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  • Interpreting birthdays

    This Sunday was my first birthday as a working adult. At the beginning of the week I asked my friends to save a Friday or Saturday evening for me to have two different groups of celebratory dinners, but the next day I…

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  • On being an artist

    Both on a conscious and subconscious level, I’ve built up some kind of resistance towards calling myself an artist. My priority in life was never to create art. I spend a lot of time in art school surrounded by people who were…

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  • Can you imagine a society without a leader at the top? Try imagine a classroom without a teacher. A restaurant kitchen without a head chef. I’m not even talking about a leader in the sense of hierarchy – I’m talking about a…

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  • This evening, my parents had laid out some old newspaper pages on the coffee table, just to line the table as we ate dinner. I wasn’t interested in the Chinese drama they were watching so I had a glance at the article…

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  • How to listen to the bass

    It’s a known fact that in a 4-piece rock band, the player you’re attracted to the most is an accurate measure of your personality (more accurate than the Big Five, in my opinion). So pick your fighter: lead singer, electric guitarist, bass…

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