Notebook

Journal

The working notes: journals, research, and interviews. Less finished than the essays, and closer to the room the work is made in.

4 entries

June 16, 2025

SENSITIVE

Take Time to Grieve

A short journal entry on making space for grief without surrendering your life to it.

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December 10, 2024

Ava Berkofsky and Lighting Black Skin with Intention

Notes on cinematography craft, reflective lighting strategies, and representation through exposure choices.

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April 15, 2024

Why I Had to Tell This Story

A short statement on authorship, narrative control, and why DIS/ORDERED needed to be made.

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March 6, 2023

SENSITIVE

The Cage of Silence

A personal journal piece on emotional overextension, self-blame, and trying to choose a self that can survive.

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