Artist unites family memories in sculptural paintings

Today's personal stories orbit around memory and identity. An artist stitches together her family's fractured past through sculpture, a woman defends her unconventional marriage, and Andrew Garfield reveals his secret Instagram persona. Each piece asks how we hold onto who we are when the world pulls us apart.

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Memory and material

Two stories today use physical objects to explore emotional distance.

#01www.thisiscolossal.comAug 22

Estefania Ajcip’s Sculptural Paintings Unite the Memories of a Separated Family

Estefania Ajcip's "Folded Memories" uses birch plywood, papier-mâché, and LED lights to physically represent the emotional fractures of a family separated by borders. The work is a direct reflection of her own childhood in Guatemala while her father worked in Los Angeles.

by Grace Ebert8 min readRead original

#02www.huffingtonpost.co.ukAug 22

I Married My Boyfriend's Best Friend. People Think They Know The Full Story, They Don't

This first-person essay from HuffPost pushes back on the judgment that follows a nontraditional marriage. The writer married her boyfriend's best friend, and she's tired of people thinking they know the full story.

by Nicole GarelickRead original

Candid confessions

Celebrities and tech figures alike are getting honest about the gap between expectation and reality.

#03variety.comAug 22

Andrew Garfield on Secret Instagram, Acting in Siegfried & Roy Series

Andrew Garfield admits he's addicted to social media and has a secret Instagram account where he follows niche interests like Japanese craftspeople. He also discusses his upcoming roles and the possibility of leaving Hollywood.

#04twitter.comAug 22

Moxie Marlinspike (@moxie) on X

Moxie Marlinspike, the Signal founder, posts a brief, wistful note about moving to Pittsburgh in 2006 and finding that winter was nothing like the romanticized version he'd imagined as a child.