Blake’s comments about her shoot:

Growing up, all of my friends and classmates could tell you with one word what they wanted to be when they were older.even as independent as i was, a title never fit. this killed my passion as i just couldnt understand why i didn’t but everyone else just “knew.” education put a hold on my wild curiousity and at a young age i turned to drug use. I was raised very conservative and no one in my family were users, so that wasnt to blame. i always felt there were different parts of our mind i wanted to access. thankfully when i was 10 or so we got internet in our home and i was able to learn in an entirely different way. i was able to ask all of the questions that my parents and teachers couldnt answer. it was specific, and the entire world was at my fingertips. i could meet people who thought just like me, and i finally understood why i didnt want to be a ballerina or a doctor. it was then that i knew my generation was different, and that we posses the most powerful tool. so, the few “occupations” i had somewhat decided on, didnt make sense at that point. why would i become a journalist when personal blogging will take over? a photographer, in a world of iphones? a teacher, with self education? But i went on, i knew the little small town didnt have the capacity for my attention, so i completed my middle school education in the 6th grade and started high school as a freshman, at 12 years old. I graduated at 16, and no, i didnt have a title or a degree name that i would go on to complete. I decided i wanted to live. i wanted to travel, to meet people of every kind and explore every dusty corner. To grow, to change my mind because thats proof im evolving. The day i decided to stop living for everyone else expectations of me, and fill the normal perimeters, was the day i was born.