Touch Grass came out of a weird, burnt-out headspace I was in toward the end of college. I was constantly spiraling about what my life would look like after graduation, how I would be perceived, what I was doing with my future, and whether I was on track. At the same time, I was being flooded with online content telling people how to fix their lives, but always in a way that felt fake, performative, and monetized. It felt like everyone had suddenly become a lifestyle coach. Everything was about optimizing your life, curating your identity, and chasing this polished version of success.
This film is me pushing back on that. It leans into surrealism, satire, and over-the-top visuals to show how ridiculous and overwhelming it all can feel, the self-help lingo, the vision boards, the product placements disguised as advice. But underneath all the absurdity, it is really about the very real pressure to have it all figured out fast.

— Director’s Statement