April 3, 2020
Our dismissal of the balance of nature has a tremendous impact–on the Earth, on countless species. But so often suffering is hidden from view. So often we are content to turn a blind eye to the devastating impact of our daily choices, prioritizing our comforts and fancies over the lives Read more…
March 23, 2020
Sitting on the shoreline of Jacob Riis Park in the Rockaways is a decaying old hospital, the Neponsit Health Center… previously known as the The Nesponsit Beach Hospital for Children. It was a project of muckraker Jacob Riis who had exposed squalid living conditions in the tenements of New York Read more…
August 11, 2018
Going forth into the ocean is a sensory ritual that has always wrung the stress right out of my cells. Few things are more pleasurable than stepping inside 71% of the world with your little foot. I’m a sea lover… and not a chemical water lover. (I’m talking to you, Read more…
October 4, 2016
The postcard that inspired the album’s artwork The album’s artwork The dress I embroidered with gold trim and stars many moons ago, along with other supplies I was so excited that the shoot was finally happening, I snapped a picture of my leg driving to Jacob Riis Beach, a spot Read more…
July 9, 2015
Despite the rampant loss of character New York City has been undergoing for decades now, there are still lightly treaded, special places in the corners and underneath the rocks–or in this case, underneath a layer of broken glass. Dead Horse Beach–part of Floyd Bennett Field, a park in the broader Read more…