Raven's Rose Productions

10/29/2023

This one hits close to home for so many reasons. One of my earliest memories was being a kid hanging around Humboldt park with my family and looking up at this HUGE PR flag spanning from one side of the street to the other—I remember feeling pride.

I wore that pride in every conversation from that day forward.

I saw that pride in the tiny boxing gloves and flags hanging off the rearview mirrors of cars, keychains, bracelets, necklaces, bumper stickers, towels, porches, you name it.

I heard that pride during the summer where hundreds of people would wear the flag like a cape—I understood that being boricua was a super power.
———
I spent years feeling like I wasn’t a real puertorican because i’m two generations away from the island and speak TERRIBLE spanish…but the culture was always alive on our tables, our radios, our hello’s and see you later’s—I learned to hang onto that.

The generations that grew up away from the island understands how complicated this feeling can get. But, this project wasn’t a search for identity—it was an acknowledgment that the culture is enough. Within our culture there is always community, whether you have a dialect from the island or not.

Creating MUNDO AL REVÉS during a time where there are people fighting for their homes, their land, let alone the very EXISTENCE of their culture was a heavy reminder that we are all we got. If you feel pride from where your family is from, my hope is that you hang onto that feeling during the toughest of times.

We may not come directly from the island, but the island is always with us. From the playground to the discovery meetings—Puerto Rico, te quiero.
—————————

A special thank you to my very good friend for sharing her talents in this production🇵🇷🤍

Link in bio if you would like to show love on the official video🌱
——————
BTS📸:
📽️:

10/14/2022

wow.....guess I'm back on Facebook 🙃

07/31/2022

life update: it took me getting sick like 17x for me to realize that my body will demand rest when my brain doesn’t.

life is an experience, not a performance.

i’m just taking things slooooooow🫠

📸:

05/11/2022

I always walk away with something special when i’m working alongside this team.

Every event focuses on passing the mic to those around us in the independent world we call home. This event was a full circle moment for me and many others within that room. It was the first time my family came and saw first hand what I work alongside my friends toward. It was the first time our mothers were all in the same room. It was the first time we had a venue full of women who were able to let us in on their personal journeys and share game on how we should move within this industry.

It was inspiring to turn a new leaf and set the tone for what we hope to do for many years ahead. It was also my first time designing a shirt….so that’s cool too lol.

Thank you to everyone who supported this event and what The Ripple Effect sets out to do every single day. We are starting to see the fruits of our labor, the impact within our communities, and the growth in ourselves as individuals and a team. Until next time Ripple Family🌹

Next stop:

———————————————
📸:
(thank you for such timeless photos🥰)

03/24/2022

THE BODEGA
———
came home feeling inspired and renewed—so thankful to have worked alongside such a humbled group of visionaries. it’s shoots like these that remind me that the work is always bigger than the outcome.

it’s the sense of community and friendship that keeps my hands on the cameras😈

thank you and .soliman for such a memorable opportunity and friendship✨

sn: i was so geeked to finally meet , thank you for hanging out with us and capturing such fire frames.

special thank you to and for the don & tego energy on set lmao. for letting us take over your bodega all day🔥

These shirts drop next month—keep those eyes open 👊🏼

01/06/2022

Hey Everyone :)

On the night of January 16th, a few of my videos will be playing ✨

This film festival is hosted by 🎯

I am beyond grateful to be showcased alongside creatives from all backgrounds and focuses. We put our hearts into this and having you take the time out to watch our minds manifest on screen…well that’s all we really hope for.

Thank you 🤍

09/25/2021

anybody else got a face that kinda just…🥴?

🥞📸:
(thanks again for breakfast)
——
so happy we took home this sunrise with a refreshing state of mind—it all felt…intentional.

sn: Jess you handled that salt water like nobody’s business lol. thank you for bringing me onto such a personal project ~twice~💙

slide for a rough idea of wassa happenin’ with this mood though:

08/03/2020

Just released a Euphoria inspired video on YouTube and instagram! Peep the link below!!! Feedback is welcomed, as always :)

The above video was inspired by HBO's "Euphoria" prom scene. When Anita reached out to me to be apart of this concept a flood of flashbacks nestled into my b...

07/31/2020

Dear Touch,

Two thousand and twenty—the year we all really faced ourselves. Some of you are still running, you want the low hanging silence to be filled by your customized distractions. Some of you are spinning threads hoping to make something bigger than yourself...and the rest of you are content with the stillness. It took me a while to embrace the hard stop that this year brought forward. This is the mirror that we all needed (including this country) despite how heartbreaking the image may be...we are refusing to b*tch up.

TOUCH! I never thought I would miss you this much. You took some of my closest friends with you when you went away. You’ve sent people that I have been trying my best to forget. You brought me closer to the tools that help me describe you. You forced me to understand your importance. When you traded your presence with absence I was afraid of who you would return with, scared that if you left with five you’d return with none. It has been so long now that I am not afraid anymore for I have made a home of my own inner peace.

To touch is to be present. It is to be connected. It is to be human.

I’ll be seeing you,

Yasey