I’m in the process of rifling through old notes and photographs and terse, phone-shot videos, unearthing and examining contemporaneous media artifacts to remind myself of the context surrounding bits of journal-writing I’ve jotted over the past several years. This is…
For what feels like ages, I’ve been trying to figure out how to unify my many and diverse projects into a more sensical whole, without stifling the identity and benefits of each project, individually. I’ve also wanted a sort of…
Since mid-2020, I’ve been trying to figure out how to rearrange my disparate jumble of professional activities into something more cohesive and comprehensible. Many people who engage with something I make only engage with that one thing, and are maybe…
There are countless possible ways to measure and parcel-out our time, but one of the more practical ones, for my purposes, is that of “cycles.” Within this context, a cycle is a period of energetic continuity that can last 15…
In my experience, the more I learn about all the things, the easier it becomes to learn about any single, specific thing. My understanding of design grew more rapidly after I started looking into fine art, computer science, and publishing.…
These past few weeks I’ve been shoveling money into my third-hand, 2007 Prius to replace the hybrid battery and the ABS system—both of which have recently stopped working—and to replace the catalytic converter after it was carved out by thieves.…
When you travel, you have what’s in your bag—a small portfolio of hopefully not-too-heavy infrastructural components—but beyond that you have to live off the land, in a way. You’re reliant on whatever infrastructure is available wherever you happen to be…
At times, I find, it can be beneficial to use the promise of a purchase to prod oneself forward. I tend to do this with upgrades to the tools I use: I tell myself that once I hit a certain…
As someone who finds a great deal of fulfillment in travel, I don’t enjoy being limited in that regard—in terms of legal limitations but also in terms of self-enforced, prudence-based constraints. I’ve been keeping a close eye on things, and…
There’s a difference between doing a thing and doing a thing well. “Well” measured against whatever it is you hope to achieve by performing a given activity. There have been times, for instance, in which my daily meditation habit has…