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For restless souls and critical thinkers. Compelling essays about reflection, resilience, strength, culture.
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Reflecting on three years of yoga (opens the original)
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I am somewhere around the three-year mark for doing yoga; a little beyond, a little short of the anniversary. I can’t remember exactly when I started.How is this possible? Three years? Another reason to practice being on the mat, and being still—to balance out the sensation of years going by in a blur.I notice I’m still usually off the breathing pattern, just like when I started. I want to inhale when I’m supposed to exhale and vice versa. But that’s okay. I focus on relaxing, and simply breathi
Artificial Intelligence (opens the original)
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This is what emerges from my pencil when I’m thinking about animation—namely, simplifying a figure so that I can make it move more easily—and also idly pondering artificial intelligence.I’ve also been thinking about the Industrial Revolution, and the changes that came with it; some good, some devastating.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!62_i!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpubl
Woodchuck Rage (opens the original)
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A Favor? (opens the original)
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I’ve been teaching myself animation, using a very simple app. Wow, it is much harder than I expected, yet fun to challenge my brain with a new medium.Here’s the ask: can you please comment below and let me know if this little animation works for you. It’s very short and needs lots of improvement, but I spent quite a bit of time on it and want to be sure it works on Substack. Thank you.(Comments are open to all subscribers today)<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackc
Temporarily Unavailable (opens the original)
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I open up cupboards and closets and boxes, and pull things out.To get rid of them.A tide of things, a tide of memories washes in, washes out.Wishes in, wishes out.I wish… I wish we could talk, just one more time. One more. One. Or two. Maybe more.***Maybe he’s been a little busy lately.Or went on a long trip.The weeks are flying by, we really should get together soon.Next time.Right there, just out of reach.<spa
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