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watercolor microfictions: releasing control of our writing practice (opens the original)
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I discovered and fell in love with watercolor painting at a chaotic point in my life.As I analyzed the delicate details of my life, I began to see a connection to the therapeutic practice of watercolor painting. To play with watercolors is to release, to let go of the outcome. It requires detachment from you, a playful stoicism about it.This is what I wrote about a watercolor painting I did with a friend back in February of 2022:“[My friend] told me she was afraid of what lay ahead of her in her
a tapestry of musings on the odyssey (opens the original)
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In August 2026, I annotated this book, creating a tapestry of ideas and reflections that bled from the book into the pages of my own journal. I identified common themes. I searched for places of interest. I navigated the tumultuous, “wine-dark sea” of Homer’s epic. I fell in love with epic poetry again and created my own curriculum (more on this later).I want to share what I wrote and what I reflected on as I read this beloved poem, as it might help others circulate their own thoughts around thi
actually you should be wasting time (opens the original)
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lessons on masculinity from male characters of classic literature (opens the original)
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Many conversations are circulating in digital and physical spaces on masculinity. Some of them are good. Some of them are not great.Masculinity is being questioned, criticized, and— according to many subgroups of “men’s rights”—outright threatened. While men are four times more likely to commit suicide than women, many of them flock to subreddits and internet forums to blame women for their loneliness, as well as unite their suffering and shame that they cannot express outside the digital realm.
the woman who loves her husband's voice (opens the original)
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