let stardust into your heart.
all recommendations are based on positive changes and/or emotional fulfillment they've provided me. click on each menu for a dropdown list.
programs & tools
- photopea - a browser-based image editor recreating the feel of older versions of photoshop.
- delphi tools - a suite of browser-based tools for creatives.
- ellipsus - document writer with extensive toolsuite, geared towards writers.
- obsidian - a markdown-based note taking app.
- vscodium - an open source, non-telemetry binary of visual studio code.
art & fashion
- the palestinian museum - a fully digitized archive of the palestinian museum.
- FIT fashion museum - a digitized archive of the museum of FIT's fashion museum.
- KCI institute - a digitized archive of the kyoto costume institute.
- firstVIEW - a digital database of photographs of runway shows.
- the met museum - a digitized archive of the met museum. includes the met's costume institute.
- artvee - an archive of high-quality public domain artwork.
literature
- black history is for everyone - brian jones.
- notes of a native son - james baldwin.
- what we do with god - daniella toosie-watson.
- the sun and her flowers - rupi kaur (though i've loved every poetry book of hers).
- decolonization is not a metaphor - eve tuck, k. wayne yang.
- white protagonism and imperial pleasures in game design - meghna jaayanth.
- veins (and their contents) - @verflames on vgen.
video games
- germs, the targeted town (romanized from ＧＥＲＭＳ～狙われた街～) - don't you love watching your town be uprooted at the seams by something you can never understand nor ever control? i can't recommend actually playing the game, but fan translations exist for spanish and english on youtube.
- silent hill 4: the room - the mortifying ordeal of being known.
- MOTHERED - love seeing some of my own dream visuals sequenced into a video game by someone i've never met. play the full trilogy.
musicians
- XAVIERA. - altar celestial lives in my head as part of the foundation. favorite track is the moon. one of the most soothing voices i've ever heard, in a personal manner i don't think i could ever truly describe.
- Backxwash - found her through her collaboration with lauren bousfield. only dust remains will hear my praise for the rest of my days. favorite track is 9th Heaven. absolutely, hauntingly beautiful and cathartic.
- PUTOCHINOMARICÓN - pasadas de moda is a ultra-pop healing ride with your best friend that gets it. favorite track is mamá, quiero ser viral. i'd love nothing more than to talk to him about his life experiences.
- DPR IAN - "you!!", stated with all the friendly affection and love i can muster. there isn't a project i don't love to bits, but dear insanity... takes it. favorite track is Peanut Butter and Tears.
other neocities sites that are cool (in progress)
- i'm still new to neocities so this will be updated! soon! hopefully!