notes

the sea engulfed a sailor in its depths. Unaware, his mother goes and lights a tall candle before the ikon of our Lady

this quote from Christopher Hitchens resurfaced today (thanks to readwise). What an elegant way to sum up one's moral compass.

i've been looking for speed and a clean-looking theme. Have not had luck with Wordpress (I think mostly for not knowing where to look).

for the untrained ear, for the diletante music enthusiast, it sounds arbitrary and subjective to claim that there is such a thing as the best rock guitar solo of all time.

the history of the silent solo hiking film (SSH) is rather short. Not even five years old. Yet, with the ascent of Harmen Hoek, have we reached the pinnacle already?

but if we reorient our view from the survival machine's to that of the gene, then it makes perfect sense that some molecules do not code for anything.

blogging is owning your little corner of the internet. Owning your content, your domain name, the aesthetics of your website, the freedom to tinker with the front-end and back-end, and much more.

i’m in awe of young poets that write verse that can only be comprehended later in life. I know it is an illusion: it is man who attributes meaning to symbols. It is us, as we grow wiser with time and experience, who expand the poem’s meaning and