One fascinating thing about coming from a non-visual creative discipline (copywriting) and growing into a visual one (creative direction) is that the way your taste level and eye develops is almost exactly the same. It’s pattern-spotting, mostly. You notice small details of course (“oof that transition was clunky”/“ouch that lighting really took the bite out […]
I’m sometimes asked, “Where do you get your writing inspo these days?” And my honest reply is: “I reach down and peel off the story stuck to my shoe.” It’s a little Dickensian, maybe. And not the complete answer, of course. (The longer answer is: I’ve committed to treating my social media like a workshop […]
So let’s start by acknowledging: It’s OK to have body/appearance insecurities my friend. After all, there are profit-driven forces trying to MAKE us insecure all day every day, so we buy more stuff. For that reason, all humans — but especially my woman and femme-identifying clients — can (reasonably) struggle to feel confident in front of […]
I don’t want a capsule anything. The worshipful admiration of reduction as a status symbol bores me to death. Soft, blank woods and all-white bedsheets and neutral beiges and entire closets all in one color and blank marble slabs where a kitchen counter should be, all with exactly one fern in the mix are sterile […]
“Frankly, it’s confusing,” my now-husband, then-boyfriend Z deadpanned. We were squabbling about the strange contradiction of my perceived self-image. More specifically: my absolute inability to comfortably accept compliments of any kind — even (or especially) about things I’d worked my butt off to create or cultivate. “You exude all this confidence, but then then aggressively resist […]
I’ve been a people person all my life. It’s had its ups and downs — starting with me sneaking out of my stroller at 2 years old to wander into the thick of the South Florida Fair crowd and talk to strangers. (I was found by my terrified mother a few minutes later, I’m told, […]
