the scenic route

During my visit to China, high-speed rail was one of the most visible expressionsof modernization, progress, and technology. In California, taking the Amtrak was a reprieve from it.

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 o... See more