But busyness has a way of stealing creativity from you. Generative work, like art and writing, requires long periods of nothingness: it’s only in that wide empty space that ideas emerge. Long runs, hot showers, commutes that don’t involve harried Slack messages and listening to podcasts at 2x speed. Sitting at the edge of a dock, listening to the... See more

Above all, I want to live with slowness. In travel, in reading, in work, in love. No rushing. No haste. Just patient, savory slowness.

trains are such liminal spaces... you're moving towards a destination, but forced to be completely still. going somewhere, but currently nowhere. the space in the train is shared yet impersonal, this non-location that is ambivalent, it's like a space that is constantly trying to negate itself. i love settings that are in trains, cars, buses,... See more

Cocooned in metal, hurtling down the time highway, we become spectators rather than participants in the world around us. The landscape blurs into the background as scenery, rather than a crucial, living, breathing part of our existence. Our focus narrows to what’s ahead of us, to what needs to get done.

This speed and insulation creates an emotional... See more