Welcome to Objectively #27! This week I’m experimenting with a new sub-series Getting to know, which can also be read as short for “Getting to know my ‘following list’”, aka inquiring into the why’s and how’s of people I find interesting and inspiring. This can’t happen without touching on the objects they choose to surround themselves with, as they consciously - or subconsciously - consume them to put their lives together.
First of the series is Dawnie Perry. I’d found her vlog channel by chance and watched every next one. They felt cathartic, visceral, and varied, in a way that weren’t so much for others as they were for herself. It’s been seven years since then, and I still remember her talking through how she does her soy-soaked hard boiled eggs.
Over time, I have gathered bits and pieces of her life — cooking in Parisian cafés, immersing herself in the music scene, and how she enjoys styling herself and really, her life. She was a natural choice when it came to thinking about kic…
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