From the archive

Stop turning every pleasure into work

Sometimes I want a place where being average is allowed. Make a crooked cup. Play three familiar songs. Photograph the same courtyard. Without building an identity, career, or pitch for a potential partner around it. You don't have to prove anything there. You can disappear for a month and return without explaining. Change your mind halfway through because nobody paid a deposit. That freedom has value too. It's just hard to show in an income spreadsheet.