Self-Care | Marginalia

Haiti

There’s no denying that this winter has hit all of us incredibly hard. Chicago has had record-breaking lows this winter, includi..

Chicago Color Run 2014

As summer progresses and the workload begins to weigh more and more—I am starting to realize how integral the e..

Photo courtesy of “http://www.theintentionallife.com”

I’m nearing the end of my very first year here at Columbia College Chicago. I ca..

Family

Being away from home is often difficult for many people, especially when one is engulfed by work and stress. However as a gradu..

I propose we call spring break something else. The name is a little deceptive. The word “break” suggests some time to relax. That’s j..

It seems that the breath is the first place we become disconnected from the body—in daily life, in stressful situations, in over-conce..

Last week I brought you through my producer’s kit. Now, as I prepare for principal photography at the eleventh hour, we get to put to ..

La nascita di Venere (Botticelli)

I am looking forward to taking a moment to reflect in order to move forward, to rest in order to rej..

It was five degrees. So I’m sitting on a metal bench, in frigid weather, watching people watch me freeze.

I have clung to a single identity my whole life. For years I was fanatical about Africa. After that I was a store manager at Starbucks..