Could entrepreneurship be a non-traditional spiritual awakening?
Plot twist
Art. Stories. Thoughts. Things I probably should have kept in my head. Welcome to Oriah Nova, an ever-growing creative world of writing, colour, imagination and objects made for Black women who refuse to shrink themselves.
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Thoughts · Stories · Observations · Occasional Cosmic Nonsense
Could entrepreneurship be a non-traditional spiritual awakening?
Plot twist
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AI MADE ME WANT TO DRAW AGAIN. WELL... THAT WAS UNEXPECTED.
Wait... what?
TIME IS LIKE PIXIE DUST. IN A RUSHED LIFE, IT SCATTERS BEFORE YOU CAN CATCH IT.
I need more pixie dust.
Oriah Nova
Study of Becoming
THE TURN
Cybersecurity, creative freedom and choosing my own path
THE ROOTS
Colour, Caribbean heritage, culture, the foundations of Oriah Nova.
THE OWNERSHIP
Learning that my life was never meant to be a group project.
THE BUILD
Prototypes, pivots, money, mistakes and making it real.
Make room for colour
Stories outside the lines
Independent style. Uncommon perspectives. A world built in vivid detail.
New perspective
A sharp point of view, composed with intention.
Colour is a point of view
Blaktopian Nova
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Colour, Culture and the Foundations of Oriah Nova
Growing up with Jamaican and Grenadian heritage, colour was never just decoration. It carried memory, culture, joy and identity. This is where much of Oriah Nova began.
Colour, Culture and the Foundations of Oriah Nova
Growing up with Jamaican and Grenadian heritage, colour was never just decoration. It carried memory, culture, joy and identity. This is where much of Oriah Nova began.
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From Cybersecurity to Creative Freedom
Leaving behind the path of cybersecurity, having studied data protection and security previously, felt like an inevitable stepping stone.
From Cybersecurity to Creative Freedom
Leaving behind the path of cybersecurity, having studied data protection and security previously, felt like an inevitable stepping stone.
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What If We Had More Time to Create?
Is anyone else deeply drawn to wonder, imagination, symbolism, possibility and making things that didn't exist before?
What If We Had More Time to Create?
Is anyone else deeply drawn to wonder, imagination, symbolism, possibility and making things that didn't exist before?
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The Life I’m Actually Trying to Build
Sometimes I just want to give my inner child more freedom to roam. Let her revel in the magic of her colourful beads, their light reflecting tiny planets that hold...
The Life I’m Actually Trying to Build
Sometimes I just want to give my inner child more freedom to roam. Let her revel in the magic of her colourful beads, their light reflecting tiny planets that hold...
A VISUAL STORY
WONDER FOR WONDER'S SAKE
PLAY · CURIOSITY · IMAGINATION
THE NEW EDITION
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN GROWN WOMEN START PLAYING AGAIN?
BLACK SOVEREIGNTY
HIDDEN ALCHEMISTSMEANWHILE...
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HOME FROM HOME
MORE ROOM FOR WONDERTO BE CONTINUED
Oriah Nova — visual essayThe new shapeA visual study in movement, identity and modern form.
Issue 01 / Fashion
A study in colour
The collectionFrame twoDetails, texture and the unexpected.
Field note
Dress like the image is yours.
The editorial01Autumn / Winter 2026
Read / collectFashion, image and story - composed in Oriah Nova.
NOVA MODE 001
✦ BRAIN STATIC ✦
Maybe some of us aren't supposed to fit neatly inside a category. Maybe we're constellations.
WHIMSY MODE
WHIMSY WINDOW
SEEN. CENTRED. MONUMENTAL
Sometimes one thing I see is enough to send me down a whole cultural rabbit hole.
COLOUR HAS ESCAPED
A horse, a brick wall and absolutely no commitment to behaving normally.
WHY CAN’T FURNITURE BE FUN?
Why sit on a normal chair when an orange elephant exists?
A HOUSE INSIDE A HOUSE
I will always stop for a tiny world.
