Archive - Observables

The error of my ways.

May 26 •

Don't hesitate!

(on joy and its ephemeral quality)

May 5 •

April 2024

Seoul for a week

Nat and I are in South Korea on a creative industries trade mission. In the meantime, I’m still reading things. The lyrics to Taylor Swift’s new album…

Apr 21 •

Finding my way through a broken plate

The plate falling onto the floor. The prettiest plate she ever did own. She couldn’t break its fall onto the metal plate that the couch sits on. Why…

Apr 12 •

March 2024

How Will I Remember

how will I remember

Mar 18 •

February 2024

How to be an artist

My sister’s pants. A personal manifesto entitled “How To Be An Artist” to get me through. Find a confidant to complain to about how unfair the world is…

Feb 24 •

Smells like...a celebrity

An email inviting me to consider what celebrities smell like. I think how inane. But then I find myself starting to wonder.

Feb 15 •

Mundane shades of pink

Anatomy of a Fall. I watched this Oscar nominated movie with Natalie Davey and we spent an hour discussing all the symbols in the movie. (We are geeks…

Feb 2 •

January 2024

a list that's not about grief

My Christmas sweater. One of my favourite moments over Christmas was my shopping with my mom. She’s just a fun person. She says interesting things in…

Jan 20 •

A week of confusion

My mind is muddled this week. It’s a phrase my mom uses sometimes. That murky muddle that comes from being too saturated in terrible news, including the…

Jan 13 •

December 2023

Stuff I loved in 2023

Here is my “best of” list for 2023. It’s not comprehensive.Thanks for reading Observables this year! To feeling more hope in 2024. Best lawyer-thriller…

Dec 23, 2023 •

When the library was hacked

The apocalyptic library. “There are hardly any books,” Violet says. And I’m about to protest, but she’s right, there are hardly any books. The shelves…

Dec 15, 2023 •

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