Archive - APPIA

74 — When you say Summer, I ...

When you say summer, I see sunshine, heat, bare feet on cool flooring; I picture the comfort of darkness from shut blinds; I picture the struggles from…

Jun 18 •

73 — The hair question

I blinked, and it’s June, and I am not sure I know how to write these essays anymore. This space feels different, and so do I. For starters, I am…

Jun 3 •

May 2025

72 — Creative Tension

Any routine I have set up around some of my creative practices seems to be the first thing to go whenever life becomes busier, and you wouldn’t know any…

May 6 •

April 2025

71 — Manure, for my (brain) soil

I’ve mentioned Oliver Burkeman in my essays more than I could count, and I refer to him even more to anyone who’d listen in my life. Up until reading…

Apr 28 •

70 — Rachel Cusk

I was first introduced to Rachel Cusk’s work during one of my recurring perusals in those typical Berlin niche bookstores that also serve as art spaces…

Apr 14 •

69 — The British Sofa

When I last wrote about sofas, I had a clear goal: “I dream of a specific kind of comfort, the one typical of inviting British living rooms, with…

Apr 7 •

March 2025

68 — I bought some DVDs

I never thought I’d see myself typing this sentence in 2025, but here I am: I bought some DVDs. The purchase didn’t happen as a statement of some…

Mar 28 •

67 — Secret thinking

“To plant the seed in one's mind [...] To let it sit there and brew.” I’m at a point in the project that I am working on where I have to put the pieces…

Mar 16 •

66 — Algorithm-free choices

David Hockney said “In a way, on the iPad, or the computer [as opposed to newspapers], the individual becomes an editor, you start choosing.” The…

Mar 11 •

65 — Someone else’s words

I’ve had very little interest in my inner workings this week. I careened in a perpetual fog, coughing my way between the sofa and the bed in a complete…

Mar 2 •

February 2025

64 — The right place where things happen

According to my astrocartography map, ‘Sweden is where I withdraw to the safety of my private life, and where through meditation and quiet days spent in…

Feb 25 •

63 — Scrolling for air, blindfolded.

I feel overwhelmed by the amount of books I want to read. There’s a solid stack sitting on my desk reminding me of it every time I sit down to work…

Feb 17 •

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