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Becoming An Other
Becoming An Other

The first time, I stood outside Tokyo and looked in. The second time, I found a way to live inside it. The third time, I barely saw it at all.

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The Architecture of Safety
The Architecture of Safety

How nervous systems, stories, and institutions learn to carry risk.

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Raw Hands
Raw Hands

I don’t recall exactly how it happened. I only remember thinking, absurdly, that I couldn’t keep repeating this same predictable pattern. I was tired of being dragged through mornings that felt like penance for nights that felt like freedom. The effect was transient. Never enough.

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The Human Brain is a Corporation
The Human Brain is a Corporation

A personal reflection on depression, contradiction, and what it means to be seen.

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YES/NO: The Language of Division

YES/NO: The Language of Division

Kosovo: Common Wor(l)ds

Kosovo: Common Wor(l)ds

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A practice of slowing down through writing and photographs — to pay attention to places, people, and the quiet edges of experience.

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