Infinite Hope
When I got home from seeing The Great Gatsby I was overwhelmed with feeling. Seeing the words there on the screen with the green light glowing subtly, demanding my attention and Gatsby’s outreached...
View ArticleWeekly Photo Challenge: Escape
Yesterday I escaped the confines of my room and went somewhere I'd never been before.
View ArticleDeliverance
A poem I wrote last year during the rainy season in Hangzhou, China. The rain fell almost as loud as the cicadas humming in the distance...
View ArticleCall Me Ishmael
Just like the ocean, life ebbs and flows and we drift between enchantment and reality. We die before we even get to know our own selves and our purpose; instead we glide onward to our ultimate demise...
View ArticleHave A Little Faith In People
In the last scene of Manhattan, the beautiful 18-year-old Tracy (Mariel Hemingway) stands before the middle aged Isaac (Woody Allen)... [SPOILERS]
View ArticleSee You On The West Coast!
In May I had the pleasure of working with a team of talented young filmmakers, actors, and editors to collaborate on a piece for this year's Campus MovieFest. Every year since I was a sophomore I heard...
View Articleawakenings
the pulsating universe opened up echoing, vibrant and terrifying i sunk into the ether and wound up here alone frail and motionless my transparent fingers reached for the earth and […]
View ArticleLit Talk | Authors With Cat-titude
I won't go so far as to say cats are superior to dogs, but these famous authors might…
View ArticleFilm Talk | Merry Christmas to All
(Photo via Pinterest) It’s Christmas Eve and I’m sitting in bed and eating a bowl of Lucky Charms at 1:00 p.m. – how could I not be happy? My shopping is officially done, the presents are under the...
View ArticlePhotography | Sky
I once read a quote that I thought had a lot of truth in it. It read something like, if you want to know what a person fears losing the most look at what they photograph. I’d never thought about it...
View ArticleMemories | Early Morning
(Photo via Tumblr) There’s something about early morning that always feels nostalgic to me. The soft white light coming in through slits in the blinds on the window touches the walls and my heart feels...
View ArticleSlice of Life | Let Yourself Have Fun
Everything I do, I do for fun. I believe that if you’re not living to make yourself happy you won’t find happiness or make peace with yourself or the people you love. Of course, continuing to stay true...
View ArticleFilm Talk |‘Her’ Changes Everything
{Photo via Pinterest} Warning: Spoilers I recently watched a film that compelled me so much to immediately write that I had to put my thoughts down into a Film Talk post. Yes, that film was Spike...
View ArticleVideo | Awake
When I started out on this journey I didn’t realize how much of a cathartic experience these short music video-esque films would be. Ever since June, I have opened up to the person I am on the inside...
View ArticleLet’s Talk | When Did My Childhood Get So Sexy?
You know when you go back to watch one of your favorite cartoons for a dose of nostalgia and start to notice all the subtle adult fan service sprinkled throughout? Yeah, you know exactly what I’m...
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