To be continued
Portals of Possibility
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From the studio
Sparks
I wrote fiction under an absolutely deranged deadline and submitted it to a publishing competition.
Relearning how to draw because apparently I decided running a business wasn't difficult enough.
Go beyond the known boundary.
I like imagining that some Black women leave glitter behind when they finally stop shrinking themselves.
DEAR DIARY
A study in becoming
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FIELD NOTE 01
FIELD NOTE 02
FIELD NOTE 03
FIELD NOTE 04
Nova Notes
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Carry Art. Carry Power. The Hero Bag Is Coming.
I've been building this quietly for a while now. Not quietly because I wasn't sure. Quietly because some things deserve to arrive properly. Join the Nova Circle 3 free digital...
Carry Art. Carry Power. The Hero Bag Is Coming.
I've been building this quietly for a while now. Not quietly because I wasn't sure. Quietly because some things deserve to arrive properly. Join the Nova Circle 3 free digital...
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There's a Myth That Starting a Business Just Ta...
There's this myth that starting a business just takes courage. Courage alone doesn't pay for prototypes. It doesn't cover packaging, production, or the supplier who quoted you hundreds just for...
There's a Myth That Starting a Business Just Ta...
There's this myth that starting a business just takes courage. Courage alone doesn't pay for prototypes. It doesn't cover packaging, production, or the supplier who quoted you hundreds just for...
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I Don't Just Design Fashion. I Design Energy Yo...
I grew up with Jamaican and Grenadian heritage running through everything. The colours of our flags. The spices in my grandparents' kitchen. The laughter that filled every room without needing...
I Don't Just Design Fashion. I Design Energy Yo...
I grew up with Jamaican and Grenadian heritage running through everything. The colours of our flags. The spices in my grandparents' kitchen. The laughter that filled every room without needing...
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From Cybersecurity to Creative Freedom: What It...
I almost finished a cybersecurity course. Let that sit for a second. There I was. Practical. Logical. Making what looked like a sensible decision about my future. And the whole...
From Cybersecurity to Creative Freedom: What It...
I almost finished a cybersecurity course. Let that sit for a second. There I was. Practical. Logical. Making what looked like a sensible decision about my future. And the whole...
PEOPLE · OBJECTS · STORIES · MEMORY
THE ARCHIVE
History rarely arrives as a complete story
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Colour is a way of seeing.Oriah Nova
A world in fragments
An editorial field guide
A story told through image, gesture and vivid geometry.
Fragments of a larger story: collected, considered, and always in motion.
Oriah Nova — Stories beyond the frame
HELLO, CAPITALISM.
THE NOVA COUNTER
Objects from the Oriah Nova universe.
DESIGN · ART · JOURNALS
DESIGN · ART · JOURNALS
YOUR TOTAL: WHATEVER MAKES YOU MORE YOU.
This didn’t start as a business. It started as a decision.
A decision to stop blending in. To stop shaping my life around limits that were never made for me.
Now I'm building Oriah Nova. Same scrapbook aesthetic. Same freedom. Just louder about it.
Carry art. Carry power. Carry your story.
ELSEWHERE IN THE ORIAH NOVA UNIVERSE...
NOVA BROADCAST
Culture, current affairs and the stories behind the headline.
Broadcasting somewhere between the news desk, the archive and a cultural rabbit hole.
THE NOVA DESK / EDITION 001ON AIR / LIVE FROM THE NOVA DESK
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SLOW NEWS
Jamaican Black Cake and the 24-Hour News Cycle
A fast-paced news alert gives you the crumb. Black cake gives you the archive.
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CURRENTLY BROADCASTING
A note from the present tense
A dispatch from the culture moving around us.
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FROM THE ARCHIVE
A story worth bringing back
Looking again at the details history left in the margins.
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OFF-AIR THOUGHTS
A small detour with a long afterlife
An open notebook for the questions that follow us home.
CULTUREHISTORYCURRENT AFFAIRSTHINGS I FELL DOWN A RABBIT HOLE RESEARCHING
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