I am a hobbyist writer and currently publish on a personal Substack. I mainly share personal essays and recaps that round up interesting reads I've found.
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6/22/2026I catch a case of AI psychosis. On lockdowns, relativism and debasement, zoning sieges, electrification campaigns, sights of green, the Midas touch, frontier psychology, founding cities, technocapital, East and West, dreamcatchers, and the nature of virality.
2/22/2026I escape the winter for the hazy air and changing winds of Hong Kong. On Zodiac years, Kowloon nightscapes, fluorescent collages, pedestrian alienation, three-dimensional thinking, piety, sculptors, infrastructure as monument, forms of strata, Sunday picnics, and the nostalgia of scents.
12/31/2025I prowl a deeper nature among the hills of southern Vermont. On half-light, defamiliarization, hidden giants, pickle juice, blood blisters, equestrian encounters, self-transcendance, our compulsion for self-destruction, primordial rites, and Cormac McCarthy pastiche.
11/16/2025I self-centeredly blog about my NYC Marathon arc. On listicle slop, the augurs of fall, a new fitness empire, poop eggs, wet hay, a brittle shin, post-hardcore punk, beet juice, the Bava Batra, an antithesis to war, platonic toil, and the meaning of greatness.
9/7/2025A creation myth about my first one thousand miles of running. On hypocrisy, simulacrua, paradoxes, gonzo journalism, evolutionary anthropology, athleisure, performativity, toy models of ambition, Olympian aesthetics, crises of meaning, and momentary flight.
6/30/2025I document my journey from amateur shower singer to Carnegie Hall performer. On monuments in plain sight, the methodical art of screwing around, gaming serendipity, a day of wrath, classical music criticism, a bungled tuba gig, romantic banalities, activities that don't scale, and aleatoricity.
4/19/2025A recount of a fascinating out-of-body experience. On ruined watercolors, thick fog, reconstructed footage, an exercise in phenomenology, an invocation of Descartes, bad dreams, the Ides of March, cope, moral hazard, annihilation, and self-ridicule.
3/4/2025A micro-anthropological report on the bikes darting about the streets of NYC. On CitiBike abuse, selection effects, stuntmen, hustlers, a hunger for power, skin-tight spandex, grown-up toys, hotliners, slipstream conversations, visions of domination, mother tongues, dehumanized vermin, and the ouroboros.
2/2/2025I indulge in the costly hedonism that has defined the contemporary skiing industry. On ancient hydrology, Mormon exoduses, constellatory nights, orographic lift, gnar, frosty reveries, gargatuan snakes, a snowy bathroom break, Walmart murals, luxury opiates, and torrid visions of the future.
12/23/2024After my grandfather's passing, I return to my father's homestead in Hunan. On zhiqing, the middle of nowhere, wrinkles of Earth, submerged cities, abandoned villages, tourism bubbles, viscous humidity, estranged palates, crab fishing, a congregation of insects, concrete harbingers, and living history.
11/17/2024I gallop around to spectate the NYC Marathon. On the Big City Marathon™, subway babble, ball lightning, dual parades, a cinematic evocation, senseless acts of kindness, collective bliss, missed connections, a fleeting gravitas, a resistance against poetry, and fifty-five thousand stories.