Doing What I do – Page 2

The Time That The City Is Mine

December 10, 2011 by nickengvall

I’m not really sure what it is about the eerily lonesome time of 3:30 in the morning but I find it painfully comforting. Maybe it’s because I can stand in the middle of a busy street and take a picture without disturbing a soul. Or perhaps, maybe it’s because within the silence that I can … Read more

Passion, Positivity and Starting New

November 20, 2011 by nickengvall

Forgive me for rambling but over the last week I’ve had a lot to unload from my mind and some of it just doesn’t fit in my little black book of poetry. If there is anything that I have perfected in this life, it’s the art of getting in the way of my own self. … Read more

Analog-ically Digital

November 3, 2011 by nickengvall

We have all of these wonderful toys in the ‘digital era’ with amazing capabilities. Yet, somehow, we seem to choose the oldest styles for certain things, like clocks. Why is that?

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You’re Never Too Old For Ice Cream

October 20, 2011 by nickengvall

Unfortunately I’ve been hooked on the Monopoly game at McDonald’s lately. Which means, my diet is lacking in many ways. The incredible positive upside ( aside from the TWO free McFlurries I won in the same day) is the people watching, which is one of my favorite things in life. Not in the typical way … Read more

So Much To Say, So Little Time, Or Something

October 20, 2011 by nickengvall

I have a disease. Dis-ease, to the fullest extent. That dis-ease is mental. From poetry to politics, sports to sneakers, writing has always been the cure for that disease for as long as I can remember. What’s incredibly frustrating about it, is every once in a great while, I step up onto my soapbox (aka … Read more

Airwalk’s 25th Anniversary – Another Full Circle Story

October 7, 2011 by nickengvall

I’ve been a fan of the Airwalk brand for most of my life. Growing up it was the “cool” skate company right up there next to Vision and Vans, only for me, my best friend’s older brother skated in Airwalks, Prototypes of course. At the time it was just a crazy different shoe with the … Read more

Inspiration Always Comes Full Circle

September 25, 2011 by nickengvall

If I don’t make your life better, I don’t deserve to be a part of it. I can’t possibly count the number of times I have been in a situation that people around me have asked, ‘Why are you still doing that?’ This is something that I am completely aware of, and it’s something that … Read more

The Places You Have Come to Fear The Most

September 23, 2011 by nickengvall

Holy Eff! It’s been 10 years since the Dashboard Confessional album, The Places You Have Come To Fear the Most. I know, I just lost at least 70% of the people that read this with the first mention of Dashboard, too ’emo’ for them. Well, the other 20% that just left are hipsters shunning me … Read more

Perspective is Everything.

August 29, 2011 by nickengvall

Playing with the camera is one of my favorite things to do. I’ve been thinking about exactly what it is about it that is so intriguing to me. I think it’s because of the way I see things, and see things differently, and see things differently again. Perspective is everything. Yet with a camera, you … Read more