This weekend I did what I've been doing most weekends for the last couple of months: I got out. In the morning, I go to the beach, then to a coffee shop, where I sit alone, watch people, and do what I love most — imagine the lives of strangers. No phone. Just a film camera and a notebook and anything else that's in my bag that's not a screen.

Later, I go…

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If I had to say one thing about whether or not my life is working it’s not revenue, it’s not subscribers, it’s not any number that anyone can see. It would be this: how many hours this week did I get to read a book in the sun, or make something with my hands, without the little mean voice in the back of my skull telling me that I was wasting time.

Embarr…

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California has a governor’s race on June 2nd and I need to talk about it because I have been down a rabbit hole for two weeks and I cannot be the only one who knows this.

Twelve days out. The primary is in twelve days. And the two Democrats currently leading the polls are: a billionaire who spent 26 years running a hedge fund that invested in private pri…

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I haven’t celebrated my birthday in a few years. This one I’m spending painting, reading, writing, and being outside. Which, in the current economic moment, is either a radical act or an expensive hobby depending on your rent situation. Maybe both.

Creativity is one of the last things that hasn’t been fully enclosed. Do it while it costs nothing. Before …

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