Hello everyone. Today I wanted to talk about this photograph. My friend Kris threw a party last summer, and after the party I went through my photos and didn’t keep most of them because none were very interesting, except for this one. Something about this image tugged at me and told me to keep it, just in case I had some reason to reflect on it later. Well today’s that day. I recently learned that […]
Hello everyone! Today I wanted to spread the work of some of my favorite artists to show my support for the current black lives matter protests. The first is Gordon Parks. Parks lived an incredibly hard life, growing up in the Jim Crow era and suffering extreme racism. He went on to become a journalist for Life magazine, directed multiple movies including Shaft, and wrote multiple books of poetry. He was without a doubt
Gordon Parks, Nina Simone, and James Baldwin. Artists to be inspired by. Read More »
Hello everyone, I happen to be one of the few people I know that’s still working during the pandemic, otherwise I’d be spending more time writing for this blog. Just a heads up this post does contain my thoughts on death and dying so, fair warning given. I haven’t really posted much about the current coronavirus recently, this is for two reasons. The first being I never really wanted this blog to be about my
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Imagine if we only had two weeks left to live… Pretty grim, I know. But with the coronavirus becoming increasingly present I think it’s important to reflect on how we live, and what kind of life we want to make for ourselves. Are we really building the best possible lives for ourselves and the community? Is there anything we’ve left undone? Do we really have much time left? I typically get annoyed when I hear
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A series taken over the past few years, but only realized in the past few days. A mixture of portraiture, events, and photos of random gatherings with friends. To be young is like nothing else in life. To have a newly awakened awareness of the world, and the power to strive forward with our goals is something unique to being young. Some of us want to be musicians, models, or artists (like myself). But I
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