How do you put an underwater experience into words? How do you explain a lifelong fascination of the sea to grounded people who never fully come to trust it? Whether you are snorkelling solo through a sunny sandbank on a Sunday afternoon or scuba diving with your best mates, your experience is immersively your own, … Continue reading An ode to the sea, diving and other open-water adventures – Creative non-fiction
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Coriolis waves and spirals – creative non-fiction piece on the rental market & cost of living
The first wave came from over East, after that notorious virus shone a light on the benefits of living in the most isolated city in the world, on how good we had it here. People from outer state who would usually travel abroad had no choice but to explore their own backyard – quite a … Continue reading Coriolis waves and spirals – creative non-fiction piece on the rental market & cost of living
This text is [not!] AI-generated
'A computer would deserve to be called intelligent if it could deceive a human into believing that it was human.' Alan Touring It's funny to think how most computers were initially designed to make human lives better by replacing them in painstaking tasks such as assembly lines, vacuuming pools or multiplying head-scratching sums. Most of … Continue reading This text is [not!] AI-generated
Philosophical ramblings on the climb to truth
There are four or five stages in someone’s life – or at least, that I have encountered so far – about learning the reality about truth. The first stage – which hopefully comes about at a young age – will be to learn that people lie. This can come as quite a revelation initially, perhaps … Continue reading Philosophical ramblings on the climb to truth
Sometimes and perhaps
Sometimes random flashes of irrationality run through my wired and tired brain. I might picture flinging myself over the white steel ledge of a ferry crossing the Aegean Sea, or crashing my car against a tree as if to see what comes of it. Don't worry, these are not impulses of self-harm, far from it … Continue reading Sometimes and perhaps
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