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Coffee & Conversation: The Phoenix Project
A reflection on The Phoenix Project and how past relationships shape boundaries, trust, and distance. Not all healing happens in public or structured spaces—sometimes it’s built quietly, through awareness, experience, and the choice to protect your peace. Read More
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Peace Walk, Personal Reflections
A quiet walk for peace became something more—a personal journey through discomfort, reflection, and unexpected connection. Inspired by a traveling Buddhist monk, I found myself questioning, observing, and discovering that sometimes the hardest steps aren’t physical, but deeply internal. Read More
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The Shape of Familiar Kindness
A funeral, a missed connection, and a familiar kind of kindness. In showing up to say goodbye, I found myself reflecting on guardedness, memory, and how certain people echo the warmth we once knew but struggle to fully receive. Read More
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Nine Musicians Behind 12 Angry Men
An exploratory music jam invited musicians to abandon structure and follow sound wherever it led. Armed with a briefcase of strange instruments, I joined eight others in creating music that will never be heard again—except in memory. Read More
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I Went to a Clown Lounge and Won Something
I arrived late to a Clown Lounge Art Revue expecting to observe, not participate. Instead, I found myself quietly awarded “most inner-clown energy,” holding a sad gyrating Elvis, and reconsidering whether waiting to be ready was the right approach at all. Read More
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Tartan, Twirls, and the Library Till
I bought a ticket to Samuels Public Library’s first Scottish Cèilidh, a lively night of kilts, fiddles, food, and dancing. Part fundraiser, part cultural adventure, it’s my small step toward supporting the library’s future. Read More
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Sudden Death: Extra
While studying at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, I attended a large-scale filming event for Sudden Death at the Civic Arena, joining thousands of unpaid extras. Newspaper advertisements and coverage provide third-party context for an experience that later shaped how I remembered being briefly part of a movie production. Read More
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Halley’s Comet
A childhood shaped by Halley’s Comet blends school planetariums, backyard telescopes, and 1980s pop culture, reflecting on Cold War fears, memories, and the realization that the comet’s next return in 2061 feels less distant and more like a personal appointment. Read More