hi it's me, helen. i'm making clothing while rome burns what are you doing? i hope you're okay.

Even in evil times, a writer should cultivate only what naturally absorbs his fancy, whether it be freedom or chinch bugs, and should write in the way that comes easy. — E. B. White

Humor is basically when you cross the dateline from the unbearable into the absurd. — Robyn Hitchcock

To me, punk rock is the freedom to create, freedom to be successful, freedom to not be successful, freedom to be who you are. It's freedom. — Patti Smith

studio journal

(let's go) space mulling (come on)

(let's go) space mulling (come on)

*(they at least kind of tried to not be misogynist about it)

(let's go) space mulling (come on)

*(they at least kind of tried to not be misogynist about it)

apparently this is “Close-up of a pink dragon fruit with black seeds on a textured surface.”

stop draggin my, stop draggin my, stop draggin ...

thank you, creepy robots

stop draggin my, stop draggin my, stop draggin ...

thank you, creepy robots

portable kimchi fermentation purse

stylish, handsome, portable fermentation

— I was raised by my dad? Nature? Nurture? Sweet mystery of life? —

stylish, handsome, portable fermentation

— I was raised by my dad? Nature? Nurture? Sweet mystery of life? —

I chose a glove-box man

I chose a glove-box man

Maybe we never know what small moments of resistance work until much later —

I chose a glove-box man

Maybe we never know what small moments of resistance work until much later —

Secret Lentil draping sculpting shirring work in progress

studio notes / building notes: on working intui...

No, there is no pattern. Instead ...

studio notes / building notes: on working intui...

No, there is no pattern. Instead ...

scars, failure, disorder, distortion

scars, failure, disorder, distortion

“I think perfection is ugly."

scars, failure, disorder, distortion

“I think perfection is ugly."