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Late-night writing
from the integration months.

Essays, field notes, conversations. Most of it written between 10pm and 3am after the kind of day that does not have an obvious end. None of it for sale.

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Atitlán dusk
EssayMar 2026 · 9 min

The morning after the universe

On the strange domestic problem of having had a vision and now having to make breakfast. Notes from the kitchen at 6am.

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Forest at dusk
Field noteFeb 2026 · 4 min

Why most spiritual fashion is funny in the wrong way

A loving rant about Sanskrit screen-prints, mass-produced mandalas, and what happens when reverence stops paying rent.

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Field of poppies
ConversationJan 2026 · 12 min

Three integration coaches, one bad question

We asked: what do you wear to your own integration? Three honest answers and one really, really good t-shirt recommendation.

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Stem on torn pages
EssayDec 2025 · 7 min

You can't out-meditate a bad relationship to your own work

A short, slightly impatient piece about why the morning routine isn't going to fix what 14-hour days are doing to your nervous system.

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Editorial display at night
DispatchNov 2025 · 3 min

Drop 02 sold out in nine hours. We have thoughts.

A short, honest dispatch on the strange feeling of selling out a small thing very fast, and the weird ethics of restock culture.

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Studio portrait
EssayOct 2025 · 11 min

The cosmic punchline is, mostly, on you

In which we take ourselves much less seriously than the post-ceremony integration economy seems to require, and try to explain why that might be the work.

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Tee on concrete wall
Field noteSep 2025 · 5 min

How a t-shirt is actually made (a long answer)

The cotton, the dye lot, the cut, the wash, the print, the tag, the box. Including all of the small unglamorous steps in between.

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Slow-fashion neutrals
ConversationAug 2025 · 14 min

An hour with Yuko, our cutter in Kyoto

We sat down for tea with the woman who actually sews most of what you wear. The conversation turned out to be mostly about her grandfather.

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Clean tee studio
DispatchJul 2025 · 2 min

What we are not going to do for Black Friday

Spoiler: a discount. Sub-spoiler: anything. A short note on why the answer to a sale season is sometimes nothing at all.

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