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The Agony and the Ecstasy
On Irony, Optimism, Perfection, & Relative Sanity
“The thrum of the heavy, pulsing downbeat, an affect to which I am susceptible, began to feel to me as I imagine a hit of heroin feels to an addict: calming, insistent, essential, and ultimately insufficient.”
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Racing Like a Pronoun
Competition, Self-Motivation, & Balance
“Supine motivation is how I describe my approach to my academic life.”
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Life is Good
Narration, Looking on the Bright Side, & Other Artistic Endeavors
“I’ve been grieving, not quite rationally, though I am beginning to feel cautiously optimistic that some sense of closure approaches, even as I am aware that the passive nature of this statement may suggest otherwise.”
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Project Morris
Writing, Creativity, Process: Like Father, Like Son
“Unlike perspiration, inspiration is unpredictable; it is dependent on the complex brain and not the relatively simple body.”
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Paris Dreaming
Skeptic & SchoolLess (Reporting) Take a Trip
“Once we got back, my mom went back to her normal self, and so did I.”
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Sloth Daddy
Right Back at You, Tiger Mother
“Once you start down that road—race to the top, race to nowhere, go, go, go!—it’s night near impossible to reverse course.”
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Not Too Optimistic
Assessing “The Project” Now & Into the Future
“Most people should not be home schooled, my dad says, and I agree.”
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What Is Work?
On Competing with Self & Others
“Being home schooled, I am finally on my way to wailing.”
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Can We All Get Along?
A Sit Down with SmallerMan
“I wonder whether his growing dissatisfaction is based on his perception of reality, or is it a reflection of ours?”Read More
You Can Take the Boy Out of Brooklyn
City & Country, Home & Away
“Leaving New York City is always a weird thing for me.”
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