The jungle we call our creative minds
Even though I call myself a ‘photographer and visual artist’, I have been craving to venture outside of this label and explore different methods of expression. Be it personal writing, music, video or photography, in this blog there are no boundaries.
Here I will be sharing snippets of projects I’m currently working on. I’ll also be sharing some thoughts from my personal perspective as an ‘artist’ trying to make sense of the world.
What feels right for you
Walking down the hallway, black leather boots clacking. It feels kinda weird to wear these for the first time in university, I think while a student approaches me with a question. Every Tuesday evening, I’ve been working at my university as a supervisor and assisting students when needed. This evening it was exceptionally busy since
Making an ambient soundscape
As you might know, I am currently doing an internship at a local photo book store in Brussels, called Tipi Bookshop. Yesterday, Andrea, the shop owner, asked me to make a book trailer for an upcoming book launch and since he knew I was into music, he asked me to create an original soundtrack as
Photo books that peaked my interest today
‘Kamiki no oto’ by Hara Yoshiichi Just like the 1st Century Roman gourmand Apicius said “We eat first with our eyes“. My first impression of Yoshiichi Hara’s Kamiki no oto was one of fascination. A large, hard cover book with a plain sleeve. Once you open it, a beautiful cover greets you. Its size and
I tried to write my own song
As a person who likes to make stuff, sharing little creations like these can be a bit scary sometimes. I don’t think I’m a good songwriter, singer or even guitarist. Am I thinking like this because I’m measuring myself to unrealistically high standards? Or do the voices in my head speak some kind of truth?
“Reaching for Dawn” by Elliott Verdier – a gripping story on the true cost of violence
For this blog post I wanted to share a photo book I discovered while doing my internship at a local photo book shop in Brussels called Tipi Bookshop. “Reaching for Dawn” is a work by French photographer Elliott Verdier and is a startling, yet exceptionally compassionate perspective on the Liberian Civil War (1989 – 2003).
My version of “Lost Cause” by Billie Eilish
A while ago I posted another cover on my YouTube channel. This time I covered the song Lost Cause by Billie Eillish. It’s the first time for me to cover a song using my electric guitar and it was quite fun! Even though it might not be the ‘perfect’ cover, I was happy enough with
Life as a freelance photographer
Days are getting longer, temperatures are creeping up and ice cream cars are parking themselves on every street corner available. While most people are enjoying the start of summer holidays, I’ve experienced these couple of weeks as particularly hectic. Around this time of year, my university organizes its yearly ‘Graduation Expo’. This event is a
Improve your creativity with this photo challenge
What a strange year, yet again, it has been. Another year of waking up to the same four walls and having our social interactions mediated through a screen. At our campus, physical gatherings have become the exception rather than the norm. Whenever I’d see my classmates, an uncertainty always shrouded our goodbye’s. A single word
On writing and dealing with criticism as an artist
To be honest, I didn’t really have any expectations when I started this blog. Maybe I was/still am hoping it will open doors to future opportunities, but to where exactly I’ve never specified. A fun way of encouraging myself to create while refining my writing skills. That’s all I needed to know and more I
Stories from second generation Chinese
My personal story Except for the occasional messages to family members or the photo dumps in our group chat, I barely open up WeChat. News, updates on my friends’ lives and stalking strangers usually happens on a multitude of other non-Chinese platforms. So to be honest I don’t know why I decided to type those
A cover of ‘Piledriver Waltz’ while Submarine is playing in the background
So, last week I borrowed a beamer from my university and had the idea of trying something new for my next cover. The song is called Piledriver Waltz by Alex Turner and was part of the soundtrack album of the film Submarine (2010).
A personal story through time and generations
it’s 11:38 pm on a Friday. I should be going to bed, but I know I’ll only be tossing and turning going over my thoughts over and over, again and again till I hear a cry above me it’s 7 am and my nephew has woken up left from me, footsteps pass my bedroom door
Can anyone learn to sing?
Did all amazing singers just pop out of their mother’s wombs blessed with a set of amazing vocal cords? Is born talent the sole determent factor that decides whether you can sing? If you ask google ‘can anyone learn to sing?’, it will say that anyone can learn this skill. Of course, there are exceptions.
Why I’m starting a blog
‘What do you have to say?’, ‘your English isn’t good enough for this’, ‘It’s lame.’ Thoughts that crossed my mind when I was pondering over the decision of starting my personal blog. As a twenty-something year old, Belgian university student, the idea of putting one’s own writing on the web sounds a bit far fetched,
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