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Two Lives
Before I gave birth to my daughter eight years ago, I had no real experience with kids. I hadn’t been around many kids, never held a baby, and had no idea what goes into raising one. I wasn’t prepared, and I now realize that nothing anyone could’ve told me would have prepared me for the actual experience. I knew that it would involve a lot of sleepless nights, but I didn’t know that for the first two years, my brain would feel like it was filled with cotton. I didn’t know that I’d feel like I was floating from one day to the next like a ghost haunting my…
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The Magnet
A raw exploration of emotional absorption. Carrying the silent weight of others' feelings, becoming a vessel for borrowed lives.
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Show, Don’t Tell
A lyrical meditation on the failure of language to fully transmit inner life, where black and white words ache to express radiant hypercolor.
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The Shoe Didn’t Drop
Trapped between calm and dread, "The Shoe Didn't Drop" captures the restless tension of waiting for the inevitable in an unexpectedly easy day.
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I’m Not Humble
A lyrical reflection on shedding humility and embracing creative pride with the fearless joy of a child, celebrating the audacity to simply exist and be seen.
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A Day for the Body
A quiet, sensory-driven essay exploring the rare days when the body leads and the mind follows, celebrating the simple, wordless joy of being.
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The Mosh Pit in the Forest
A raw, visceral piece about the hidden rage of suburban life and the fantasy of a wild, cathartic escape into the woods with nothing but heavy metal and trees.
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I Have a Face
A quiet, restrained piece about the tension between outward calm and inner turmoil, told through the controlled stillness of a single face.
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Lemonade
A sensory-rich meditation on the heavy stillness of summer afternoons, the small rituals of comfort, and the yearning for relief in a glass of lemonade.
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The Vacation Rage Spill
A simmering portrait of a family vacation unraveling under the weight of unspoken rage, capturing the messiness of love, frustration, and motherhood.
A cartography of internal weather, mapped out by elements.
