Samantha Ellis

Awareness

September 4, 2020September 5, 2020 Samantha Ellis1 Comment

I want to begin this by acknowledging that I know self-centering can negatively influence discussion around topics that are social or political when they don’t directly apply to the person speaking about it. This is something that I know I’ve been guilty of in the past, and I’m starting off with this because it’s… Continue reading Awareness

Let’s Go on an Adventure

April 12, 2020April 13, 2020 Samantha Ellis4 Comments

Maybe not in the most literal way, but instead I want to take a few minutes to ruminate on story-telling. Being unable to actually go out in the world and have our own adventures doesn’t mean we shouldn’t still seek them, and one affective way to do that (at least in my opinion) is through… Continue reading Let’s Go on an Adventure

“I just want to stay curious”

March 22, 2020April 1, 2020 Samantha Ellis2 Comments

As the late, great Heath Ledger once said in reference to his work, “I just want to stay curious”. I read this quote from one of his interviews when I was young, in my pre-teens, in the wake of his passing and my subsequent need to grasp onto everything I could learn about him. I… Continue reading “I just want to stay curious”