Three Chairs

Dancing At the End of the World

Love, Joy, Fascism, & The End of the World.

Sep 8 • 

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August 2025

'All The World's A Stage'

On 'performance', bodies, money. Trying new things.

Aug 22 • 

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July 2025

The Fragile Art of Fixing Oneself

on love, art, and slowly trying to fix one's life.

Jul 1 • 

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May 2025

It is Always Worth Speaking Out

on the genocide.

May 21 • 

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Setting Off into the Dark

Notes on violence, and thoughts on the times.

May 13 • 

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March 2025

Are there larger things than Independence?

What is independence, and is it what we need right now? Thoughts from Iceland, and Halldór Laxness’ Independent People.

Mar 13 • 

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February 2025

Who does the future belong to?

An earnest letter on the rise of Fascism. Including 'The Zone of Interest', 'Babylon Berlin', and a Nazi.

Feb 25 • 

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January 2025

But really, beautiful world: where are you?

Climbing pyramids, the Mayan holy book 'The Popol Vuh', and a letter about seeing beauty even in ugly times.

Jan 31 • 

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December 2024

just do the thing

Thoughts on writing, the year, swimming, 'It's a Wonderful Life', and just doing things.

Dec 31, 2024 • 

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say 'thank you' to the newsletters you like

A list of nearly 50 newsletters that I enjoyed this year.

Dec 20, 2024 • 

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The Opposite of Nothingness

What is despair, and how can art be a solution? Thoughts on depression, Hemingway, Edward Hopper, and Chicago.

Dec 17, 2024 • 

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November 2024

'There Are No Troubles Here'.

Is art, love, and beauty a solution to our troubles, or only an escape? The answer is in 'Cabaret'.

Nov 21, 2024 • 

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