Recent Museum Picks

  Exquisite artworks in the neighborhood.     How intricate the process of putting these parts together must be!     Sculpted underwater stories.     I love the effect of this photography piece.            …

Painting: New Friends

    My artworks have always been intensely inspired by both good and unpleasant memories. But in recent years, I’ve noticed a shift in the stories I choose to create. I now gravitate toward pieces that come from joy and…

The Shedding Continues

  A clear no is not something to work through. It is information. This applies to systems, timing, access, and your own capacity, because at its core, it is about taking action in response to what is real. “Act as…

“Sweet, Sweet Fantasy, Baby”

While doodling my unicorn again, I found myself thinking about fantasy. Not as magic, a pause button. Comfortable. And, at times, dangerous. Fantasy isn’t always harmless. It becomes a problem when it replaces action. Fantasy gives the mind what reality hasn’t…

On Distance

  I attended a sound bath at a yoga studio in Makati just before Christmas. It was my first time, interestingly, not on an island, not in Bali, not anywhere ocean-facing. You’d think that’s where it would have happened first.…