Origins: Apricot Part One
It was day one of my sophomore year at Cornell University. The day my life was to be forever altered, blessed beyond my wildest dreams. It was the first day of Eva Marie Johnson’s acting class. The day I met Patrick. About nine of us students piled into the small open space classroom on […]
Origins: Cornell University
This photo was taken during my first year at Cornell University. I had wanted to go to a college that had a strong performing arts program, especially in Dance because I loved modern dance and had a penchant for choreography, but my mother insisted that I go to an Ivy League if I wanted my […]
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 with my sister Crystie soon after we arrived in New York City. By this point, I had lived on three continents, seven cities, and attended eight different schools. I actually […]
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 dance. Movement, stillness, rhythm, pacing, emotion, sound, color, shapes, textures, imagery, form, story, surprise, universal truths, sleight of hand, illusion, light, shadow, nuance, shock, calm, insight, humor, music, sound effects… […]
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 “summer after high school” adventure from NYC to the Golden Gate. I enjoyed fun-filled flings in-between with a boy in Santa Fé and a girl Dallas. As far back as […]
Origins: Chemistry
According to the Encyclopedia, Britannica chemistry is “the science that deals with the properties, composition, and structure of substances, the transformations they undergo, and the energy that is released or absorbed during these processes.” That’s what Patrick and I have. We have chemistry. When we are in each other’s presence our substance transforms releasing a […]
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 Dalton School in New York City. I have a bunch of these black and white shots of us posing outside the museum. The location is fitting considering Jaime has found […]
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. My mother had arranged a small house near the beach for me and my sister Crystie, who was the cutest ever six-year-old at the time. I loved watching over Crystie […]
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. We’re wearing the patent leather shoes we traveled from England. I remember my first days at the all-girls private school where I finally landed. The girls found my name odd […]
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 pop it in your mouth. The crystalline texture melting against your tongue coating it with unapologetic sweetness. It was a rare treat. I had some fun times in San Francisco […]