England, Wales & The In-Between
I was supposed to land in Paris. Instead, I got a lesson in aviation vocabulary I never asked for: apparently seats can come with a hazard. A hazard. Whatever that means. After briefly channeling my inner Karen (respectfully), I was moved onto a flight to Amsterdam instead. Fine. Six hours in the Centurion Lounge would fly by... right? Should I work? Be productive? Answer emails? Absolutely not. Pinterest was calling my name, the World Cup was playing in the background, and f
Jul 183 min read
We Curate Ourselves Before We Know Ourselves
I've been thinking about something strange. We spend years curating ourselves before we've even had the chance to meet ourselves. Not in the obvious way (choosing the right Instagram photo or deleting the embarrassing tweets from 2017) that's old news. I mean something more subtle. At some point, we start making decisions based on the person we think we're supposed to become, rather than the person who's still unfolding. We stop buying books because they genuinely intrigue us
Jun 282 min read
The Aestheticization of Intelligence
There was a time when intelligence was expected to look practical. Quiet libraries, wire rimmed glasses, heavy books carried out of necessity rather than performance. Intelligence belonged to academics, researchers, professors, people too immersed in thought to worry about aesthetics. Now, intelligence has become aestheticized. Not just valued, but visually curated. Knowledge is no longer only something people pursue privately. It has become something people stage, signal, an
Jun 142 min read
Art I've Been Obsessed with Lately
A specific kind of rabbit hole started at 11pm when I should've be sleeping. One scroll led to another, one profile to the next, and suddenly an hour has passed and my saved folder is embarrassingly full. And now I have what I can only describe as an accidental art curation that I absolutely need to share with you, because I am simply obsessed. @fiorenza_art — Elena Fiorenza Gatti Whimsy is the only word. Elena's work feels like it was pulled from a dream you had at seven yea
May 312 min read
