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Poetry1 min readApril 22, 2026

Invitation to Dance

Center to Center

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Essay3 min readMarch 18, 2026

The Alignment Model

A General Theory of Distortion and Adaptation

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Poetry1 min readMarch 11, 2026

Dimensionality Reduction

To get smaller contract, to get bigger expand

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Essay1 min readMarch 9, 2026

Unreplicable

Not Just an Echo

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Poetry1 min readJanuary 21, 2026

Language Fails

Touch Heals

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Poetry2 min readJanuary 15, 2026

Constipained

With Self Neglect

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Poetry1 min readJanuary 9, 2026

Violent Pleasure

No Escaping

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Essay2 min readJanuary 7, 2026

Reducing the Noise

Three Applications of the Webber-Fechner Law

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Essay2 min readLotus Eaters · 1January 1, 2026

Against Coffee

Lotus Eaters - Part 1

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Poetry2 min readDecember 28, 2025

Just Everything

Belonging or Extinction

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Poetry1 min readDecember 20, 2025

Baseline Human

Not Enlightened, Just Healed

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Memoir2 min readDecember 12, 2025

Rock Bottom Has a Key Hole

And Your Body is the Key

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