I love unassuming trinkets. Connections to places, people, memories all packaged in an innocuous exterior. My once proud collection was now at one however. A cloth artwork, black and white taped to my grey wall. Every glance provoked a flood of memories, vibrant surges of joy, pangs of regret.
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A friend recently told me that I seemed like a different person each time we had caught up recently. And in essence, she was right- 2020, the year of finding oneself, has led me to test drive different personalities and outlooks. There was calm me, confident me, and a brash experiment where I attempted to incorporate a Dave Chappelle style of comedy into my daily interactions. The latter was harder than it looked on Netflix for sure.
Continue readingA friend sent me a peculiar gift last Christmas. On first glance after unwrapping it I was disappointed, a bland grey eye mask, Batman on a severe budget. Well, I guess if I ever wished to take a midday siesta I could count on it to block out some sunlight.
Continue readingSandcastles really are an odd phenomenon. We put together a flimsy assortment of sand just for it to get washed away soon after. But these vulnerable structures are a vivid memory of my childhood, frittering hours away at the beach, laughing with my best friend as we watched the tide take away our creations.
Continue readingI wasn’t always the adventurous type. Exploring needs an ally, for me anyway. But today I had my ally, and a sedentary day was far from my mind. A questionable psychiatrist once told me that coffee would be the cure for my anxiety. I didn’t believe her, but here I was sipping a flat white, the caffeine hit amplifying my nervous twitching. If the day’s events went smoothly, I could go home with a clear mind, one of the more underrated pleasures in life.
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