Back in March, I had the pleasure of being the featured reader at North Bay Poetics alongside some special guest readers. It was a wonderful event where I read poems from my current chapbook "Shiftings & Other Coordinates of Disorder", showed a few poetry films, and read some new pieces from my upcoming chapbook.

Of all the origami characters I made, the shell was the toughest. It almost broke the series. I did find some videos on how to make origami shells and some were much simpler, but I couldn’t make just any shell. It had to be in a spiral shape.

I made not one, not two, but three different birds for this film. I guess you could call them stunt doubles!

The first bird was a plain regular bird. The second had a red beak. And the third…well, you’ll have to watch the film to see what happens to the third one.

Seoul is a beautiful city. From modern sky-soaring architecture to beautiful historical palaces, from the dizzying energy and lights of eating and shopping streets to the peaceful green of parks and riversides, from foodie havens to book lover corners. We found it all here, and more.

There are not one, not two, but five royal palaces in Seoul to explore. Built during the Joseon Dynasty (1392 - 1910), these palaces remain some of Seoul’s most stunning historical sites.

Haneul Sky Park kept coming up in numerous lists and recommendations, so we definitely knew were were going to make it there, but then I saw something else unusual in the area that also sparked my interest…oil tanks!