words

I write to think. These are essays on identity, intimacy, and the systems running underneath ordinary life. They live on The Understory. This is the shelf, not the library.

essays

Living the contradiction of becoming by being A grandfather, a hospital corridor, and the quiet realization that you are made of the fight inside you. Jun 2026
For the ones who got in the water A long, slow letter for the people who care too much and are noticed too little. Jun 2026
Instagram quietly built the truest social graph ever made Instagram learned who you actually keep by watching what you send and who you send it to. Jun 2026
the idea of you My whole life I thought I was chasing a future. I was chasing a person. And that person was me. Jun 2026
Rationalising Kindness Or, how we quietly negotiate ourselves out of aliveness. May 2026
Do Not Worry. He Will Understand. What those four words actually promise about a person. May 2026
The other version of you, at night We live two versions of ourselves. The one the world sees, and the one that only surfaces when everything finally goes quiet. Apr 2026
The Two Things That Secretly Run Your Life And mine. And probably everyone you know. Feb 2026
Life is a slot machine We misunderstand luck and overestimate control. Stop expecting it to behave like a vending machine. Dec 2025
life, absurdity, and lore in between Fragments of a life that refuses to make sense, yet insists on happening. Nov 2025
When feeling becomes code Emotion became architecture and choice turned into choreography. Nov 2025
Are you, pieces of you, or the one collecting? When identity is both the pieces and the hands that hold them. Sept 2025

notes and bits

Short-form. Half-thoughts, one-paragraph observations, things not big enough to be an essay and too good to lose.

two kinds of uncertainty

New pieces land on The Understory first, roughly once a month.