starting from nix

mental frames for the future

A window of opportunity opens infrequently and rarely stays open for long.

Jun 30 • Nix

42

1

7

We think better when our minds are entwined

on intellectual, creative partnerships / being loved and changed

Jun 7 • Nix

82

3

19

May 2026

new york in spring

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

May 22 • Nix

44

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

983

25

207

March 2026

The end of fantasy

Chekhovian loss and being "post-fall"

Mar 26 • Nix

65

8

19

February 2026

making yourself proud

The Greeks say ethos anthropoi daimon.

Feb 23 • Nix

159

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

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

101

16

31

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

109

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

53

3

10