A creative flower curating a simple, artistic life.
What’s going on in my personal life and my thoughts about it.
2020 was a rough year for me. Even though I made a personal vow to not end up bitter in my older years ahead and do the things that bring me joy, I still experienced heavy resistance from strangers and even from people I knew. But I still made the choice to “go against the [...]
A little over a week has passed since I completed my seasonal job over on Monhegan Island, a remote island located an hour away from the state of Maine. So many things have happened during my time on the island, but a couple of things stood out the most as the days flew by. For [...]
My inner child is a very unique flower. She holds the heart of a fearless explorer of the unknown, the hidden, the many places with an extensive history begging to be unearthed. She is a kind soul with a passion for understanding the outsiders, the outcasts and “weirdos” of society. Many times, she can empathize [...]
This year is coming to a close and so many things have happened that uprooted everyone, including myself, from the “normalcy” of our lives. 2020, in a way, has given us perfect vision (pun intended) on the numerous issues that plague our society and divide us even further than we already have been. For me [...]
It has been at least three months and so much has happened to me during that time. Besides the news surrounding the pandemic, the debates and the ever-present election between both candidates, I was in a rough period of transition after being kicked out of my parents’ home after a falling out in mid-May. I [...]
I’m still going through a “period of transition,” so I haven’t been able to devote a lot of time to my art and photography. But I got some free time recently and I browsed through my past work I did in college. I realized that when it came to working with colors, I really enjoyed [...]
Earth Day is officially here! With everything that has happened so far this year, including the ever-going and present Coronavirus, this is the perfect time to really think about how we can reduce our impact on the planet. Though to be honest, the whole month of April should be the time to reduce our impact, [...]
Mid-March is here and the weather in north Florida has been warming up again (as if Florida experiences a Winter season). I’m still working both jobs like I usually do, but I’m starting to feel extremely sluggish and tired nearly all the time. Plus, I’m feeling like I rarely get any time to work on [...]
It’s been two days into my new job and I’m already getting a decent feeling about it. Similar to my last few jobs, I’m a Dishwasher and I do some light prep work for the other chefs that are busy. The work itself isn’t new; like I’ve said at the start, this job is no [...]
NOTE: Credit goes to Matthew Abbott from the New York Times for this haunting photo. It is a rare moment when I talk about a really serious issue on this blog, but I feel that I really need to share what I’ve been seeing all over social media for the past few days since 2020 [...]
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