Salves for the mind
Experimental remedies for the anxious and weary; a lyric essay
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In the face of grand, terrible problems, of what significance is a bit of verse?
Epistolaria, April 2026: Yet another defense of poetry
As the world increases in complexity, as must I
Epistolaria, March 2026: On mending my self-made severance
Oh, my hands can only hold so much
The rules are changing faster than I can learn them, so instead: tea, dragon slaying, and running
We the insatiables
Is there a right way to want?
I'm just the character I've made
Epistolaria, February 2026: Self as constellation
Eros shakes my mind
Exercises in friction, issue #6: in the absence of distance and friction, love perishes
May your dreams outsize you. May your work fit your hands. May your time be vivified.
Epistolaria, January 2026: On rituals and how to stop wrestling with time
An atlas of fallacies
"Up on a hill, is where we begin / This little story, a long time ago..." — a short lyric essay
A life, cascade of days remembered
Warm holiday greetings from Madrid
We are what we destroy as much as what we preserve
Epistolaria, December 2025: On ghosts, memory, and ceremonials
Now, I learn like I tour a house
Once, all I wanted to be was smart. Now, I learn like I tour a house. (Notes on intellectual humility, good conversation, and foolish consistency)
Epistolaria
Slow down, go far! Mind the speed limits!
Epistolaria, November 2025: On taking it easy, and book/music/wine recommendations
Music
Divine intervention
The quickening diffusion between digital and analog, and their convergence in Rosalía’s Berghain
Epistolaria
Maybe I was never meant to have a niche
Epistolaria, October 2025: On generalism, deep curiosity, and discipline
Faith & Spirituality
We are bound to each other
Exercises in friction, issue #5: notes on my bookbinding residency, artistic entanglement, and why it is, in fact, that deep
Culture
Dear patrons, present and future —
A reintroduction, and updates about my newsletter subscriptions + Epistolaria
Weddings
Your wedding is not yours
Don't take the following words as reverence for tradition — notes on marriage and community
Faith & Spirituality
Unlit paths
Exercises in friction, issue #4: training to be lost (and so to never be)
Faith & Spirituality
Words of the dead, breath of the living
In our bellies, shrouded in mystery, is a panacea to the machine — a lyric essay
Faith & Spirituality
Small talk me into intimacy
Exercises in friction, issue #3: stumbling into relationships with honesty
Faith & Spirituality
Gazing at the ceiling
Exercises in friction, issue #2: in defense of boredom
Music
Surprise me
Exercises in friction, issue #1: leaving Spotify for the radio and good old-fashioned recommendations
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That extraordinary everyday thing
Part II of my Valentine's series