Origins: Zen Buddhism
Another blast from the past. A time jump from my last post about my childhood. I will go back, but for now, here I am…
Origins: Dance
I’ve always loved to dance. Just before the pandemic hit, I started to look into local dance classes. I experience filmmaking as a form of…
Origins: First Love
This photo was taken in San Francisco by a lovely friend named Gardiner Hempel. I stayed at his house for the tail end of my…
Origins: Dalton
This photo of me and my high school friend Jaime Frankfurt was taken outside the Metropolitan Museum when we were in the 12th grade attending…
Origins: Inspired by Isadora
Another blast from the past for you. Here I am at sixteen celebrating summer in the Hamptons. This was my second year in New York….
Origins: San Francisco, Chinatown
Unbelievably, I actually remember this red cap with white polka dots. Here my sister and I are at Fisherman’s Wharf perched beside San Francisco Bay….
Origins: Blue Cotton Candy
There is something transcendent about the appearance and texture of cotton candy. The way you can pluck a piece off that cloud of blue and…
Origins: Joy In The Tumult
The fates are full of surprises. Here I am in San Francisco with Julia Dean, the daughter of the Australian Consulate, with whom I immediately…
Origins: San Francisco Arrival
It’s me in San Francisco just days after we left London. I had just discovered Coco Puffs, peanut butter, and technicolor. I still remember the…