A snippet written in my second year of university that I forgot about until I was going through some files, about a moment in our then-apartment that I liked. Danielle and Yolanda loafed by the kitchen island, casually plucking the caramelized sunflower seeds off of the sheet of aluminum foil on the baking tray. […]
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.
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 […]