HeyJaredRachielle Sheffler (Baguio Girl)
Recovering Ilocano is my passion project. I seek my genuine Ilocano identity through oral histories, interviews, research, and family archives. Works in progress: Baguio Girl: A Memoir Born There: An Ilocano Family's Migration Story
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My Top Books about Words, Books, or Libraries (opens the original)
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“My Primary Language is Code-Switch” (opens the original)
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What language do you speak in your dreams?I have always known that I talk in my sleep. As a teenager, I could never keep a secret from my sisters. All they had to do was start a conversation, and I would answer. It never occurred to me then to ask them in what language I spoke.I found out many decades later here in America. One day, my (white) husband said, “Finally, you said something in English.”“What did I say?”“Well, you raised your head, looked me straight in the eye, and asked, ‘Who are yo
Life is but One Continuous Line Drawing (opens the original)
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Have you ever tried continuous line drawing? Pick up a pen and scribble an image without lifting the pen. If you accidentally lift it, just pick up where you left off. Keep your eye on the object, and coordinate your hand with your vision as best as you can.In this exercise, I traced the line back and forth, making shadows or adding elements. Isn’t memory that way? We grasp at an idea, then retrace it to give the background story, filling in elements where the gaps stood waiting for an explanati
Following Frida (opens the original)
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Frida Kahlo inspired me to make a doll in her image during Monica Loss’s segment in VMOTA’s Patchwork Salon. After I read Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo, I had a sudden burst of energy to finish a work in progress. I had thrifted a yellow Mexican-style shirt and joined it with other fabric to create a crazy quilt. The neck hole begged for something to fill the void. <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn
What hasn't changed since 1924 (opens the original)
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In school, our teachers often quoted Desiderata and rambled on about going placidly amidst the noise and haste while I daydreamed. My ears perked up when I heard:”Do not compare yourself with others, For always, there will always be greater and lesser persons than yourself.”Was he speaking to me from his hallowed grave? I was just cursing my wayward hair and imagining what I would look like if I had curly hair.<a class="ima
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