When was the last time I brushed my teeth?

I am so fucking tired.  One of my classmates message that they might take a leave from our program due to exhaustion. The reading is heavily theoretical  right now, dense, it cracks your teeth when you bite into it. I should read for at least 3 hours today, go to Costco, get the mail, brush […]

Cue Emotional Deconstruction

I’m learning film. What a humbling experience.

Samson in Reverse: A Ritual Shedding | Alberta Fine Art Photographer

When I was 21, I cut all my hair off in a hotel room because god told me to. part one Weeping so hard I could not see through the tears, I handed the scissors over to my eldest cousin to help. When it was finished, my hair only an inch long, all I could […]

Unraveling Personal Mythology, A Manifesto | Central Alberta Photographer | Red Deer | Calgary | Lacombe

The quiet was so loud you wished anything would happen The songs I listened to were the clucking of chickens, the wind in the trees, and my mom’s voice with her guitar after I’d gone to bed at night. I wish I remembered what it was like to be content. Maybe I never was. Maybe […]

Your Truth Won’t Make You Popular | Central Alberta Photographer

I am taking a break from social media. It’s been a long time coming. I started to feel the first pangs of burnout around this time last year, and although I knew that I needed to tune out from the world and put my efforts and energy into myself I didn’t. Because I was scared. […]

Home, A Deconstruction | Alberta Fine Art Photographer

I went to visit my brother in the closest thing I have to a hometown. I relived so many memories and that brought up so many feelings. It was hard, but I also began to meditate on what home really means and how people experience it. What is Home? As a nomad child, everywhere was […]