The journal

A few longer
threads.

The words next to the photographs. Leaving, coming back, making things, and the small experiments in between.

Alex outside a Chicago building, in a black vest and gray trousers.

Chicago → a winter away → looking back

I wanted to leave. Then I missed it.

The part of chasing a dream that doesn’t fit neatly into the announcement.

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April 6: the next thought, about recording life, missing it, and the strange response to effort.

Three Stories · April 6, 2026

The camera and the moment.

I wanted to keep more of life. I also wanted to be inside it.

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A 2018 Story asking whether people had liked the recent post.

From asking for likes to making a record

For the love of the game.

The old engagement poll belongs beside the later declaration. Both were mine.

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Steam rises from a clear mug on a red outdoor surface at night.

Personal experiments · historical perspective

Tea, dinner, and trying things.

The everyday details belong here without turning into instructions for anyone else.

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