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Beginning a Substack newsletter zine that I’ll be printing and sending off to subscribers someday! It will contain some of my blog articles, favorite resources, quotes, and more! A commonplace zine, to be specific. Here’s a sneak peak.

I've been working on this certain project for years now. At present i'll call it "Oblivion Gate" which isn't the official release name. I was stagnant with it for a while, but I finally have the skeleton of the story down and i'm very excited about it now that it has a solid direction. I will possibly/likely publish it before any of my full-length fiction novels. It is a surreal novella of vignettes.
Moodboard for the book:

Decorated the wall above my desk!

Junk journaling

“—Society falls like a sack from the sky, burying the blanketed city in fumes of atomic glow. Meteors of metaphors rain down on the sidewalks of the encompassed land, and streetwalkers range from mutations to eclectic esoterrorists (those who commit unlawful violence in the name of esotericism)” Excerpt from my short surreal fiction blog-post "Apocalypse Machines"

Writing ideas in my novel notebook~

I collect vintage cards from the 1950s-1960s!

I penned a new term for what I deem a “Commonplace Garden” a mirage of both a commonplace notebook and digital garden, but in a physical form. Using a bullet journal as my canvas, I plan on utilizing this notebook as a visually pleasing, aesthetically-adorned conduit for miscellaneous wisdom that I collect. Quotes, excerpts, ideas, project visions, creative to-dos, and inspirations. I have a theory that if I make this commonplace notebook more visually pleasing than my others, that perhaps I will revisit it more frequently. I aim to draw on the wisdom that I hoard within the journal to cultivate new ideas and nourish original yet interconnected revelations. I define a Commonplace Garden as follows:

“A mental refuge, a repository for threads of knowledge, ideas, inspiration, & sentimental fragments. It is a talisman of self-development & conscious reflection— a potentially life-changing tool that when reviewed may give way to new connections and creative epiphanies— nourishing your inner wellspring of wisdom.”

All of the beautiful little things of a new novel blooming. Making moodboards, conspiring playlists, and video-editing… someday this novel will be done and i’ll look back at it with so much love, impressed by what I accomplished. I am already proud of what I have achieved so far.

No, I don’t watch reality tv, I just obsessively read the drama-fueled diary entries of a woman from the 1920s who had multiple affairs with both men and women. I’ve been reading Anaïs Nin for 7 years and her life is so entertaining & scandalous. Despite all her betrayals, she’s my literary twin flame

My favorite reaction to my friend reading my novel.. yes I torture my characters

“Our books are mere extensions of ourselves, the literature we are fond of tells a story of inner conquest, reflecting our manifold selves. Each novel adds to our personal experience. We live many lives in the pages of books, and we absorb the knowledge of the text, profiting off of its wealth in the intricacies of our psyche. It lavishes us in new meanings, embroidering wisdom into our minds, every fictional quest is a lived experience— countless worlds open before us, and we are pilgrims in every page.” —Harley Claes, journal entry

On love ♡

Many moons ago I made perfumes and sold them. Since I need a new fragrance, i’ve been thinking of recreating my all time favorite perfume, a historical recipe from 1700s versailles courtesans that contains french lavender and cacao, a discontinued scent. Also i’m considering recreating my favorite discontinued body oil called “Pluto Potion” with patchouli, orange blossom, and ylang ylang. I’ve hoarded the last of these scents over 6+ years just for a snippet of nostalgia.

The unconscious is a cavern, and the artist is its sacred explorer. Art is what we return to the surface… treasures, artifacts, and talismans of our soul.

My boyfriend has bought me so many flowers through the years that I have like 10 dried flower bouquets just laying around.