Philosophy
Binky 2012
In nearly 30 years of living, I still feel like a child, but I have picked up some wisdom. Here’s what I know, mixed in with some promises to myself for this year. Why the heck not?
Everything’s a trade-off
In the past couple of years, we
-left our jobs in NYC and our apartment in JC
-followed the [...]
My Space Odyssey
After working/living in two tiny studios in a row (both roughly 500 sq feet or less), I’ve learned to appreciate a good, open space. I long for it.
An ideal workspace should inspire you to grow, to think, and to be creative. Ideas need a place to be LOUD.
In like a lion, out like a lamb
Ah, Florida. I came to this sunny place without regret. My mantra for the past year has been all about kinetics: move forward, onward, and up. I always wanted it to be on my own terms, and I barreled into town without a job, or a place to live. I knew where I wanted to [...]
Contrast
Here are two mobile photos I took in the same day.
The first was taken during the romantic lull of a laparoscopic case in the OR. My sharp back pain hits, and there’s the hypagognic jerk. How long have I been in here?
The second photo was taken when I was let out of work early. [...]
Climbers
More on identity.
I think most people have different forms of themselves within. This is especially true for artists. Each artistic form is dying to come out and surface at the top, clawing to make their existence known.
It seems I’ve managed to keep my focus on work and money-making, that I have left little time for [...]
Kristen Veloria
My first name has always had last priority. There was Kristen, lurking behind Binky and Bianca. All through life, at formal places: at school, at work, I would present her to my peers. Here is Kristen. But they’d become my friends. Loved ones. They’d catch on. Oh, but I see you’re really Binky, [...]
2011! …or, 2010 part 2
I loved 2010 for its simplicity. Anthony and I whittled away our treasures, took off in our car, and started a journey with no end. We’ve learned to appreciate the people we love even more, crave our art even more, and we’re still learning. Needless to say, whatever I promised myself in 2010 wasn’t shabby. [...]
Unholy hours
My insomnia has existed as long as I can remember. As a toddler, I used to watch the sky change color in my window. From black to blue to pale with sun. Time went by so quickly.
Nowadays, I do try to be a grown up and sleep early, with the help of pills, meditation, and [...]
Rosary
Oh thanks, I love this necklace. It’s not a rosary. Yeah, it does look like one. It’s just a y-shaped beaded necklace with a nut and two twisted pieces of metal at the end. Lady, I ain’t even catholic.
I consider myself a pretty liberal person, now.
In my youth, I was brainwashed by a “conservative” upbringing, [...]