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  • letter to death

    Death, I howl at the moon in protest of you. Do you hear my plea? Save a few more breaths for me. Do you enjoy it— watching us beg for an exception? I do not care about Heaven.  Not asking for immortality. Just enough time to see little Mae grow up, maybe have a kid… Continue reading

  • Blowin’ in the Wind

    One year ago, my partner Billy and I decided to quit our jobs and travel the world. With overly stuffed backpacks and some vague intentions (have some fun, get connected to our ancestral roots, and reflect on our career paths), we set off on a grand adventure. That adventure ended up entailing eight countries (seventeen… Continue reading

  • The search

    Life is an amalgamation of contradictions, so why do I search for constants?  Am I a self or is the self an illusion?  Are there universal values or is morality a construct?  Should I squeeze tighter or embrace the transience? Seek for greatness or for dissolution?  The answer is both, neither and somewhere in the… Continue reading