Made of Glass and Steel
We are simultaneously made of glass and steel. My collarbone is healed now. Stronger at the break point,…
FEELING
living in your head too much
The Mirror Shows Lies, The World Shows Truth
The revolution begins with self-compassion. Seeing my body as a friend would see it. This is self compassion…
The Strange Medicine of Musical Melancholy
Sad songs don't make us sadder; they make us feel less alone in our sadness. Sad music gives…
The Golden Age That Never Was
We mistake the music of our youth for the youth we experienced while hearing it. The feeling that…
When Music Creates Intimacy with Strangers
This is concert loneliness: having your most profound experience in a room full of people while the friend…
The Polar Soundtracks of Memory
Music preserves our emotional extremes without judgment, playing tragedy and comedy with equal enthusiasm. This is music and…
The Country of Untranslatable Feelings
Some thoughts live in territories that language has never colonized. Maybe everyone carries untranslatable thoughts, private emotional experiences…
The Archaeology of Untranslatable Thoughts
Every thought is a country with no embassy in the language of others. The translation from thought to…
The Romantics of Retrospect
This is how nostalgia works—it's a powerful editor, keeping the golden light while discarding the shadows. What if…
The Ghost in the Mirror
Perhaps the tragedy isn't that we feel young inside aging bodies. What if the teenager inside is not…