I love houseplants and funky shapes, so when I stumbled upon a funky-shaped houseplant while looking for drab shelf supports at a hardware store, my eyes immediately turned into pulsating cartoon hearts as I beheld the paragon of my aesthetic and botanical ideals–the charming and marvellous Pilea peperomioides. I was so taken in by Pilly’s […]
I used to run a lot as a teenager, but it became one of the many things I stopped doing in university. I could put the blame on a lack of time or on the stress of adjusting to somewhere new, but truth be told, I spent plenty of time looking at screens and felt […]
Quelques photos de Charlevoix, une municipalité régionale de comté au Québec. Juillet 2019. 22 ans. Photos of my time in the Charlevoix regional county municipality in Quebec. July 2019. Age 22. . L’Île-aux-Coudres . Le parc national des Hautes-Gorges-de-la-Rivière-Malbaie . Baie-Saint-Paul
When I admit that beauty is one of the things I value most in life, I’m prepared to be met with concerned stares and raised eyebrows. I guess this is because the primary definition of the word relates to appearance, and what better way to express misguided values than to care so much about that? […]
A video of my Fall 2018 semester made up of one-second clips from each day, starting from late August and ending in mid-December.
She Knows – J. Cole This video follows a day’s worth of events in the life of a teenage boy, Kyle, who grows up in a single afternoon after walking in on his mother having an affair. It’s one of my favourite videos because it fleshes out complex family dynamics and teenage psychological tension in […]
What summer solstice wants to breathe Into its lungs a new sun’s glow Dust settles on the white shirtsleeve Your lashes cup the lies you sow A slice of light cuts through your cheek While shifting colours dance on you To undulate their hips and seek Upon your skin, the hands you knew […]
Les photos de mon été en Nouvelle-Écosse dans les belles régions francophones de l’Acadie. 21 ans. Photos of my summer in the beautiful francophone regions of Acadian Nova Scotia. Age 21. Les villages de la baie Sainte-Marie Les gens
Photos of light coming in through the blinds.
As a student, I don’t have a studio or anything–I paint in my parents’ house and generally annoy my family with the smell of oil paint and turpentine. Another reason why oil paint can be a nuisance is that it’s notoriously difficult to get out of clothes and carpets, and (strangely enough!) stains only seem […]