open call for artists in philly!! planning a sweet show @umbriaarts this summer and i’m hoping you can be involved. all adults out for all kids, no clock making experience required 🫶🏼🕰️⏰⏱️ screenshot and tap the qr code to learn more, or follow the link in my bio, or go to tinyurl.com/clockshow
see ya there&cant wait to see your submissions!
get comfy and share an earbud w a loved one to watch the third iteration of my year in video 🫰🏼
2025 felt like at least two years in one - so much of what happened just a couple seasons ago feels like it happened to a much younger, different version of myself. i do know why - learning about and acknowledging em’s passing completely rearranged how i oriented myself around time, other people, and myself. in tandem with this, after months of asking myself where i would draw the line for myself in work that completely misaligned with my values, i quit a job that blatantly prioritized the whims of a few zionist parents over the safety and credibility of their teachers.
it’s never been easier to choose a song that represents the year 🥲🤣! i spent too long editing the audio on this so that i could start with the lyric that sticks the most to my mind:
Looking through the crowd
I search for something else
But every time I turn around
I run into myself
experiencing loss so openly and obviously (and not moving from it quickly) i’ve never felt farther from invincibility - and i’ve never felt so dependent on the people around me. everybody knows!
despite what literally felt like jumping onto an alternate timeline mid-year (and falling on my ass) it would be completely wrong for me to write off 2025 as a “bad” year. i saw so much beauty, grew into new art practices and my relationships, and feel like this is my favorite age that i have ever been. i am learning to live on a timeline that cannot be rushed!
btw, as usual these videos are all from 2025, except for one exception this year which is me and em running into the freezing water in montauk in winter 2021 🥶lol … let’s walk into 2026 and meet each other with hearts open and chase the waves together!
**EDIT: $970 raised!!! raffle closes 12/14, get your entries in and share now!**i spent last week making this piece to raise money for @jawadcamp2 , an educational camp in north g4za that i originally connected with to send coloring pages to the children! Hadeel does incredible work, but as winter closes in, Hadeel, her family, and the children at Al Jawad are facing exceptional challenges atop the existing man-made atrocities they are forced to navigate as a result of the US-Isr@eli manufactured gEnOcide.
The Al-Jawad camp provides a place for learning, play, and healing, as well as other basic necessities for children as food and clothing. As an educator 1 am compelled to join in her work. The details of the raffle are included in the post, but DM or comment any questions. Please share widely; my fundraising goal is $600, twice the value of the piece, but I see no reason we can’t go higher.
No limit to entries (duh). I can ship anywhere in the US.
sit down, sound up and spare two minutes of your attention for my second annual annual year in moving moments‼️
while 2024 was arguably filled with fewer “beautiful” scenes than the sights i saw almost daily in california, my focus in growing my life in philly has been retraining my attention to the fullness of life all around me, no matter how mundane. with how uncertain 2023 (and much of 2024) was, it’s a welcome feeling to take in regular-ness and noticing everything while staying still in a city that i chose to live in, with a partner who took this leap across the country with me, and with the people i meet and choose to surround myself with.
i’ve always felt a special connection to the idea of finding total glory in even the littlest flower, à la st therese of liseux. so obviously when @okay.kaya released this song this year, it felt like she was singing directly from my heart!! you’ll see my comic interpretation of this song soon in my dear friend matt’s great publication. until then, here’s my video entry (separated in three slides because i maxxed the time limit). some lyrics to meditate on if you’ve made it this far:
Oh minutiae
Be heavenly plain
Not all good things are named after saints
I swear I’ll pay attention, not just pleasure or pain
it’s done!!!!! crossposting because this is definitely the most i’ve put into / proudest i’ve been of any recent original project. process pics show backwards steps, from soldering to nailing it down to foiling each piece to cutting the glass to the original design i drew up the day before my first class to the bird shirt i love the most with the bird i love the most <3<3<3 i knew i was going to have a great time with this project when i visited @bullseyeglass (my old neighbor in Berkeley <3) in New York this time!! i loved this so much and watch this space bc glass is my new friend
delivered at midnight(ish) while i babysit on new years eve, here is a collection of my favorite videos from 2023 alongside the song that defined this year for me. 2023 was a year full of uncertainty, confusion, and often a general lack of confidence, but the photos ive taken remind me of the beauty i’ve encountered and the people i love wherever i am. i am so lucky to have this life!
may the new year bring the same spring of beauty and discovery, and more importantly, a ceasefire in palestine for all the children and adults who deserve the same! 🇵🇸
hello from my first post in a while! as many of you know, i’ve kept busy the past couple months preparing for a big move across the country with @sillyartclub 🫂❣️ thanks to a good dose of philly fall, and despite a nagging heartache from missing my california friends, i’m settling into our new home nicely and finally ready to share this project!
i was so lucky to have the chance to do this letterpress edition with @kavamorepress in berkeley before i took off. it’s based on (and features my favorite lyrics from) joni mitchell’s “both sides now,” a song near and dear to me that has remained relevant (sometimes painfully so) throughout many chapters of my young life. though a bit on the nose, i feel like the past 4-ish years have been a constant tug-of-war of balancing how life looks from both sides (of the country, haha). i’ve won and lost and had ups and downs—and i imagine i’ll continue to do so, though i hope this home sticks for a good chunk of time. i’m feeling thankful for the people in each place who taught me to love!! my fellow circus clowns perhaps 🎪
btw—many people know that judy collins recorded & released this song long before joni did herself. BUT did you know joni mitchell sang “both sides now” in 1966 for temple university’s radio station in PHILADELPHIA *before* collins’ rendition was released?! what a perfect place i’m in to announce this piece.
thanks for reading, if you still are. prints are 8x10 and available in the three variations pictured. pricing on last slide, DM to order!
XTRA XTRA!!!! EIGHT of julia’s exclusive affirmation banners are available. swipe thru for better pics of all of them . sliding scale $20 (unemployed) to $30 (employed) and dm to purchase!
