highly recommended: smokeware, foraging, lush art, depression

this was originally published on April 13, 2021

💨 Debbie Carlos is a ceramicist and photographer. she makes the cutest drinking vessels, the most beautiful vases (i keep eyeing the pond vase), and the most architecturally interesting smokeware! i signed up to be part of her Pip Club- which means i'll be receiving 4 smoking pipes this year! i honestly do not need 4 pipes but also don't have the space which means, the first pipe will be one of the weedy gifts for This & That's 420 special! (deets below)

🍛 Adrienne Elisa. can i stay for awhile in one of her artworks please? the colors, sense of calm, and size/texture gets meeee. i came across her work at a little gallery on nostrand ave in crown heights and i haven't stopped thinking about her work. especially at this moment when im missing tropical forests

📚im OBSESSED with blackforager. like the shit Alexis Nikole has taught me! i came across Alexis via tiktok, but now i follow her on all the channels. she is so knowledgable and funny. i love her attitude, willingness to share information, and songs she'll make up about food n foraging

🥭 this book might make you feel uncomfortable or even piss you off. but i really, really loved Lost Connections: the Real Causes of Depression & the Unexpected Solutions by Johann Hari. essentially anti-depressants don't work because depression is not caused by a chemical imbalance (there are cases where it is), but our society neglects the environmental and psychological aliments that impact depression. tldr, an anti-depressant isn't going to cure depression, a holistic approach is. its a whole life thing- its building community, changing physical location from a city to, listening to yourself and not societal standards (i.e. becoming a fishing guide vs a vp in an office), creating new neuropathways