Postscript: This post has felt more like a ‘long twitter thread’ than an essay, but I’m happy with it all the same. I’m still figuring out how I want to use this space, and it makes sense to experiment rather than to fixate on a particular idea of a form. I was able to do this a lot quicker and more easily than ‘usual’, I think because 1, I visited a bookstore just earlier today and Had Feelings that are still alive in me right now (I feel like if I tried to write this post after waking up tomorrow morning, the feelings would probably have dissipated substantially), and 2, because I have so many photos in my camera roll that I can reference and use to jog my memory, revisit past feelings and thoughts, in a way that feels fresh and generative (as compared to revisiting old text notes, which currently I find tiresome. But that doesn’t mean I’ll always find it tiresome.) I wonder if there's anything else in my camera roll that might do well with this treatment? We'll see...
I love this one - been thinking a lot about the balance to be found between structure and freedom & planned spontaneity is a perfect framing for how to use uncertainty to your benefit instead of detriment. Thanks for sharing!
We have a Kinokuniya here in Dubai as well, and I can spend hours in it, aimlessly moving from section to another. It's one of my favorite things to do. Not so much for the wife lol
Postscript: This post has felt more like a ‘long twitter thread’ than an essay, but I’m happy with it all the same. I’m still figuring out how I want to use this space, and it makes sense to experiment rather than to fixate on a particular idea of a form. I was able to do this a lot quicker and more easily than ‘usual’, I think because 1, I visited a bookstore just earlier today and Had Feelings that are still alive in me right now (I feel like if I tried to write this post after waking up tomorrow morning, the feelings would probably have dissipated substantially), and 2, because I have so many photos in my camera roll that I can reference and use to jog my memory, revisit past feelings and thoughts, in a way that feels fresh and generative (as compared to revisiting old text notes, which currently I find tiresome. But that doesn’t mean I’ll always find it tiresome.) I wonder if there's anything else in my camera roll that might do well with this treatment? We'll see...
Loved this format
haha borne out of dad constraints
will probably do more like this
“that sweet spot between certainty and uncertainty, knowing and unknowing, even sense and nonsense, and let’s also say seriousness and unseriousness.”
ayy, lmao
What's your favorite bookstore in Singapore, besides Kino? I discovered https://casualpoetlibrary.com/ recently and have been wanting to visit it.
the one in the cover pic, Book Treasure at Parklane Shopping Center! Littered With Books at Duxton is also nice
Oh I realized I have been to Littered With Books before!
I love this one - been thinking a lot about the balance to be found between structure and freedom & planned spontaneity is a perfect framing for how to use uncertainty to your benefit instead of detriment. Thanks for sharing!
We have a Kinokuniya here in Dubai as well, and I can spend hours in it, aimlessly moving from section to another. It's one of my favorite things to do. Not so much for the wife lol