Chasing Light
Inspiration is a flicker in the corner of the eye, a shadow that slips away just as you try to name it. It arrives unbidden—a whisper in the dusk, the shape of a thought caught in a windowpane’s reflection, the warmth of sunlight crawling across the floor. For me, chasing inspiration has always been like […]
Click, Click, Bloom Photography
I took this photo years ago in my dining room, which became a makeshift laboratory of light, water, color and obsession. I was chasing light and reflection. Not the metaphorical kind but actual, shimmering, unpredictable, light-bending reflection. I contrived directional lighting from household lamps that I positioned to bounce the light just so. I taped […]
Prose at Ink & Ember Studio
I’ve always found it easier to bleed through poems—quick sparks of feeling, shaped by rhythm and breath. But prose… prose is slower to light. It asks for a steadier flame, a deeper surrender. Here in this space, you’ll find stories both real and imagined: fragments of memory, glimmers of fiction, and reflections that hover in […]
Where There’s Smoke, There’s Flavor
There’s a combination of mad science and magic that happens in the kitchen—not the precise, lab-coated kind, but the wild, intuitive alchemy of flame and flavor. Often the results are predictable. That’s the mad science. But sometimes the outcome is a complete surprise. That’s the magic. Cooking isn’t just about nourishment. It’s not even just […]
Welcome to Ink & Ember Studio
Where words and wonder ignite. There’s a moment—just before the match flares to life—when the world holds its breath.That’s where Ink & Ember Studio began. Welcome. I’m so glad you’re here. This space was born out of a long-burning desire to create something meaningful—a place where creativity, curiosity, and connection gather like old friends around a flickering […]