I have been harping on safety for the past couple weeks with my friends. Safety has been on my mind because I feel we have a tendency to overlook just how far-reaching and hidden this problem is. So much so, that even this discussion of safety likely dredges up imagery of instances where physical safety …
Joywho do you think you areyou run aroundand leave me with scarswho do you wantin your armsdon’t tell me nowi know your charmsand you disarmed meyou took hold of mewith your joyand youryour joybut your joy is bringing me downand your joy is hurting me nowand your joy has treated me like a toyi won’t …
I have been sleeping with the windows open, feeling how time slowly pushes us into fall. Change has always been a joy of mine. It is life’s movement, keeping me on my toes and pushing me to look at what lies ahead. Rarely though, have I considered change’s ability to evoke images of the past. …
As someone who has feverishly sought happiness and softness since likely my first breath, it’s been quite odd to finally come face-to-face with it. Perhaps, because it has sent me searching through my past, and made me question what feelings I must have encountered before. All those moments, when a smile shone across my face, …
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Mushrooms heal us, provide sustenance, and, since the beginning of humanity, they’ve literally broadened our minds. They come from, and are connected to each other by way of, mycelium. Intriguingly, thanks to mycelium, we actually share more DNA with mushrooms than plants. This network of tiny threads of connections is essentially their life force. It …
If I had to draw one line of commonality throughout my travel experiences, it would have to be a moment of simply saying yes. Like when your friend invites you to India for her brother’s wedding. How do you pass that up? Ironically, this story starts before I ever stepped foot into India. I found …
My brief time in Hong Kong was extremely impactful. I think I first fell in love with Wong Kar-wai’s movies last summer because I found myself gravitating towards his work for a better understanding of a place I will likely never get to see in the same light again. His “In the Mood For Love” absolutely …
The universe has a funny way of bringing physical representations of the lessons we need to grasp when we are otherwise struggling to understand them. By some manifestation of divine intervention, I have recently found myself revisiting pictures from my time spent in Colombia. Wandering around Colombia with my front-facing camera as my sole mode …
For as long as I’ve lived north of the equator, November has been a time of relative unease. I wonder if one day, finding myself in Australia or Brazil, experiencing opposite seasons, if November will suddenly mean something different. Till then, this time of year ends up feeling like a heavy handed wake up call. …
As I stared at my computer, something yet unnamed took hold of me. It was the feeling of having everything and nothing to do. My eyes glazed over, doing my best to assess the four windows open on the screen. Three were Google Chrome and one was Safari. I have found my preference for Chrome …