Seeing Clearly

36 Grams in 29 Seconds

Yum.

Aug 28 • Seeing Clearly

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It Doesn’t Need to Mean Anything

And Pleasure Doesn't Have to Feel Pleasurable

Aug 12 • Seeing Clearly

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Peace, Consciousness, and Homeostasis?

The journal prompt was, “What in my life am I still doing because it once mattered to me, rather than because it matters to me now?”

Aug 7 • Seeing Clearly

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July 2026

The Author

In my last essay, The Lyrics of Our Lives, I wrote about attending the Under the Big Sky Music Festival in Whitefish, Montana.

Jul 25 • Seeing Clearly

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The Lyrics of Our Lives.

How the stories we tell ourselves shape the lives we experience.

Jul 14 • Seeing Clearly

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On Becoming

A forgotten psychological assessment led me to the wrong question.

Jul 8 • Seeing Clearly

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June 2026

Six Words

I first met my retinal specialist, Dr.

Jun 13 • Seeing Clearly

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May 2026

My Cousin Tom

I was maybe fourteen when my cousin Tom and a friend rode their motorcycles from their home in New Jersey to Florida.

May 24 • Seeing Clearly

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When Stories Stop Feeling Like Stories

On memory and the narratives that shape our lives

May 12 • Seeing Clearly

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"Dear Daddy"

I was speaking with a friend recently about family dynamics, and specifically about relationships between men.

May 8 • Seeing Clearly

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April 2026

Measuring What Can’t Be Measured

On writing, validation, and the quiet pull to be seen

Apr 30 • Seeing Clearly

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I’m on Substack. I’m Not Sure Why

On validation and the quiet pull to be seen

Apr 25

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