Archive - As Ever

Notes from Retreat

Reflections adapted from a week at Mount Saviour Monastery, Elmira NY

Dec 12, 2024

Jun 30, 2023

Thankful Failure Edition

"To be like a beggar when it comes to writing music: whatever, however, and whenever God gives."

Aug 9, 2024

Learning to See Edition

How I stopped worrying and learned to trick my brain, the satire of Kawanabe Kyōsai, and the lengthening days of Eastertide.

May 1, 2022

Like something in a jar.

May 27, 2022

AI Apocalypse Edition

Illich on relinquishing the servitude of machines. Forte, Herzog, Neruda, Perl. Finches in false spring.

Mar 4, 2023

The Healing of the Blind Man, after Carl Bloch

Many rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more.

Jun 11, 2023

Travel Guide: Portugal

tips and recs for your next getaway

Sep 9, 2022

Vision Board Edition

Berkeley and prayer, surrealism and dreams, Kandinsky and abstraction, the unlikely craftsmanship of a reborn Notre-Dame, and more.

Jan 4

Notes on Neruda

revisiting an old friend

May 30, 2023

Hark the Heralds Edition

David Graeber’s anarchist paleo-anthropology, Albrecht Dürer’s encounter with Aztec art, and welcome to Advent.

Dec 1, 2021

Why Do You Seek the Living Among the Dead?

On relearning to exult

Apr 9, 2023

#nojs-banner { position: fixed; bottom: 0; left: 0; padding: 16px 16px 16px 32px; width: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; background: red; color: white; font-family: -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 13px; line-height: 13px; } #nojs-banner a { color: inherit; text-decoration: underline; } This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please turn on JavaScript or unblock scripts