Aloha-

 

I'm going to try to explain this as best as I can:

 

 I'm sitting here doing a little bit of work and I just had a random flashback of the photographer from that dinner at Lumeria this past weekend. What came to my mind was him explaining his annual visits to Maui as his "sense checks"...meaning that whenever he returned to Maui he felt as if all five of his sense were activated. First of all, that is awesome coming from a huge photographer. Secondly, wow. I remember he gave me an example of city life using New York. He said, "In New York City, you focus more on your sense of sight and hearing. You don't use your sense of smell as much at all." He basically said that here in Maui you are aware of all of your senses and it's heightened because it is such a natural almost untouched environment. At any given point I can hear the ocean, hear the wind through the trees, smell the flowers, the food seems to taste better here (not sure why but it does.. I'm trying EVERYTHING), and don't start me on what I see. It's unreal. Almost ethereal.  Obviously you use all of your senses all of the time, but I really liked the way he put it into perspective for me. I've been struggling to explain what it is that has been captivating me here. I guess its just all of my senses.

With warmest aloha,

MJ

ps. shouldn't this blog be called MollyonMaui instead of MollyinMaui? ...woops.

pps. what is this on my photobooth? Shoutout to the photoshoot I had no idea was going on in my room last summer! ehem. This was the most recent picture below. That's what you get! xoxo