
The Poem Explained Run & Hide! is a poem about depersonalization I wrote back in 2020. “The box” is the verbiage I used to describe the ‘hidden’ trauma in my head, because that’s exactly what it felt like. I knew it was there, I knew the things attached to it, but I didn’t know fully…

The Drawing Explained I tend to shy away from talking about anger because it’s almost always accompanied by some layer of guilt: You don’t have it bad enough…get over it…it’s your fault you feel this way… The list goes on, sigh. But I don’t think anger itself is bad—it’s one of our core emotions. What…

The Drawing Explained I’m actually really looking forward to exploring this subject more because it’s something I’ve carried a fair amount of guilt for for a long time. Because that negative belief is so imbedded in me, sometimes I forget how harmful—and straight up untrue—it is until I say it out loud. I remember there…

When words don’t work This is one of the things I’m most excited to use this account for: Dissecting the drawings I did while processing everything. I think when talking about something that feels so abstract, illustrations can really act as a huge aid. From time to time, I’m going to be sharing the various…

Project Paper Birds is now on Instagram! I wanted to start off by saying that I made this account a little while back to reserve the username. I was told having a separate social media page for films was good practice, and after mulling it over a bit, I agreed. But the reason I’m bringing…