Some people go to the gym; I drop into conversations, stir things up, and watch people’s minds stretch a little.
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Behind The Slate- My Life on Film sets: Part 6
We filmed both interiors and exteriors dressed for 1913, and everywhere you looked there was poverty, soot, and period detail. Women with weary faces and armfuls of children, extras trudging in tattered coats, and lighting so dim it felt like gas lamps.
Scorrendo Tra Fantasmi Digitali
Tra feed sospesi e pagine abbandonate, il digitale custodisce i nostri sogni, le nostre speranze e il bisogno di essere visti, anche quando il tempo passa. Account fantasma e post mai finiti, tracce digitali di chi siamo stati, ricordi sospesi che continuano a parlare del nostro bisogno di connetterci e di lasciare qualcosa di noi.
Our Scrolling Afterlives
Every now and then, while idly scrolling through social media, I stumble across one of my own ghost towns, an old Instagram account, a Facebook page, a blog that once had a heartbeat. We’ve created an enormous collective archive of desire, all our wishes, dreams, heartbreaks, and unfinished thoughts drifting together in an invisible ocean of data
The Pocket Portal
These days, I pick up my phone and just look at it — almost as though I expect something to happen, like a magician pulling a rabbit out of a hat. The device has become the portal, the gateway. We look to it for salvation, for forgiveness, for love, for solutions — for everything we think we
Speak Kindly Now — The Future Is Listening
One sentence can ignite a firestorm or build a bridge. In an age of instant reactions, here’s why our words matter more than ever — and how we can use them to connect instead of divide.
La bellezza che ho ereditato
La mia eredità culturale è fatta di gesti, di materiali e di bellezza: un dono dei miei genitori che porto con me ogni giorno.
From Immigrant Roots to Artistic Wings
What aspects of your cultural heritage are you most proud of ? I’m the firstborn daughter of a couple who immigrated to Canada from southern Italy. Growing up in Montreal with my parents — both of them very young, my mother only 18 when I was born — shaped so much of who I am.ContinueContinue reading “From Immigrant Roots to Artistic Wings”
Behind the Slate: My Life on Film Sets – Part 2
Step behind the slate with me—where weather wreaks havoc, actors surprise you, and every problem has to be solved before the cameras roll. Welcome to life as a Script Continuity Supervisor.
Products That Shouldn’t Exist
We’ve been marketed a fantasy, whether it’s Vaginal deodorant spray, spray cheese, and Pilates rebranded as a path to sexual transcendence. One that whispers insecurities in our ear, then sells us the cure in monthly installments. This piece takes a hard look at the useless, the overhyped, and the outright harmful, both relics of the past and shiny new scams dressed up as wellness.
Words Have Power 