Year: 2023

A light-colored wall with bright red neon light letters is shown. The neon lights write out, "We are all made of stories." A text overlay reading "2024: Storytelling" is captioned toward the top of the image.

Storytelling: 2023 was a quiet blog year. In 2024, I recommit to storytelling.

Desk Drawer

2023 is almost over. It was a busy year. When I was a student, I used to write about what I was learning. But after finishing my studies, I stopped writing regularly. Now I want to focus on the future and adopt a storytelling theme for 2024. This post summarizes

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A person holds up a large mirror, covering their face and only showing their arms. Behind them and also reflecting in the mirror, a bright blue sky with several clouds are visible. The image is subtitled, "You cannot be what you cannot see?"

White narrative: You cannot be what you cannot see?

Desk Drawer

Can privilege and identity become superpowers for love and justice instead of weapons for hate and destruction? If I can’t wait for that story to be told, maybe I have to take the step of writing the first chapter.

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Several white-colored wires and cables are twisted together into a spiral, in front of a dark blue background. A subtitle is written, "Digitalism."

Digitalism: An engineer’s poem

Poems

“Digitalism” is a poem I originally wrote in August 2022. Its birth came from being stuck in the middle, between the analog and digital lives we are often split between. How might we find the middle path between the two lives?

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Shells.

Desk Drawer

Friend, are you okay?

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A valley in the mountains is brightened by the sun as it peeks behind the clouds. Vast forests are warmly glowing in the fading sunlight. The image is subtitled, "I am the wilderness: On trust and community."

“I am the wilderness”: On trust & community

Perspective

There are seven elements to trust. Each element is a resource for being honest, authentic, and genuine. You can remember these seven elements as an acronym: “BRAVING”.

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