Essays
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built in our image
AI products extend the kind of intelligence that lives in text. The kind that holds rooms together has no tooling at all.
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writing has no tasting room
Coffee has a tasting room. Writing keeps its depth inside. On the distance between carrying something real and being found through it.
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the garden we're building inside
Listening to Justin Bieber retell Genesis in Iceland, I found a framework for AI, cognitive architecture, and choosing knowledge over intimacy.
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sacred saddlebags
Medieval portable altars traveled from Denmark to Constantinople. What do portable tools teach us about practice between institutions?
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the fingerprint in the wire
Anders Hermansen's wire prototypes in Copenhagen showed me what separates designs that carry a maker's fingerprint from those that follow trends.
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visible idols, hidden trust: rethinking restoration
True renewal isn't found in recreating the past. Drawing from theology and technology, I explore why renovation requires trust in what cannot yet be seen.
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charting a route, and a tool that doesn't exist yet
Planning a solo Pyrenees trek revealed how fragmented trip planning tools are—and sparked ideas for what a better experience could look like.
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how books inspire me months later: my obsidian workflow
A detailed walkthrough of my Obsidian setup for effortless capture, Readwise integration, and a morning routine that finally made me a morning person.
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building my astrolabe
After years of fragmented note-taking across a dozen apps, I built an Obsidian system that turns scattered thoughts into a navigable knowledge graph.
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taking shape
Building a ukulele by hand taught me that shaping an instrument is really about shaping yourself—through the sawdust and doors left open.