In the months since my mom has passed, I have found myself doing a lot of staring. Not in a distant, disconnected sort of way, as if I’m a brass statue on a beach boardwalk. More like I am a young child who has been dragged to a fine art…

I. Hour 0 of 54 The engine sputtered abruptly to a stop. Like a kitten that was once purring, she was now being suffocated to death. My friend Captain Dawson (or Pirate Dawson, as I liked to call him) always knew that his sailboat had a Goldilocks engine — one that operated best at speeds…

When I was a little girl, my mom and I had a cherished bedtime ritual where I would ask her to read me at least four books before my head hit the pillow. While it was the castles, magic, and talking animals that first captured my attention, it was the…

Amidst the pandemic — and spending less time outside — I’ve noticed how much more time I spend inside my own head. This shift made me acutely aware of a problem I had: a difficulty with feeling successful or satisfied. There’s always something wrong. Always. And yet there’s also always…

I came this close to shaving my head over New Years. But instead I told myself that I didn’t do it because I cared too much about what other people would think of me. I just wanted to feel what it would feel like to be bald. I wanted to…

In November of 2019, I received what I felt was the opportunity of a lifetime. I had been offered a position as a videographer media resident at a fledging eco-village in a Panamanian jungle town. On January 15, 2019, I arrived. …

When Allbirds launched their Allgood Collective, a media and community platform for conservationalists, they profiled Tanasia Swift, an ocean conservationist and the Field Stations Program Manager at the Billion Oyster Project in New York. A tight story structure, an interesting visual aesthetic, and most importantly the amazing sound design, are…

Writer-Director Aaron Sorkin delivers an A+ film scene in the introduction of the historical fiction film, The Trial of the Chicago 7. Leveraging information-packed archival b-roll and audio with tremendous writing that connects character introductions through dialog, the first seven minutes packs a punch for a film that will leave…

Director Benjamin Sonntag creates a wonderful blend of film forms in the 2:30 heartfelt Nike spot, Run Like A Mother. This commercial blends the elements of typical commercial work visuals with documentary storytelling techniques and music video montages and sound effect transitions. And what really makes this spot distinct for…