life
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On Set: Crybaby
12 Feb 2018NYC. Maja flys from Sweden to New York. We meet at Little Skips in Bushwick where I order a very large latte and wear a sports hoodie, unsure of my recent mental stability: am I even able to do this job? Four days later, we wrap shooting 4 music videos.…
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Home Undone
08 Jan 2018Oregon. The woods are smoky and blue as my family burns a mountain of attic trash. Discarded trophies, National Geographics from the 1970s, pots and pans, ancient shoe boxes. The trees smolder in the winter dew as my aunt’s dogs follow me to the swimming hole. I stand and watch the stream.…
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Dazed in Mexico
18 Dec 2017Cancun. In December I leave New York’s winter chill for a fresh Caribbean breeze. Margarita, my beloved work wife, makes us soy lattes with cinnamon, followed by Mexican breakfast dishes. We work on editing a film morning until night. In the evening, we smoke and watch movies on my portable projector.…
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Unfuck the World
04 Dec 2017NYC. At the Angel Olsen concert, the night is handing out noises and oral stars. We’re both wearing mary-janes shoving fries into our mouths standing outside the opulent midtown venue. Once inside, we stand in line and buy tour merch, giddy as fifteen-year-olds with payday money. I feel…
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Giselle and Genevieve
01 Dec 2017Long Island. Giselle and I met in April 2015 at a macaroon parlor. Her sign is Scorpio. She taught me how to be more open with my heart and how to not be such a grump in social situations. She loves love. And I appreciate her more than I could…