when bad things happen in the world
My projects won't save a life or end that bad problem over there, but without hesitation I know my actions to be completely holistic.
Topic
reflection
A collection of 12 issues
I've never worked in a company
Avoiding employment was not an explicit choice I made: it's just how things ended up as I followed my passions.
(Okay, I taught piano lessons in various music schools for a couple of years, and maybe did some odd jobs here and there, but not as a career.
What we want
When it isn't possible to both make money and do something meaningful, I've always opted for the latter. This is my attempt to understand why.
In 2021, I went through several periods of self-questioning, not feeling positive or certain about the path I had chosen. Although
2021
After mentioning in my last birthday reflection how I wanted to avoid doing an end-of-year recap, I've decided to do an end-of-year recap… Ever since reading the Pinboard anniversary posts, I felt the urge to make one—the charts and odd commentary, uh, inspire me. So this will
Secular churches for continuity
I tend to describe modern life as 'fragmented'. Lacking a 'canonical place' to create continuity from shared experiences, people rarely collide on a regular basis and end up separated from one another, despite wishing otherwise.
Although there is an abundance of spaces, events, and communities, they
Platform puzzle pieces for sustainable community
Thinking about how to integrate multiple systems while building community and sustainable income.
This year, I started to prioritize community building, which led to the creation of the Ephemerata newsletter and The Café forum (see My mother's gift for some origins). Seeking a hub to house everything and
Dating apps, take one
For most of my life, I have not been so open to the idea of using technology to find romantic relationships. Coming from a culturally conservative background, dating itself could only happen under very specific and limited circumstances. Moving past that, a lifetime of experience with computers and everything digital
Inner feedback loops
In preparing Tiny concert for a friend, I audio recorded myself playing guitar while singing and listened back to it immediately after. I tried to do this at least once per day and ended up with four or five sessions repeating this process with the same set of songs.
I
Six guns pointed at my face
Below is a translated revision of my Facebook post in Portuguese, originally for friends but eventually public, followed by some reflections that I wasn't able to articulate at the time. After that, there is a recording I forgot I had, featuring some of my conversation with the officers.
My mother's gift
It usually takes me time to create projects and develop ideas before sharing them with the world. The durations always differ, but I might expect to wait a month or so as details accumulate, one or more weeks to conceive and finalize a visual identity, some weeks or months for