My latest creative endeavor – The Persephone Project – is an idea with its genesis during the winter months and its realization beginning at the Spring Equinox. This project brings together my creative passions in a single, tactile format of a zine. Through photography, illustration, collage, and written word, I interpret a modern take on the story of Persephone - Goddess of Spring and Queen of the Underworld. The visual narrative explores the journey of understanding the eternal balance between light and dark. 🌹🥀

A few stills from the teaser video, created in After Effects.

As this project ideation was solidifying, the state of the world was rapidly changing due to COVID-19. Like many, I found myself in a state where expressing the thoughts, emotions, etc. through a creative channel to be the most liberating and renewing. I am so grateful to be able to have the time and resources to dedicate myself almost fully to this project and find that I’ve been pouring so much soul into it. Part of this creation is to illuminate the process, not just glorifying the final work, because it’s so integral to the content. How life can change in an instant, the adaptations we must take on, the mindset to cultivate calm and strength in turbulent moments. As some say, Amor Fati.