to a point of our lives where depression can take over and everything seems meaningless. This time has throughout history been a time where creativity seems to be the only antidote.

While photography has been my source of income for the past 5 years, I look at this place of emptiness as an opportunity to embrace other talents I have yet to explore.

And so I ask of this.

If you, or anyone you know may have any kind of art supplies that can be donated to help support the recovery of a human mind. I need help.

I need to work. I need to feel like I’m creating something beautiful, regardless of how I feel..it is through creation and sharing that darkness can be transformed into light.

I am asking for donations. My goal is to gain help in the therapy process so I can then bring myself to a place where I can pull myself through and out of the situation and get myself working again.

Self reliance, I believe is a key character trait in any strong human being,
as well, I believe, is knowing when to ask for help.

Thank you.
Rachel Kemper
904.501.4124
www.rachelkemper.com
myspace.com/artistrachel

If you can help her, you should. I can’t imagine what it would be like to lose all my equipment after a horrible car-crash. I feel for her because she, like all artists, needs to remain creative. And oddly, it’s when we’re down that our most beautiful work blooms. She’s an amazing photographer and while I don’t know her personally, I sort of feel like we shutterbugs need to stick together.