04/08/2026
Do you remember that moment you re-found your spark? This is mine.
While I don't want to relive all the details, back in early 2015 my body stripped away my identity and I found myself rebuilding from scratch. My energy was different, my head a bit more fuzzy, my mental health shattered. As someone whose identity is pretty intrinsically intertwined with creativity, I could no longer create — I didn't have it in me.
5 years passed and much like the rest of the world, found myself stuck, stuffed in a tiny 1-bedroom apartment in California, my entire world turning inward.
Makeup was one of my first passions, so I turned to it as a means of self-soothing. This wasn't my first creation, but it was the one that I felt ignite that spark within me that had been buried so deeply for so long. The one that encouraged me to pick up my brushes again and again, the one that led me into accessory building, then into costume building, and the rest is history — the result being the person you see today.
This popped up in my memories today and I wanted to take a few minutes to reflect on how much I've been able to find myself these last 6 years. If you find your spark dim or missing, know it's still there just waiting for you to reignite it.
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