There is a manner in which certain things ask to be written, not so that they may be found, but because to exist in silence, for too long, eventually becomes insufficient. It is not urgency. It is something closer to a necessity that makes no noise, waiting patiently until it discovers the proper form. This archive was born in such a way.
Not as a diary. Not as a blog. Not as something that is updated merely for the sake of appearing alive. It is a place where certain thoughts come to rest, those which do not dissolve, those which return, those which insist with the silent obstinacy of things that truly belong to you...
apparently exhaustion feels more respectable when photographs are involved # I am tired from the weekend but pleased, which is different from the specific Monday exhaustion produced by doing nothing...
beautiful city, excellent light, criminal temperature # Torino was cold enough to make me reconsider every romantic idea I have ever had about winter city photography. There is a point...
apparently leaving milan for one day requires the logistical planning of an arctic expedition # Torino this weekend. Probably. Hikari has transformed a simple idea into a committee. Train times,...
evidence is wonderful until your own eyes become the unreliable instrument # There are things people tell you and you nod because you believe them intellectually, then you see them...
twenty eight days seems reasonable after january behaving like a full geological era # February. Fortunately short. I have nothing against February personally, but twenty eight days feels civilized. January...
the club closes eventually but apparently nobody tells the conversation # We ended up in the kitchen. Of course we did. Saturday nights have phases. There is getting ready, which...
apparently adulthood is mostly becoming extremely specific about beverages # My mornings have evolved. This occurred without planning. Teenage mornings were emergencies. Alarm, denial, second alarm, bargaining with time, clothes...
remembering is not the same thing as understanding, but forgetting guarantees neither # January twenty seventh. Holocaust Remembrance Day here, and one of those dates where I do not want...
monday is mostly sunday receiving consequences # Monday would be less offensive if Sunday evening did not contain the knowledge that it is coming. The day itself is rarely catastrophic....
some songs become so familiar that you forget there was once a first time # Johnny Cash afternoon. Specifically Ring of Fire, although once I start with one song I...
the internet has discovered how to remove the only remaining obstacle between me and unnecessary shoes # Online shopping is dangerous because traditional shopping contains natural brakes. You have to...
not everything requires analysis, sometimes you just have a good day and should leave it alone # I felt good today. There is an absurd sentence to put on the...
Why?
Because every thought leaves a trace. If something moved you, disturbed you, softened you, or made you think, leave it here, quietly.