easy and difficult beauty

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

Jan 16 • Nix

81

16

21

December 2025

choice loneliness

+ essay recommendation roundup

Dec 30, 2025 • Nix

96

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

98

4

31

Making the work you're meant to

years of sun and water

Nov 12, 2025 • Nix

154

12

31

October 2025

californian sensibility

on secrets in san francisco, early computing, having fun

Oct 17, 2025 • Nix

51

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

July 2025

uncertainty is an evocative state

extremely long feedback loops

Jul 12, 2025 • Nix

108

9

37

June 2025

asserting your own frame

reasonable and unreasonable dreams

Jun 29, 2025 • Nix

99

7

19

the delight of specificity

re: teenage engineering, Christian Dior, Christopher Alexander

Jun 13, 2025 • Nix

80

6

15

May 2025

when you belong nowhere, you choose somewhere to call home

cities have spirits

May 24, 2025 • Nix

96

4

17