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I am a storyteller and creative at heart. I love and appreciate art.
I am inspired and influenced to share stories of my surroundings and beyond. Relocating all over the globe throughout my life, and living in different places and cultures has shaped my unique point of view of people and the world. My best stories are rooted deep in personal experience, and cultural and interpersonal observation. As a writer and storyteller, immersing myself in various environments ignites my desire to continue interpreting my imagination, one story at a time through new visuals, perspectives, points of view, voices, and mediums.
Before seeing any art piece, you must navigate through a low-lit foyer with dark walls, black screens and white words on the walls. Screens are mounted on the left and written content on the right, parallel on both sides. The screens are all shut off and act as a mirror of the words inscribed on the opposite side, until facing them - causing activation) This is the introduction to Sanctuary.
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A restaurant, bookstore, and event space in one, Busboys and Poets showcases the work of DMV creators, whether it’s a piece of art hanging in the restaurant or a novel written by a local author. *article is no longer published online as publication rebranded
From its humble beginnings as a rehabilitation center to its time as a correctional facility to its current form as the Workhouse Arts Center & Museum, this capsule for change in Lorton Virginia is 55 acres of land that represents hard work, craft, and pivotal movements. *article is no longer published online as publication rebranded
The budding love story of Tish and Fonny in If Beale Street Could Talk is grappled from the root and robbed of its growth when Fonny is racially targeted for a crime he did not commit – his body representing mass incarceration for thousands of Black men falsely accused.
With the season of summer comes the opportunity to try something new, like new forms of inspiration or podcast recommendations.
Forest green painted walls are lined by white negative space. The color green is associated with life, harmony, and energy. An explanatory introduction and one thoughtful quote are also painted, but in white. I have an idea of what is to come next.
Writing About Place (written in 2017) I've been to New York City twice now. I spent my first time in NYC with my family for Thanksgiving in 201l – my junior year of high school. While we spent Thanksgiving at our family’s house in New Jersey, we ran errands around New York City the same day. My siblings and I rode around with Cousin Sean as he tells about New York City nightlife, Jay Z's 40 club, and how he gets mistaken for Jay Z sometimes… He kind of looks like Jay Z.