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 […]
One thing I like about living with roommates is that we have a collective bookshelf. Our individual rooms aren’t that large, so to save space we started putting all of our books together. With the time that summer break frees up, I’ve managed to finish a couple, all of which are good leisure reads i.e. […]
The light of my life, my unwaveringly wondrous canine companion.
“The Wading” I watched you from the shore, some time ago Before the salt winds came and swept my head. The waves lapped up our memories, to and fro. The rhythms syncopate into a flow And darkness stirs dream visions I’ve misread. I watched you from the shore, some time ago. Dry screeching […]