photography
Picked this bad boy up with a couple different lenses in a thrift shop downtown recently. Can't wait to explore 35mm again! I love the idea of using a relatively outdated technique and revitalizing it. Many of my friends have experimented with it and I love what they are doing. Now time to make it my own.
Upcycling
As you may or may not know, I love to thrift shop. I have been attempting to think creatively about some items I would never consider purchasing second-hand. Recently, I bought a few bedsheets and I am cutting them into strips and will be crocheting them into rugs! Although the cutting process is a task, I have found it to be rather therapeutic. Not to mention, I get to use my new sewing machine as I begin to piece it all together. Pictures to follow :)
WordPlay: A Memoir
Recently I decided to start a book. (I even impress myself with my sophistication sometimes...)
Well the truth is that it is really just a glorified diary, just don't tell. I am making a feeble attempt at documenting most things in my memory. The point of this project is to strengthen my mind. To challenge myself in visiting the places I've been as well as exploring new territory. I want to know me, even better than I know myself.. wait? right? yes.
So i write for thirty minutes everyday.
Who am I really? Where exactly did I come from; not a place, but from who? How come I can sit alone in silence and just smile for thirty minutes without noticing? What exactly triggers my so frequent tears of happiness? What were my greatest moments of struggle and how did they impact my persona? So the story goes, I was the little girl who came home crying on the first day of preschool in tears because my teacher didn't teach me to read. It's an interesting task to remember and collect thoughts, to connect the dots. Are those tears correlated to an individual that is relentlessly eager to learn? a future author? Or maybe, just maybe, the early signs of an overgrown cry-baby?
I have a fascination with words. I study and borrow them ferociously. In the beginning i was inspired by a line in a book i was reading, "There I am, it's me, and a little feline mask. And I thought what is it about this picture that makes it so hard for me to remember myself? I thought, I don't know who that person is. Why is she there exactly? What is she thinking about? What sort of underwear is she wearing under the stupid dress and I swear to you that I don't know."
Wood burning
I have these tendencies to just think of something and then immediately cannot rest until I've tried. A recent example is a wood burning project I've started. I love to work on something and then have a tangible object to give or hang or hold.
Textiles
A slight reverence to the olden days. I just want to do things on my own: crocheting, Knitting, sewing, and reupholstering.
I appreciate the copious techniques and endings.
Crocheting scarves is quite the meditative experience. Note* any old scarf would be made beautiful on my sister, Laurence.