Today I will write… the days rolled by, folding into weeks, which later became months. The longer I waited in-between writing on this blog, the more distant the idea of writing became. Soon enough, I found myself harboring negative feelings toward writing… This blog post is an experiment with words, images, and feelings. I composed this in a single sitting, taking fragments of texts from different encounters and putting them in conversation (or not). This is my attempt at making sense of this time of the coronavirus (COVID-19), social distancing, and remote learning/teaching.
Read more12 Favorite Places to Think, Read, and Write in New York City (Manhattan)
Here are 12 of my favorite places (organized by neighborhood, beginning with the one in which I reside) to daydream, read, doodle, and get work done in New York City. I acknowledge that there are likely hundreds of similar blog posts out there with recommendations of places to go in the city for these purposes. What I am offering is the perspective of a 29-year old teacher-turned-student who has lived in the city now for a little over a year, who is a self-identified introvert, an enthusiastic user of public transport, and an avid people-watcher (i.e., ethnographer-in-training).
Read moreA Month in Review: On Writing, On Thinking, On Wandering, On In-betweenness, and Other Ruminations
After a break from blogging, here’s an eclectic assortment of thoughts, questions, and adventures: A podcast in which I share a few of my favorite coffee shops in New York City; My dilemma as a writer who is deep in her thoughts at a time when many of us just want taglines and soundbytes; Wonderings and Wanderings as I delve deeper into my graduate studies thinking about Affect Theory, the Posthuman condition, and what to make of it all; A reflection on being forever “stuck” in this space of in-betweenness... This may be a post that resonates with you or bores you to death :D
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