starting from nix

sustaining creative aliveness while working a full time job

tactics for lunchtime poets / writing as identity / extreme commitments

Apr 15 • Nix

275

16

79

March 2026

The end of fantasy

Chekhovian loss and being "post-fall"

Mar 26 • Nix

48

8

11

February 2026

making yourself proud

The Greeks say ethos anthropoi daimon.

Feb 23 • Nix

148

14

34

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

91

7

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

28

December 2025

choice loneliness

+ essay recommendation roundup

Dec 30, 2025 • Nix

105

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

103

4

34

Making the work you're meant to

years of sun and water

Nov 12, 2025 • Nix

155

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

August 2025

basking in the grace of others

on agency

Aug 10, 2025 • Nix

107

3

22

Junk of the Heart

In Vancouver, I spent most of my time running along English Bay.

Aug 1, 2025 • Nix

57

14