How familiarity can make us stop seeing things—and how someone else's perspective lets us rediscover them.

Some people grew up with the TV on in the background. In my house, it was always the radio. My parents preferred listening to the radio during busy mornings instead of watching television, so without realizing it, I grew up with radio as part of everyday life. As a child, I recorded my favorite songs from the radio onto cassette tapes. Later, I recorded late-night radio shows so I could listen to them again. By high school, I was staying up late just to hear my favorite progr

A reunion after 12 years and my perspective of how language shapes who we appear to be.

It’s been a while since I last wrote here, but I’ve been wanting to bring this blog back—not just to share my jewelry journey, but also...