Category: Creative Musings
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The history, the misunderstanding, and the quiet power of boudoir photography Few things reveal people’s assumptions about women faster than mentioning a boudoir photoshoot. The reactions are usually immediate and surprisingly telling. Some people interpret it as provocative or attention-seeking. Others assume it must be intended for a romantic partner. Occasionally someone will label it…
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Senior pictures of my dad’s ex-girlfriend’s daughter — a sentence that feels like it needs a family tree diagram, but the photos came out gorgeous so we’re rolling with it. She had that effortless, autumn-witch energy going on, the kind of glow only teenagers and people with fully functioning sleep schedules seem to have. I…
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“We accept the love we think we deserve.” Some movie quotes echo for a few minutes after the credits roll. And then there are the ones that quietly follow you for years. The Perks of Being a Wallflower came out in 2012 and quickly found its way into that strange category of films that feel…
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“Welcome to Costco, I love you.” There are movies that age like fine wine. And then there are movies that age like a prophecy. Idiocracy came out in 2006 and was treated like a goofy, low-budget satire. Fast forward a couple decades and suddenly it feels less like fiction and more like a documentary filmed…
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The Question I Was Never Meant to Answer Honestly I used to dread that assignment. It sounded harmless. Inspirational, even. But it carried invisible boundaries. We were meant to choose figures already approved by history—polished, simplified, agreed upon. Heroes who fit neatly into margins. The women who held my attention did not fit neatly anywhere.…
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When the Multiverse Looks Suspiciously Like Motherhood Some films entertain you. Some films gently ruin you. And then there’s Everything Everywhere All at Once—a chaotic, tender, existential circus that looks like an identity crisis wearing googly eyes.It follows Evelyn Wang, an overworked laundromat owner who discovers she is the worst version of herself in the…
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Longevity, Leverage, and the Myth of the “Better” Marriage There’s a sentence people love to hand you when divorce enters the conversation: “Marriages just don’t last like our grandparents’ generation.” It floats in the air like an accusation disguised as nostalgia. The implication is that we are weaker, less committed, too selfish, too quick to…
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Some songs aren’t meant to be gentle.Some songs exist to look you dead in the eye and refuse to apologize. Before we get into it, here’s how this post works. These lyrics are read without context—no backstory, no personal history, no explanation of who or what inspired them. Just the song as it exists on…