On November 2024, shortly after my 28th birthday, I was hospitalized in Fukuoka University Hospital to undergo a cholecystectomy (gallbladder removal) following years of intermittent gallbladder attacks. My friends, thoughtful as ever, prepared a care package that included a sketchbook and pencil crayons so that I could occupy myself somewhat while recovering in hospital. Having […]
– A TALE OF TULIPS –
A short video I made in February 2024 during a winter when I was experiencing a strange video-making obsession after putting together “The Wonders of Kyushu.” PART I A time-lapse of the artwork and scrapbooking entry I made to commemorate my first trip to Taiwan. PART II Clips of nice memories with Sophia, shot mainly […]
I made this video for the JET Programme Video Contest at age 27 after living in Fukuoka for a little over two years. My intention was to capture the everyday moments of beauty that moved me. I wanted to share these moments with people back home who didn’t know about where I was living or […]
One the many things that life in Japan has taught me is the way each season leaves behind an imprint of colours, tastes, and feelings, never again to be repeated. Yet in film, the negative stays tangible and fixed. Throughout the process of photographic development, past moments reveal themselves once more in the journey from […]
I’ve aged twenty years during quarantine. Lo and behold, I’ve skipped over young adulthood entirely and now find fulfillment in sharing and completing recipes. About This is a recipe and method of cooking my sister taught me, a salmon lover who used to always overcook salmon, and it’s since helped me do justice to my […]
I like to wander a lot, and sometimes that means stumbling onto unexpected things by accident. The best thing to come across are words – sentiments you’d never expect to encounter, or secrets of people you’ll never know. . . “I Miss Myself” This is a photo of one of my favourite places, an abandoned […]
Full disclosure: I am secretly a grandma. If unoccupied, I can spend a whole day knitting and then sleep excellently, feeling like the day was perfectly spent. Quarantine seemed like an opportunity to finally attempt a grand knitting endeavour – making a sweater. The final fit isn’t perfect, mainly because I eyeballed the […]
Pictures that make me happy because they remind me of a really good day. “Think of the Hieroglyphics!” YEAR: 2019 (age 22) My auntie Anita took this picture when my mother and I visited her in Ubud over the summer. The three of us went to a nearby forest then hiked a trail that […]
Left half my heart in this place. February 2020, age 23. Vallée Bras-du-Nord A little drive up north. Some pics taken by Olga and Sophia.