Quiet Power
I have a confession to make. Sometimes when I see someone I know in a public place, usually at the end of a long day, I am often guilty of lowering my head and pretending I don’t notice them,...
View ArticlePainting Self-Portraits
Image source: http://www.nga.gov My art is mainly inspired by nature or by places I’ve traveled to or read about. It doesn’t tend to emphasize detail and, when humans are included in the composition,...
View ArticleBody Love
This post was written in the summer of 2012. Although I hate Mayor Rob Ford, I have to hand it to the man; he must really have a strong sense of self to not get himself down over the very open disdain...
View ArticleHow to Train Your Dragon
I woke up in the middle of the night to find the dragon lying in my bed. Snoring politely, he looked very small, about the size of a beagle. He was staying on his side of the bed, so I tried to get...
View ArticleListening to My Body (and why my pants are too tight)
I am in my grade 12 photography class. I am 17 years old. I have my head on the desk in abject despair, as I succumb to the intense stress that was my last year of high school, where every academic...
View ArticleGratitude Journal Part 2
I’m grateful for endings that merge into new beginnings, karmic cycles and their painful lessons and excruciating yearly rituals that often end in transformations. I’m grateful for long late-night...
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