I LOVE NY

<3 to all those who’ve made New York such a special place for the last 21 years

Excited for the unknown

Let the universe unfold <3

The People Around Us

Things started to change noticeably a year ago after a health scare, when I decided to show up differently in the world. Instead of waiting for others to show me kindness, I started being the first to show interest and curiosity in others, despite my fear of rejection.

The past month has taught me that the people around us are what makes each day an extraordinary experience.

Thank you to all the beautiful souls who make this place a beautiful place.

Coming Soon!

When you believe, dreams come true :)

To Make a Life

Refugio | Oil on Panel | 9”x12” | 2026

Maybe there is no purpose or destiny or a higher being.

I am just one person in a sea of many,

living, loving, failing and falling.

I’m making a life—

a life that overflows with love in my heart

when I close my eyes at night.

Once Upon A Time

Others stood on the same ground

Decades and centuries and forever ago

Staring out at the same trees that have witnessed history

To make tomorrow a better day

With love, patience, and commitment

For others who will come after.

I Left My Heart in Florida | Oil on Panel | 9”x12” | 2026

On the Edge of Something New | Oil on Panel | 9”x12” | 2026

Inching Forward

I think there’s so much to learn from plants—they’re often extremely fragile, yet so resilient. They inch forward and upward, filling vast spaces with vivacious colors.

My mom has about a dozen pot of plants in a small apartment in Seoul. She told me this winter that the grandfather I’d never known had a green thumb. He’s a man I know only from photographs as he had passed away early from cancer. She remembers him fondly, as a caring father who had shown her how to tend to a family of potted plants.

I wonder if a part of him lives through me.

We are two generations apart and have never met in this world, yet I feel connected by an invisible string.

Winter is Here

Serene.

Awake.

Snowflakes on my hat.

I feel alive.

I’m home.

View of Bear Mountain Bridge

Kiitos

2025 | Oil on Board 7"x5"

Instead of thinking about what I don’t have or what I am not, I’m going to spend each day of this year believing that I can bring in what feels right.

I see my five-year-old niece waving her princess wand.

My Sanctuary

Spannocchia is a secluded place near Florence, Italy, where I found myself in 2019 and 2025 going through transitional periods in my life. In the quiet of the woods, I let go of the burdens I’d been carrying for a very long time. Unloading what I had accumulated, the new emptiness came as a warm welcome, as a chance to heal the hurts I had tucked away for so long, no longer afraid to come home to myself.

To want less

be more

full on a slice,

content

without a whole.

Sauna Weather

I’m on a decluttering spree, unburdening like trees that have shed their leaves for the season, patiently waiting for the sound of a free-flowing stream.

I’m on a decluttering spree, holding onto only the driest logs to burn down all I‘ve ever known.

I’m on a decluttering spree, running out of a sauna deep in the woods, making snow angels on the forest floor, feeling every prickle of snow against my skin. Soft, naked and oh so happy.

** FOREST ** MOTHER ** TWO WORDS FROM A REIKI HEALER ** FINLAND 2022

Her Name is Baby

I read that looking at pictures of cute dogs for just five minutes can positively impact your mood and well-being (Source: Psychology Today - take it or leave it). If you’re feeling dreary this week, I hope this brings you a little joy. Baby is one of the cutest dogs I’ve seen, though only through pictures. She’s moving down from NJ to FL in a few weeks, along with two fluffy cats called Bella and Tyson. I hope she gets to run around the beach and enjoy every minute of it!