Influences
These collections represent networks of ideas that have significantly influenced my thinking. Each page, built with Enzyme, assembles highlights from books, essays, and other sources into thematic constellations that reveal patterns across disparate works.
Like a well-crafted playlist, each collection reveals intellectual patterns through arrangement and contrast rather than explicit explanation—valuing the productive tension of different perspectives over seamless narrative.
#capture
Exploring the dance between presence and documentation—how our tools for capturing experience can both illuminate the uncapturable nature of meaning and reveal unexpected patterns in what we choose to preserve.
"Most creators think of themselves as the conductor of the orchestra. If we zoom out of our small view of reality, we function more as an instrumentalist in a much larger symphony t...
"—The Creative Act by Rick Rubin+7 more sourcesart as spiritual not egotistical / revealing rather than possessing#storytelling
Exploring the tension between algorithmic efficiency and human storytelling—how authentic narrative emerges from imperfection in an era of synthetic perfection.
"From compost, whole gardens grow. It can be useful to think of writing as gardening. You plant the seeds, but each plant will take its own way and shape. The gardener's in control,...
"—Words Are My Matter by Ursula K. Le Guin+7 more sourceswriting as gardening / plants taking own shape / seedling growing toward light / discovering what it's truly about / endlessly surprising