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  1. Facebook Album

    2024-09-13 22:02:00 UTC

    Remember the old Facebook when you couldn’t wait to upload an entire album after hanging with your friends? Every event felt monumental especially after you’ve copied your entire digital camera and tagged everyone in the pictures. It was up to them to untag themselves because who cared to select the…

  2. Februllage 2024

    2024-02-21 00:03:00 UTC

    Another year, another #Februllage2024. I wasn’t planning to do the prompts this year as I sunk and settled into a depressive state. I started the challenge a few days into the month and decided to finish all the prompts in a couple short sprints. I found the majority of #Februllage2023…

  3. Slow & Wobbly

    2023-11-01 21:58:00 UTC

    I completed the biggest wall in my portfolio to date in the beginning of November, with so! much! difficulty! I’ve always been a frustratingly slooooooow painter. I have yet to find a foolproof way to work smarter instead of kicking myself for not working harder. Stephen took a video of…

  4. Driving

    2023-04-04 17:21:00 UTC

    I’ve been learning how to drive, and I’m usually not one to dwell on what I “lack” in an unconventional family structure. But this is the first time in a while that I felt the apparent lack in not having a parental figure to teach me the ropes. Learning to…

  5. Februllage 2023

    2023-02-23 21:40:00 UTC

    Very excited to participate in my first committed daily challenge to get my hands messy on paper again via #februllage2023! I did NOT follow the official Instagram posting order strictly even if I did make the collages sequentially, just to offer myself room for chaotic flexibility Click for caption to…

  6. Elsewhere, Here

    2023-02-16 02:17:00 UTC

    There was a podcast episode on This American Life about immigrants hyper-fixating on their accents. It was recorded in the style of a game show, where the subject claimed to be able to tell when someone immigrated to America based on the way they speak. In particular, how much they…

  7. October Is

    2022-10-16 21:55:00 UTC

    October is hard. I am not sure if it has always been hard, but it definitely got more intense in the last several years.A grieving month, estranged sibling (?), birthdays I shouldn’t hold in my heart any longer. A void so vast there’s not enough space within my world to…

  8. New York Angels 😇

    2022-09-07 19:00:00 UTC

    Patio nurses with gentle voices who treated and calmed an old lady injured from a fall :(Subway commuter at the turnstiles who opened the Do Not Open gate for us when we were in a rush, trapped & irritated from a silly mistake: “just come in what are you doing”…

  9. Different, Not Better

    2022-07-31 20:53:00 UTC

    This is a continuation of a previous journal entry on my collaboration with Recreate Place for Edgewood Public School in Scarborough and Pierre Laporte Middle School in North York Connected by Nature📍 North York The school is located at a busy intersection with ongoing construction near the entrance of the…

  10. Art on the Edge

    2022-07-28 20:15:00 UTC

    In celebration of Toronto’s Year of Public Art, Recreate Place collaborated with the Toronto District School Board, ArtworxTO and local artists to explore ways for children to provide meaningful insights based on their vision of public art. Through a series of activities in a 4-month process, elementary school children from…
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