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beyond the textural, chromatic properties you just can’t replicate digitally, there is something so magical about the ephemerality, surprise, and delayed gratification. with a limited number of frames per roll, you have to be discerning with your attention to choose what you’ll shoot. having to wait and discern how you’ll fill the roll means sometimes I forget what I’ve captured or it develops in a way I could never have predicted, like when the lighting is such that i unintentionally include a self-portrait in shadow. it reminds me of how weekly releases of tv shows have returned to shake me from a binging stupor and help me experience something collectively. i’m learning I don’t want or value convenience or instantaneous results or perfection in life; I want grain, light leaks, limits, truth.
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May 10, 2025
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expensive nonsense but connects you to the photos more. breathes life into them. something to make images seem less disposable in an era of taking a picture of anything and everything
Oct 25, 2024
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there's something so beautiful and exciting about film cameras/super 8 that doesn't let you see the "results" immediately and leaves you sort of wondering how the captured moment really turns out
May 18, 2025
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Sending your film out and waiting patiently for the moment when the negatives arrive and you get to look through the frames in the daylight. Even then, you aren't really sure what they'll look like when they're scanned in, but it's fun to recall the memories you may have forgotten about if the roll was in the camera for months before that. The final task of scanning isn't always fun, but it can be meditative in itself as you see each image come to life one by one.
Mar 27, 2024
Top Recs from @Leona
extend the life of your clothes by covering holes or stains with embroidery floss and yarn while giving them new cool zombie flair! you don’t even have to be neat, the more imperfect the weave the more organic the result. the best mended garments are almost fungal, covered in sick multi-colored lichen.
Feb 8, 2025
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it’s not bed rotting to rest when you’re tired, run-down, or sick.
I can feel where capitalist dogma has seeped into me every time I feel doubt or shame for how much time I’ve spent in bed or doing very little, or the fear that I’ll never be motivated to do anything again. it’s not true! inevitably after only 3 days of solid rest I naturally crave activity, projects, organization, work, and not as penance.
rec for rest: screen time of any kind is not the rest I’m talking about… we’re talking rest as a monotask.
Feb 9, 2025
my fridge? a gallery.
tripping in the street? physical comedy workshop.
eating chips and salsa and guac? that tortilla is a brush, my guy, and your mouth is the easel.
May 15, 2025