Disengagement
7:12pm Saturday night, walking to my dinner reservation at 7:15, restaurant is a fifteen-minute walk: Thoughts running through my head as I power-walk...
Relieving Yourself
A couple weeks ago, I saw a man suffering from homelessness standing against a building. I was standing nearby, looking at Google maps trying to figur...
Man with Bike
Sunday, 3pm. I’m squeezed between two people, among a group of crushed together people on the 6. The train was so crowded that after one stop an old...
Is he going to kill us?
It’s a little after 9pm. I’ve hopped off the subway and walked up the deserted stairs to above ground, behind a family of three—a black mother w...
The Foot.
I smelled it first. A decaying, infected, atrocious smell that keep wafting toward my side of the train. I was talking to my friend about his adjustme...
The Quiet
The Subway trains here are atrociously loud. In fact, they’re basically as loud as a jet taking off. Don’t believe me? Read this Guardian article ...
The Pregnant Women
teenage pregnancy, disabilities, Subway, public transportation
On Being an Artist
Two weekends ago, on my Birthday, I went shopping in a random store and walked in on Corey Pane painting shoes. He was asked by the store to paint Tom...
Trip Around The World: Part Two
My second big thought from all of my travels is on safety. [If you missed my first big thought, click here]. How do you define safe? How do you defi...
Trip Around The World: Part One
For context, here’s a short list of my trip around the world “by numbers.” After this list, I offer my first of two reflections on t...
Reflections on Japan
Japan taught me about privilege, western influence, taking risks, being confident, sad parts of our history, investing in people and in a place, takin...
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