Creativity
This morning is the kind I would bottle if I could. Before Sunrise playing softly in the background, a grocery delivery on its way, a stick of chamomile incense making my office space smell amazing. I’m in that gentle in-between state where the world hasn’t yet demanded anything
Dreams
Conversations With Robin at the Edge of Departure
Movies
Why culture forgets us once we’re past our “prime," and why we’re not done yet
Life
These days, I share a lot of myself in writing across different spaces – particularly Quora, Substack, and Medium. But some thoughts don’t really fit anywhere official. They’re too quiet, too in-progress, too unresolved, but they're not necessarily private journal thoughts, either. So this time around, I’
Writing
You know those writers who always seem to have their act together? (Of course, you do.) They’re cranking out newsletters every week, dropping blog posts like clockwork, and somehow still finding time to live aesthetic Insta-worthy lives full of matcha lattes and annotated novels. I used to assume those
Work Life Balance
Tips for creatives trying to balance paid work with soul work
Art
Why custom art isn’t free just because the tools got faster
Life
So, this week seems to be shaping up to be more about recalibrating and recentering than anything else. I saw that coming, though. The universe has had my hands full lately with several months of tasks and little emergencies – broken appliances that needed fixing, jury duty I couldn't
Creativity
So, I've found myself thinking more about different kinds of stories and all the things they can mean. And not just the wholly fictional ones we invent out of thin air when we feel like being creative, but also the semi-mythologized stories we tell ourselves about ourselves. Lately,
Life
When it comes to jury duty, there seem to be two types of people out there — the type that loves the idea of serving on a jury and the type who will do just about anything to avoid it. I’m a million percent the second type and have been
Creativity
When you first start sharing any sort of art online, it's never long before you start feeling... pressure. It doesn’t matter whether you’re posting paintings, poems, AI renders, divination spreads, or half-baked shower thoughts. The moment people like what you do — really like it — you’re
Mental Health
There’s a really common narrative people love to circle back to when it comes to anxiety. Maybe you’ve heard it. You get all worked up about something ahead of time, because you're sure it's going to be an absolutely shit show of an experience.