Archive - cypress and barbells

Why meditate? Why exist? Why, generally?

Scientific and spiritual inquiry both offers methods of inquiry and investigation into the nature of existence. This is of utmost importance in living…

Feb 4 •

December 2024

Two hundred and seventy miles away, a slab of disconnected earth slips along its fault.

Dec 7, 2024 •

July 2024

I offer meditation and life coaching!

among other things

Jul 17, 2024 •

November 2023

on meaning, time, and all my failed relationships

Nov 13, 2023 •

September 2023

All I’m saying is: if god wanted this moment to look any different, then it would.

Sep 22, 2023 •

May 2023

When you fall asleep at night, do you feel held by the world?

May 27, 2023 •

April 2023

relationships becoming other things

upon hearing about the breakup, one of my best friends said "at least you'll have something to blog about now." he's so real for that

Apr 27, 2023 •

February 2023

an aesthetic stance

Life presents itself as a series of shimmering forms.

Feb 8, 2023 •

December 2022

I’ve never understood why people feel small and insignificant when alone in nature

I’ve never understood why people feel small and insignificant when alone in nature.

Dec 30, 2022 •

November 2022

I try to wring a sense of purpose out of the bricks and boards that constitute a life.

Nov 1, 2022 •

October 2022

Midnights as masochistic mindfulness?

taylor swift, the self, and painful time

Oct 28, 2022 •

games of chance

I’d go to a party: heads I’d have fun and feel connected, tails I’d feel even more lonely and get too drunk.

Oct 16, 2022 •

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