Glimpses from a virtual roadtrip
GLIMPSES FROM A VIRTUAL ROAD TRIP is an ongoing painting project, which I started at the beginning of the Coronavirus pandemic.
Bill & Ted’s Excellent Trivia Travel Game
There’s no question that I owe most of my extensive historical knowledge to Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989). So when I was approached by Barry & Jason Games and Entertainment to design a board game in Bill & Ted’s honor, with the film rights securely in hand, I strummed my air guitar in excitement.
Rex In Peace
Rex In Peace is an ongoing photo project about the culture of animal burial around the world.
OG Brooklyn
A middle-aged Brooklyn woman has had it up to here with the influx of young blood, none of whom know how to do things right!
I’ve regaled my younger friend Doug of the Brooklyn I knew growing up, and one day we starting exchanging couplets about it over text. (We both perform hip-hop improv & like to freestyle.) We knew after a few exchanges that we had to make a video.
I Can’t Make You Stay
I have been writing songs for over a decade now, but I never thought my songs were an accurate reflection of me, so I never recorded anything. I played in bands and sang at open mic nights but always kept my original songs to myself.
After going through a breakup from a long-term relationship, I needed something to sink my teeth into. I started writing songs that felt different from ones I’d previously written–I made a conscious effort to write a catchy melody with contrasting lyrics, like the Beatles song “Help”. I took this song to my brother Eddie Anthony and he helped me record it in his home studio. His guitarist friend Chris Coombs was over and graciously added some sweet electric guitar licks, elevating my acoustic song to something more pop-folk/Americana.
Through the process of writing this song, I was able to cope with my breakup. I have since recorded several other tracks and am releasing an EP by the end of the year. I took up the name Jesse Rivers as an homage to my late grandfather, Jesús Rios.
One More Dissent
The night of RBG’s death, I was overwhelmed by the range of emotions myself and many others were feeling. With no other recourse, I expressed my anger and fear over what was to come—the nomination of a conservative justice—with a poem dedicated to the life of this groundbreaking woman.
Love Every Flaw
I always had great hair, until I become older. My hair started falling out and I didn’t love myself.
So I used that insight and turn it into something I was proud of.
Password: meundies
How Affirmations Ground Me in Baking and Parenting
Early on during the pandemic, I wrote a braided meditation about parenting, baking bread and the power language has to shift our behaviors.
Silk Rise
I am of Vietnamese descent and I found a way to convey my depiction of the next generation of the Vietnamese diaspora through visual narratives and short stories.
Why We Should Not Stop at Just Remaking MGS by Saul Ed Sinek
We remade an article about remakes into a hardcover book.
