xx Jess
It has been over a year since I moved to Toronto. My first few months here had admittedly been a few of the worst ones in recent memory. Being away from any family or friends had made my life “living for the weekend’s that I would head to my rehearsal weekends in Cambridge or to […]
Read More My Love Letter to TorontoI’ve had a weird revelation lately. The past few months I’ve had an upswing interest in books by women. Actually, consciously, I’ve tried to only read books by women this year, starting in January, and I have cultivated my favourites, my important ones, the ones that I’ve hated, the list has grown of what I’d […]
Read More My Feminist Book Shelf (and the intimidation to have one)Sometimes I feel you watching me Like an understanding sky Waiting for movement, for change, Or for nothing. When I find myself watching you I’m waiting for the rain to fall, Your clouds to pass, to part from barricading your thoughts, To feel your dreams envelope me, And sometimes I can see nothing But a […]
Read More V.W.: PoetryAfter attending an emerging artists event put on by the Youth Advocacy Council for Theatre Ontario I have been thinking a lot about Integrity within my work both academic, personal, and working-wise. As young “millennial” humans we are constantly asked to make sacrifices in order to get ahead (pay thousands of dollars for a post-secondary […]
Read More Integrity and KindnessWhile on my hands and knees this past bright and warm Saturday I found myself stereotypically following through this season’s motions of cleaning. “Spring Cleaning” means a lot to me, as does “Back to School Shopping” and “Christmas Starts December 1st (or as soon as the poppies come off people’s jackets)” because having my surroundings […]
Read More The Big Spring CleanHaving finished the first two out of the five major finals I have this term (with two more completed by the end of the week) I thought now would be the time to reflect. Academically I believe that I have melted into my own this term after the few finals I accomplished last term being […]
Read More Winter Term in Review: 2016There should be more attention brought to daydreams. You know about those things, that drift through your mind on the subway or while you’re talking to your boss or your brother on the phone, or those things that you wish would come true but eventually forget, because really…they are just dreams. And nt dreams in […]
Read More JUST MY IMAGINATION | #34Welcome to the week of two posts a day! Hurray! It has been brought to my attention that this project might be a bit overwhelming over the course of the term, but without it I might slip into insanity, so, bare with me. I tend to not take book recommendations, and so I tend to […]
Read More Blind Reading | #33I have been rolling a few ideas around in my head lately, and I thought I’d roll one out here for you, bare with me as I use my mental rolling pin and try and work out what I want from the projects inside of my head. A kind human told me last week that […]
Read More Brain Baking | #31This week has been charged with overwhelming hysteria, on my part, because there is a frazzle in the air. Appropriately, I ended my stress week in Sassafraz, over a great meal with one of the best people on the planet. After eating and drinking and laughing, we faced the rain to spend an hour and […]
Read More Self Care: Breathing | #28
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