When someone dies, I often look at photos of that person, whether it be someone that I know, someone who I have photographed, or not. I look deep into their eyes to see if there are any hints there about what was to come. To see if they knew that they would soon die. If […]
Author: Jessica
Birds Oracle Deck – An Update
Hello friends! It has been three months since I announced that I was working on my own Oracle Deck and while I have been quiet here about it, I have been posting progress images along the way on my Instagram. I thought that since a lot of people have been asking I should give a […]
Dear Photography Students
A few days ago I was asked if I would help out with graduating students of the photography program at OCAD. There would be five of us real-life working photographers in on that day and over the course of a couple of hours, we would have twenty minutes each with six students. In that twenty […]
One Month Ago
I am nearly all caught up on my (photography) work. Just a couple of small things to finish up and that’s it. A month ago today we were taking our last wander of Mexico City. Walking the streets of Condesa and soaking in every detail. The variety of dogs being walked and trained and lined […]
30 Days in Puerto Escondido
30 days in Puerto Escondido 120 showers (two people) 30 sunsets 6 beaches 3 bottles of mezcal 3 pounds of coffee 2.5 books read 2 full moons 2 tubes of sunscreen 0 sunburns Countless tacos, chilaquiles and avocados consumed, waves jumped, freckles gained, words written, images captured. For thirty days, I haven’t worn a bra, […]
Creating Space
Since being in Puerto Escondido for nearly a month now, I have been thinking a lot about creating space. About making a place your own. Creating something special and sacred just for you. At home my office is this for me. It has my beautiful things like my crystals and my oracle cards and my […]
The Story of a Towel and My First Experience in Mexico
Yes, that’s right, I am going to write about a towel. A towel that I bought in 1991 when I was ten years old. A towel that I still possess and a towel that is currently with us here in Puerto Escondido. It has Bart Simpson with his skateboard on it and it says “Cool […]
That Juicy Middle Bit
I have been thinking a lot lately about the middle part of things. That juicy middle bit. The place between forming an idea for something and the final result of the creation/moving forward of said idea. The middle part where everything actually happens. Sometimes the boring place. And always the necessary place. I am currently […]
Slow Down
The pace here in Puerto Escondido is much different than that of Toronto. Sure, we are not working at our regular jobs but it is more than that. Everything moves slower here and I am really enjoying it but it has taken some time to get to that point. This morning I did an Instagram […]
(Self) Acceptance
I have been thinking a lot about acceptance lately. Especially acceptance of the self. Acceptance of your body. The vessel that you have been given. I have been thinking about this all especially as I spend afternoons at the beach watching all kinds of people wearing small to little clothing interact. In my fourteen years […]