Dear Stranger, I am writing from a high cliff above the sea. The horizon is so wide it almost feels cruel. The water goes on without asking anything of me, and the sky has turned the pink of a padparadscha stone—soft, expensive, impossible to keep. There is a blessing in being alone. No one interrupts … Read more
One thing building websites taught me is this: you can do whatever the fuck you want with your life. Yes, I said it. And I’ll say it again because it matters. You can do whatever you want with your life. Your life is a blank canvas. A clean screen freshly opened. A sandbox with tools … Read more
It began with a broken heart. I had a pretty good life. A decent, loving family. A place at a respected university. Medical school in the capital, mind you. I felt like a god soaring through the heavens. I could see my future clearly, and it was bright. Then, as we all know, life happened. … Read more
Have you ever heard of the Bergablobs? Of course you haven’t. They are made up, by yours truly. They look like this. or not. So, yellow creatures named Bergablobs it is. Cringe? Probably. Fun? One hundred percent. I even bought a dedicated domain for them, bergablob.com, which is currently in maintenance mode because I have … Read more
So, I bought this domain on a whim: luminous.place. After SO MUCH wrestling with my brain over what to do with it, we, meaning me and my brain, of course, settled on the idea of a postcard archive. Occasionally, and fictionally, a certain someone sends me a postcard whenever he travels. Let’s call him Anonymous. … Read more
I don’t know what I’m doing. Seriously. With life, with work, with everything. I want to add, “And that’s okay,” but is it really okay? I’ve been knee-deep in a website-building spree for the past two weeks. I think that’s how I cope with life: by making myself busy. Especially with coding. It allows you—or … Read more