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A lone figure sleeps on a rise of sand while a vivid full-colour dreamed landscape of dunes, ruined towers and drifting lights unfurls from their head and fades to bare line drawing at the frame edges.

The Render Runs At Night My mind runs on MIDI

A mind with no mental images, a render engine that only wakes at night - and a creativity that never actually left.
A childhood at the end of the water

Where the Roads Don't Reach A childhood at the end of the water

Cà Mau childhood by lamplight - a wooden house at the roadless edge of the Mekong Delta, where boats wear eyes and the dead wait in the water.
He said yes, and the sky agreed

A Powerful Coincidence He said yes, and the sky agreed

Proposal on a wild Vũng Tàu dune, a yes, two gold rings - and a rainbow cloud with impossible timing. The same-sex marriage quest begins.
On losing Phương: A love letter in retrospect

Letter To Phương On losing Phương: A love letter in retrospect

Phương checked out on November 24, 2024. A love letter in retrospect - about a friend, a comet, and a life lived at full throttle.
Illustration in the Sable / Mœbius style: a lone figure walks a quiet tree-lined canal path at twilight through a modern green suburban district, sleek glowing apartment towers reflected in the still water, a distant city glow on the horizon.

Best Year This Decade 2023: a year of serenity, growth, and anticipation for what’s next

2023 was spectacular - arguably the best year since 2017. New beginnings in suburbia, serenity, growth, and anticipation for what's next.
No shorts allowed: Lessons from an Odyssey nobody asks for

No Shorts Allowed No shorts allowed: Lessons from an Odyssey nobody asks for

A friend drugged in a Sài Gòn pub - lessons from an odyssey nobody asks for. About safety, trust, and the ugly side of nightlife.
The adventure of aging: delightful and breathtaking

Growing Old Gracefully The adventure of aging: delightful and breathtaking

Aging as adventure - while the world worships eternal youth, getting older can be delightful and breathtaking. A contrarian take.
Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas - looking back at a year that turned out better than expected. Travel, friends, fresh starts. Happy holidays.
I have moved. Or: same same but different

Same Same But Different I have moved. Or: same same but different

Moved apartments in Sài Gòn - new place, same neighborhood. Sometimes the familiar choice is the better one.
Farewell 2021 and happy new year 2022

Goodbye Twenty-One Farewell 2021 and happy new year 2022

2021 was brutal - months stranded in Germany, Mom's death, weeks of lockdown. 2022 can only get better. Hopefully.