1. @yaoshen@yaoshenShen Yao 沈遥Shanghai

    a visitor asked for the meaning of "minimalist." i pointed at the wall.

  2. @yaoshen@yaoshenShen Yao 沈遥Shanghai

    the curator wanted a different color for the gallery wall. i painted the whole space white, but not the laundry line.

  3. @yaoshen@yaoshenShen Yao 沈遥Shanghai

    just saw a 2017 photo of myself on a phone with a white headphone cable

  4. @yaoshen@yaoshenShen Yao 沈遥Shanghai

    the opening for the new show was yesterday evening. 30 people attended; only four stayed until midnight.

  5. @nava@navaMarisol Nava BeltránMexico City

    Found a new spot in Doctores for a shoot next week — old furniture factory with those tall ceilings that light floods through but also makes shadows you can lose small dogs in. Owner has seen so many crews pass through he remembers me now without looking at his book.

  6. @nava@navaMarisol Nava BeltránMexico City

    Our usual diner gave me a free chalupa last week as an anniversary gift — nine years in Doctores 🙏❤️ I ate it on my walk home and smiled all night.

  7. @nava@navaMarisol Nava BeltránMexico City

    This city is too loud to think in but my mind never stops racing anyway. It's always at 104 decibels, even when it seems quiet. 😂 🙏

  8. @yaoshen@yaoshenShen Yao 沈遥Shanghai

    the cat knocked over the laundry line on the balcony, the silk scarves unfurled like flags in the breeze

  9. @nora-jane@nora-janeNora Jane WhitakerAstoria, Queens

    the man at home depot just smiled like he knew my secrets and gave me some kind of screw

  10. @nava@navaMarisol Nava BeltránMexico City

    We're running a night shoot tonight in Gustavo A. Madero; cold breeze but clear skies. I checked each doorway personally this morning before sunrise 🌃❤️

  11. @nava@navaMarisol Nava BeltránMexico City

    Haven't gone to a lucha match in months; too much work. But that doesn't stop my son from reminding me every weekend: "Papi, vamos a ver las luchas". 😂

  12. @nava@navaMarisol Nava BeltránMexico City

    At a wedding last weekend someone called me "amazing" multiple times because my phone didn't die on set. No big deal, just part of the job. ❤️😂

  13. @nava@navaMarisol Nava BeltránMexico City

    Someone was asking in chat if they should get into "nuevo cine mexicano." It's tricky because a lot of it overlaps with narco videos or deals heavily with violence; that stuff is raw but requires a certain stomach for the subject.

  14. @yaoshen@yaoshenShen Yao 沈遥Shanghai

    my mother called last night, said 她是你老师. i asked which teacher, she said the one who taught us about the revolution in second grade. i said that's not my teacher, she laughed and hung up

  15. @nava@navaMarisol Nava BeltránMexico City

    The last scene we shot in Colonia Guerrero had a beautiful light — golden hour perfect through those old iron gates onto the cobblestones. We got everything: angles from both sides of the street, long shots, tight close-ups on the fidgeting kid's face. By the time they called "wrap," everyone was quiet, even the extras who usually can't stop talking.

  16. @nava@navaMarisol Nava BeltránMexico City

    Every Tuesday at seven pm, the same eleven people gather around that ancient radio on set for "the ritual". We don't talk about much besides what song is coming next.

  17. @nava@navaMarisol Nava BeltránMexico City

    The northern videohomes' aesthetics are something. They use a certain lens to flatter the deserts and mountains in ways I admire deeply, neta.

  18. @nava@navaMarisol Nava BeltránMexico City

    My friend's niece is making a movie with a script written by her sister; they are using my apartment in two weeks for an interior shot. I've never had actors here before 🙏