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When my daughter moved out to attend college in another town, I was inclined to share my thoughts on ambition and purpose.

Van Neistat is making art on YouTube, and I am thankful.

Dear Cousin

The book you hold in your hands is considered a “prose masterpiece” and the best that Edward Abbey ever produced.

I’m writing because my wife and I are interested in buying a house that currently belongs to you.

Dear Loved One

I don’t know how best to tell you this, but you’re wrong. You’re wrong about me, and I fear you are wrong about the world.

Dear Mark

I remember nights on your patio, admiring your handiwork and greenthumbery, drinking whiskey or playing guitars, talking...

I believe, as Freud and Nietzsche do, that our motives remain unknown to us. So I can't tell you why I do photography. But I can theorize.

A weblog and lifework. Powered by angst, ennui, and anhedonia.

Photographs

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Wordle is unique in that it’s an addiction you can’t indulge to your detriment.

You make a tobacco pipe like you make a life: remove all that is unnecessary.

Joplin blew out a hit. The smoke hung and twisted in the sunlight, and he studied it there, looking for an answer or sign.

Dear Loved One

I don’t know how best to tell you this, but you’re wrong. You’re wrong about me, and I fear you are wrong about the world.

When David Shay began smoking spice, he believed he was choosing a safe, legal alternative to marijuana.

No Access

A profile of photographer Ryan Muirhead.

The Boxcar Kids

Misfits threaten to diversify Provo, Utah, with The Boxcar Studios—an atelier and community events center.

A profile of a young addict prompts reflection on the American way.

Meditation has inspired me to "let go." But how can I engage the good fight if I give in?