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On Imagination
Read more: On ImaginationImagination is perhaps the most important ability a person can have. Life is like a river that thrives with inspiration and hope. It dries up under too much efficiency, productivity, logic, and data — under the weight of constant explanation.…
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2/16 Stray Thoughts
Read more: 2/16 Stray ThoughtsSometimes I feel I don’t belong anywhere. I have an innate reluctance to settle. I don’t really identify with the nationality printed on my passport. I don’t even really identify with my own name. All of these tags are merely…
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The Limitations of Language
Read more: The Limitations of LanguageCover image: Turner, J. M. W. (c. 1825–1830). Sea and Sky [Painting] Recently I’ve been thinking about how language has shaped our world. In the myth of the Tower of Babel, God sees the power of humans and confounds their…
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On Death, Autonomy and Moral Obligation
Read more: On Death, Autonomy and Moral ObligationCover image: Akashi Gidayū’s Death Poem, woodblock print by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1890. The discussion of death has long been a taboo in our society. When I was a child, I was completely forbidden from saying the word “die”. Even when…
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The Observer
Read more: The ObserverCover image: The Doctor by Sir Samuel Luke Fildes, R. A. (1844-1927). 1891. Oil on canvas. I’ve always remembered the story an old friend once shared with me. It took place in the late 1970s in a rural area. My…
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On Our Relationship with Time
Read more: On Our Relationship with TimeCover image: On the Banks of the Seine, Bennecourt (1868), Claude Monet. We have a strange relationship with time. Time has become our enemy. We either run away from it, or feel chased by it. We are constantly negotiating with…