What Happens Next
Ethan SmestadThe point of awareness we often find laying in bed. The excitement of a childhood bedtime story. A deathbed meditation. Anxieties of a human future, a personal future, or the next turn in our favorite story. A public process diary.
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Politics, Culture, & Creativity
I’m writing this on the day of the January 30th Strike, a day I hope many are spending participating in— whether you are, to whatever extent you are or aren’t, I wanted to share some thoughts about the way I understand the moment we’re in....
Singularity
(Preface: I actually imagine this as being the final episode of the book. It’s an idea that’s been kicking about in my head for a while, the triangulation of a few things i’m interested in. I think I’ve got the broad strokes here, but I thi...
1. Overture
(The following is not a piece where everything naturally flowed into my notebook in one effortless masterstroke like I hoped. It is cobbled together from several attempts at it over the past week, and an urgency to honor the promise I made...
Checking In: Writing Life, and a commitment
Thanks to all those people in my life who follow along what I write here. I haven’t always been consistent, and while I would be happy shouting into a void, I am immensely grateful that there’s an audience for what I’m doing.
Most (all, ho...
Learning & Growing Up
I lasted two days working as a teacher in a charter school.
I’d been thinking for a while that I wanted to make a transition into teaching, and I thought I understood why. Once I actually had an experience of teaching, it forced me to exa...
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