Currently Working On
The portfolio site rebuild is finally happening. After months of procrastinating, I committed to treating it like a real project—with a brief, a timeline, and external accountability. It’s forcing me to articulate things about my practice I’ve never had to put into words before.
Also slowly chipping away at a new 3D series. Too early to talk about, but it involves water simulation and I’m learning a lot.
Reading
The Extended Mind by Annie Murphy Paul. About how we think with our bodies, our environments, our tools. Making me reconsider my workspace and my processes. If thinking isn’t just in the brain, how do I set up my environment to think better?
In the Break by Fred Moten. Difficult, beautiful, worth the work. About Black aesthetics, performance, resistance. I keep a notebook next to me while reading because every page gives me something to think about.
Listening
The new Kelela album on repeat. Also going back through the Equiknoxx catalog—I missed some early releases that are incredible. And weirdly, a lot of Joni Mitchell? Blue specifically. Something about her production choices feels relevant right now.
Thinking About
The relationship between documentation and creation. I’ve started recording short voice memos while I work—just narrating what I’m doing and why. Not for publication, just for me. It’s changing how I make decisions. When I have to articulate “why am I doing this,” I often realize I don’t have a good answer, and that forces me to find one.
Also thinking about rest as creative practice. I burned out hard in November. December is an experiment in doing less, protecting more empty time, seeing what emerges from space rather than effort.
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