HeyJaredNow and Zen
Illustrated dispatches on power, culture, embodiment and modern life.
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August was a lot. (opens the original)
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What was August like? It was like this. Heightened vigilance, followed by deep exhaustion. I scrolled too much, read strangers regurgitating tired rape myths, and followed news updates until my body reminded me that I could simply switch off the noise and sleep.A phone notification could produce an acceleration of anxiety before I’d even registered what it said.I know this cycle well. Frightening and destabilising things have repeatedly arrived through the same doors before: messages, emails, na
The Measure of Things (opens the original)
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Hello readers. Many of you arrived here through last week’s essay, Shadow Twin, and I'm very glad you're here. Now & Zen contains original writing and illustration about politics, painting, birds, bodies, ecology, art, grief, joy, and whatever else I'm currently thinking through. In other words, there is no sensible content strategy in these parts. Welcome!<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!jTva!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/http
Shadow twin (opens the original)
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Note: An excerpt of this piece is free to read for all subscribers while the rest is paywalled for readers whose support makes my writing possible. Thank you for supporting Now and Zen. My parents nearly named me Chhaya, the Hindi word for shade; welcome in Delhi’s scorching summers. It always felt as though she’d already existed in their minds. Respite from the heat, a cooler version of me.Shadow twin. My father was a journalist; he would play a game with me where he flipped through the pages o
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