Sir Edward Being a cat mom to a small leopard, better known as a Bengal, is not an easy job or for the faint of heart. These cats are known to be high maintenance, but that idea doesn’t stop with their pretentious diet or their
The Scottish Play The world of theatre comes with many superstitions, like leaving a lamp lit onstage overnight so the empty theatre would not be cast in complete darkness, thus giving the resident ghosts the ability to perform onstage. Another superstition involves a curse placed
The Chosen One In early 2013 I began writing a Phantom of the Opera fanfiction with a fellow phan (fan) online. We wanted to correct the plot points we disagreed with from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical version of the story. Neither of us were out
Vintage Times I tend to hold outdated opinions about entertainment and media. The most prevalent of these opinions is the fact that music sounds best when played from a vinyl record through a gramophone, that photographs should be captured with either a dry collodion emulsion on
The Pit The photographs in photobooth are from my first proper photography pit experience at a concert. I’ve photographed large scale concerts before, but they were from the soundboard and these two experiences are extremely different. Capturing concerts from the soundboard requires a longer focal
My Hat Last Tuesday I was asked what my pronouns were for the first time. I’ve been striving for a more androgynous appearance over the last year or so; the fact that someone could not tell my gender means I achieved my goal. My hat
Sleep No More After the struggle of writing last week’s column, this week I want to focus on one of my favorite things that is not related to photography: the immersive live performance experience known as Sleep No More in New York. The story is
Being Selfish is Okay Each week I was hoping to fill this space with sage advice that may help a reader through a tough time. However, events that took place in my life this past weekend have left me drained of energy and void of
A Blind Homunculus In order to explain the ability to visualize inside one’s head there was once a belief that a small person or a “homunculus” lived inside the head and viewed the internal images in the same manner we watch movies in the theater.
A Blind Homunculus In order to explain the ability to visualize inside one’s head there was once a belief that a small person or a “homunculus” lived inside the head and viewed the internal images in the same manner we watch movies in the theater.