In the era of Instagram, we are inundated with images–fashion photos, friends, food, landscapes–in an ever-updating feed that is never short of new information. The divide between online and real-life chaos feels so porous, and my decision to move into the sensory overload of New York City hasn’t made this less true. But as a…
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Dream Weaver: A Dialogue with Photographer Hana Haley
Lately I’ve been meditating on the importance of attribution and the acknowledgement of creative work, and I’ve started to wonder if maybe I chose blogging because it allows me to basically be my own watermark – prioritizing my image. That being said, I know that not everyone is as much of a barely-closeted narcissist as…
Hai Bà Trưng: The powerful style of Tori Huynh’s Vietnamese biker gang drama
Throughout human history, narrative, a.k.a. storytelling, has not only been a tool for understanding the world around us (see: any creation myth) but also a way to understand other perspectives. We get carried away in experiences we could never have in our real lives (see: any movie about suffering, heroism, or revenge), but we have…