New Reasons

New Reasons

Seven Yrs Later

Stories on change—in dialogue with Seven Yrs Ago.

American Asian

American Asian

Personally stated.

Nicole RapatanMarch 23, 2021sevenyrslater, race, racial identity, ethnic identity, ethnicity, asian, asian american, filipino, filipino american

Mane

Mane

Chopped and skewed.

Nicole RapatanFebruary 25, 2021hair, shaving, sevenyrslater

Your Special Days

Your Special Days

Blow ‘em all out.

Nicole RapatanJanuary 26, 2021sevenyrslater, birthdays, depression, divorce

Sticky

Sticky

Cut it in.

Nicole RapatanJanuary 5, 2021poetry, sevenyrslater, sevenyrs, sticky notes, post-it poems, post-its

Session

Session

Why are you here?

Nicole RapatanDecember 15, 2020sevenyrslater, sevenyrs, therapy, counseling, time travel, me v. me, nicole now

On Leaving

On Leaving

It’s an art.

Nicole RapatanDecember 1, 2020sevenyrslater, art, architecture school, leave

Wicked

Wicked

Dedicated to the diagram.

Nicole RapatanNovember 9, 2020sevenyrslater, architecture school, college

The Middle

The Middle

Let me break down for you.

Nicole RapatanOctober 20, 2020

Be! Enjoy!

Be! Enjoy!

I need to be the best at having fun.

Nicole RapatanSeptember 29, 2020sevenyrslater, sevenyrs, perfectionism, quarantine

First Love and His Wife

First Love and His Wife

If you read this, J and M, please make it to the end.

Nicole RapatanSeptember 15, 2020sevenyrslater, sevenyrsago, notestoself, sevenyrs

Hold in My Headlock

Hold in My Headlock

In which I talk a lot about how I don’t like to talk about myself a lot.

Nicole RapatanAugust 31, 2020sevenyrslater, sevenyrsago, notestoself

Remembered as Strangers

Remembered as Strangers

I must make a really good sandwich.

Nicole RapatanAugust 16, 2020sevenyrslater, strangers, covid, quarantine