With this particular body of work I gathered one month of recyclables from our family’s household bin and manipulated them into floral forms that I composed in the tradition of the still...

There is still part of me that wants to iron my cloth napkins. In truth, most of them are stained and stashed in a basket in my laundry room at this moment, hidden from the bereavement...

A food stylist is the person on a photoshoot, commercial, or film who is in charge of the food. It’s a specialized department under the wing of the art or prop department due to the...

One can reflect on the turns that a life takes. Who would ever have thought that I would have ended up here? And, as a foreigner, a guest among them in a country that has opened its arms to...

Audrey wondered if three seconds was enough time for regret. But the longer she stared out the window, the more her eyes felt inside out, and she could no longer see what she was looking at...

Mask training does the exact opposite of what one might imagine. A mask does not cover up who you are. It reveals. Mask training helped me uncover the multitude of characters within me.

The South is a dichotomy. A catch-22. A riddle within a riddle. On the one hand, the South is totally confident in what it believes, and on the other it is still trying to determine its...

We Southern women are expected to be “put together.” With hair fixed, makeup on, in a presentable outfit, and with perfectly coordinated jewelry and accessories.

Growing old has changed in the twenty-first century. As one ages there is potential to replenish one’s capacity for positive change and access untapped strengths. It seems open to new...