Mod & Bean
Spring 2016 to Spring 2019 — Cambridge, MA
Established in my freshman year of college, Mod & Bean is a digital repository of my musings and adventures throughout my time at Harvard. Through #modMonday posts every week, Mod & Bean has become a channel for visual storytelling and has afforded me opportunities for collaboration - like two trips to NYFW to photograph and cover shows!
Some of my favorite stories…
A Hunt of Color
On a windy Wednesday afternoon, I set out to scavenge around Harvard Square with a mission to spot an exact shade of reddish brown that is apparently well regarded as “Cogswell Cedar.” This task wasn’t so much chosen on a whim in order for me to spend an hour or so holding up a swatch of paint to buildings, flowers, and burritos, but rather it was a task given to me as part of a class called Art of Looking…
How Emotionally Resonant are Rothko's, Really?
If you know me (or have kept up with recent posts), you know how intrigued I am by color. So much so, I'm probably writing my senior thesis about it. I'm particularly curious about how different uses of color in art can accelerate emotional connectivity and convey artist's messages in a more experiential way…
A Father's Day "Worn Story" Tribute
Growing up, my dad was never a superhero to me - he was far too human, and made me laugh too damn much. He was, however, someone I always looked up to (until I surpassed him in height at age 16). Now I'm 21, he's 65, and while I don't live with him anymore, I always have him with me…