January 2025

January 5, 2025

the kafka chronicles

this book is hard to find—well, not at a decent price anyway. but you can read the first 77 pages over at Google Books. what’s it about? Mark Amerika’s The Kafka Chronicles is a postmodern, experimental novel that blurs the boundaries between fiction, autobiography, and philosophical inquiry. The book reimagines...

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January 5, 2025

reclaiming the lost art of hypertextuality

The web used to feel like a labyrinth made for wanderers. Clicking a hyperlink was like finding a secret door in a sprawling mansion. You never quite knew where it would take you— a rabbit hole of ideas, a treasure trove of forgotten knowledge, or maybe just a strange, lonely...

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January 4, 2025

everyday cyborgs

this slideshow is inspired by my recent purchase and wearing of the Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses. The idea of becoming a cyborg with devices like Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses lies in the symbiotic relationship between humans and technology that these devices foster. Unlike traditional tools that require conscious interaction—like a...

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January 3, 2025

blogging about blogging about blogging

this is my alchemical language lab/experimental blogging playground after all… I approached this from a different angle yesterday, but I think this is closer to what I’m aiming for in 2025. I may also make some adjustments to the design and function so the blog supports my vision of blogging...

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January 2, 2025

fragmented paths

Somewhere between the scaffolding of story and the poetry of thought lies a landscape I’m yearning to explore. It’s a place where the personal and the theoretical intertwine, where the raw texture of life rubs against the abstraction of ideas. The blending of creative nonfiction and theoretical poetics—this hybrid, fragmented,...

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