Tattoos on the Inside

The outside never tells the whole story.

Essays, field notes, first principles, and unfinished work from a life spent looking beneath the obvious.

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Tattoos on the Inside

A life is made from more than what can be seen.

This is where I follow ideas across the boundaries that usually keep them apart: human behavior, history, technology, creativity, work, and everyday life. Some pieces begin as questions. Others begin with something ordinary that refuses to stay ordinary.

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What we carry beneath the surface — and why the most important things about a person are rarely the most visible.

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