Tag: writing
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when the trees call
(or: sakamotocho daydream) june 18, 2025 i find myself lying down on a tatami mat in a park in central tokyo. a day in the office. it’s break time and i am contemplating life and touching grass. in my field of view, a tree. a beautiful one—though no idea what kind. i think about climbing…
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Sentimental value of the anti-climax
First installment of “stuff that comes up when I talk with my friends” (provisional series title) “These are just letters to me. I’ve let myself become dependent on her.” She says this in an attempt, however vain, to get me to understand the intricacies of their relationship. One that I could not fathom yet. I…
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notes on watching birds and people
(Written in April 2023 and May 2024) People, like birds, are fun to watch. From the perspective of someone who hates to be observed, being on the other side of things is quite fun. In the past few weeks, my life has been through a lot—not on the negative side, though. It’s only a lot.…
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steam spirals
When I wrote this text, it was a Japanese holiday called Greenery Day (May 4th). Supposedly a holiday to make people engage more with nature. Most likely a holiday set up during the 1970s to make the average Japanese, in an increasingly urbanized country, go to the beach or to the countryside to enjoy the…
fernando ursine 