It’s hard to write about freedom. I think that putting the feeling of freedom into words is impossible. It’s paradoxical. Words are limiting by nature, while freedom is conceptually limitless. Describing freedom puts a cap on it. I’m going to try anyway.
Read MoreYou know that one overused Instagram audio that goes “Travelers do live with a deep sense of… saudade…”? Yeah, you do. The songs included here are reminiscent of travel in general, or rather, the heightened experience of life it brings forth. They are also personal.
Read More“Desire is the root of all suffering.” Buddhism has many conceptions. Each one will lead you back to this point in one way or another.
Read MoreGustatory memory refers to the relationship between one’s perception of taste and their individual psychology. For example, if you eat Mexican food and it gives you food poisoning, you may feel nausea the next time you’re faced with a plate of enchiladas. Or, if you fall in love over chicken noodle soup, you may feel that you’re actually in love with the soup itself.
Read MoreEl Paredón. Work, surf, party, sleep, repeat. It was everything I could have dreamed of. And that, friends, dear readers, whoever the hell you are, is the thing. I dreamed it. I envisioned an ideal circumstance and made it happen. El Paredón was, for all intents and purposes, my paradise.
Read MoreI have once again managed to neglect this blog for over a year. A lot has happened, as things do. Here is what I have to say: onwards.
This is not a rebrand so much as a renewal. A reestablishment. I’ll keep it short.
Read MoreI set out to read 24 books in 2021 and ended with 37. Probably the most in a year ever. In what has possibly been COVID's greatest gift, reading for pleasure has once more become vital. Here are my Really Short Book Reviews. If anything: this is a list.
Read MoreMy hero? I don’t have one. I don’t know how to answer the question. What is a hero? Captain America? Is it someone who does the right thing? Someone you want to be? Somehow I am not so sure.
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