vanilla & lavender notes

campus tour —> second day of classes. ya boi is officially a Professor, teaching Poetics of the Screen aka Screenwriting I at Moore College of Art & Design as part of the Inaugural Film Major/Department. Professor Jay (after my Grandma, who went by Mrs. Jay when she was a teacher)/ Professor Vee / Professor Moon(flower), pls. ✨🤍🖤💜 here are some Ws from today with my small, mighty and beautiful class: —class audibly went “oooooo” when I explained the homework for this week — One student said “you’re the best” when I shared the editable class playlist — the student who’s been the quietest in class came up to talk to me afterwards. — we’ve been studying #IfBealeStreetCouldTalk & they noticed how Fonny & Tish were wearing Blue & Yellow in the opening + in the next scene Tish wears Green, the mix of the former colors. They said, “it’s like she’s carrying both of them with of her” 🥺 — i reflected on one conversation we had, and offered that we’d been talking about “a bunch of gay shit” & they smiled & laughed. today’s been great. here’s to the rest of the sweet and tender semester. 🙏🏿 https://www.instagram.com/p/Cia2haCvK8m/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

light you like da Moon do, hope you answer to love when it choose you…. 🖤🥀✨ stills & #35mm BTS of “Repossess” by @ccontourr ft. @semiratruth // out now. #watchmework https://www.instagram.com/p/CiWKxDyLZhk/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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fuck, im beautiful. felt like it today. thank you to the old Negro naps. Love yall. https://www.instagram.com/p/CQAOLFuL2J3/?utm_medium=tumblr

Beautiful news! Birthday was last weekend, celebrating myself alllll the way till Libra season & sending love to other #Geminis this season. My project #OneMagentaAfternoon has been selected as @kickstarter’s #ProjectsWeLove and is on the way to our stretch goal of 20K ~ just $1,328 away!! #HappyPride. #swipe for some joy & some love. Baeby said « we seeing all the flowers «  and I couldn’t agree more. 🥰✨ https://www.instagram.com/p/CPtqBeiLS6M/?utm_medium=tumblr

still too cold to go lay out in the grass naked & sing, but in my room we can practice & pretend. Earth day things on Jupiter day. been grieving low & high key this week, and that’s still fitting for Venus day, let me remind you. thinking of Tree & Delisha & the seasons of war wagged upon black Philadelphians it seems like, always ~ in very particular way. There’s a river running under the city that pops up every 10 years or so ~ something related to that, I suppose. This city of violent fire, brotherly love, and sisterly affection... Got let go from a really big model job bc of my sex work ~ taking that in stride, feeling what I feel. Course, better things to come, & they’re missing out on me & I have me already sooooo there’s that :) here’s to more warmth. ✨ https://www.instagram.com/p/COBCRzxrdfK/?igshid=drk3507lfgct

close to the sounds of the earth. god bless those of us children who live in & with the “force of blackness”, as a homie said. been making tea blends for my loves lately (testing testing, will be sending out soon:) ) picking up lots of flowers for myself. thank the universe for the Sun, fr. May all this bullshit burn & turn to dust. /// if anyone wants to invest in my lil big movie about a young black queered Philly boy communicating with other black queer spirits lmk ✨😌 // 🖤💜🤍 https://www.instagram.com/p/CN-SBqWrJOv/?igshid=hc14mz42nuth

some screen grabs from “Ode to Philly” ~ a love letter to our city from @urucker. images captured by @youngbrojas. directed by me. produced and supported in collaboration with @monument_lab ~ my first commissioned music video/film project. first successful pandemic shoot. Cant wait for y’all to see this. #filmmakerjawn https://www.instagram.com/p/CKZKpFEsTns/?igshid=9qbzr847nmlj