starting from nix

We think better when our minds are entwined

on intellectual, creative partnerships / being loved and changed

Jun 7 • Nix

75

3

18

May 2026

new york in spring

+ my interview on Dialectic with Jackson Dahl: "it is through seriousness that you find playfulness"

May 22 • Nix

42

1

8

April 2026

sustaining creative aliveness while working a full time job

tactics for lunchtime poets / writing as identity / extreme commitments

Apr 15 • Nix

899

21

192

March 2026

The end of fantasy

Chekhovian loss and being "post-fall"

Mar 26 • Nix

63

8

19

February 2026

making yourself proud

The Greeks say ethos anthropoi daimon.

Feb 23 • Nix

158

14

39

searching for your life's work is a multi-turn endeavor

on pivots + an update: blog is changing, because I have changed

Feb 8 • Nix

92

8

25

January 2026

easy and difficult beauty

"once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand"

Jan 16 • Nix

100

16

30

December 2025

choice loneliness

+ essay recommendation roundup

Dec 30, 2025 • Nix

106

3

27

November 2025

For a long time, nothing. Then, suddenly one has the right eyes.

Cézanne, Joni Mitchell's California, and attunement

Nov 30, 2025 • Nix

108

4

36

Making the work you're meant to

years of sun and water

Nov 12, 2025 • Nix

156

12

32

October 2025

californian sensibility

on secrets in san francisco, early computing, having fun

Oct 17, 2025 • Nix

52

3

10

September 2025

to acquire a void within yourself

When you walk through a set of heavy wood paneled doors into St Dominic’s church in San Francisco, a profound quiet falls over you.

Sep 21, 2025 • Nix

78

13

17