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This is Home

Austin, Texas

During this last academic year (Aug2017-May2018), I temporarily moved into a student apartment in downtown Austin.

Taking upper-level math courses, I didn’t need to talk to my classmates unless I absolutely needed their help. Because I felt awkward around strangers, I tried to circumvent any interaction by spending long, quiet nights in the library studying. Going back to my apartment at night, I rarely saw my roommates. For a year, I spent the majority of my weekdays not saying a single word.

The photographic series, This is Home, was named after the Blink182 song. The song depicts the band getting back together as they are finally in each other’s company again. The dim lights that would shine from the other apartments on my way back home kept me company. As they shone from other people’s apartments, their presence was enough to help me remember that I don’t need the presence of others to keep from feeling lonely. This mundane routine, night after night, light after light, was all I needed to feel at home.

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Baby we were born to be bad, move on, built to go fast and stay strong. Inspired by: @coltre @brivdi @paoloraeli

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No moral compass pointing me due north and no fixed personality, just an inner indecisiveness that was as wide and as wavering as the ocean. Inspired by: @coltre & @brivdi

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Born to live fast, born to be bad.

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Every day Minutes Seconds Moments Is important I know this now

My body wants to take place in this world

Capture a space here That matters Think thoughts That matter Surround myself With only such possessions And clothes And pictures And sounds That matter

And I want you to understand And appreciate my ambition Desire my body Aspire my depth Admire my vivre

I am pure, clean, and beautiful New to this world And ready to lead

I’ll walk ahead of you And show you the way I’ll find us happiness I’ll make you proud Of your own beauty Of your own perfect mind Because when you saw me I saw you When you touched me You felt yourself This is love

And then you hate me Want to break free My body is not new anymore My mind slows down Relaxes I repeat things Coagulate You find another body I don’t care So do I

But I’m a ruler I will still abuse to use the art Use my power My network My riches Convince you by knowledge Experience And ability And learn from history I will defeat And conquer And lead again

But all this is in future, far away But present Also in the past Where I am now

I love you I am naked in front of you No embarrassment No hesitation Because I have no choice

I am the starting point My body is beautiful Exciting Entertaining Or whatever I want it to be I set the standard I’ll take the lead

I love you But I’m ahead And you may follow Into the abyss

But then you must escape.

Inspired by: @coltre @brivdi