Words

I didn’t plan to say but needed to.

Somewhere between ennui and spark, my raw, unfiltered bits are here.

I’m a nerdy girl with a pen—the type who always carries a black Pilot Precise V5, has read thousands of books, and still scribbles in the margins. Sometimes I’m just writing back to an author who’ll never read it.

Maybe one day, all these scribbles will grow into books of their own.

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Designing for Earth

Sustainable design isn’t just technical but philosophical. The Overview Effect urges us to build as if we’ve seen Earth from space.

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Syntropy: Toward Wholeness

Not everything is falling apart. Across ecosystems, cities, and human hearts, there’s a quiet pattern pointing toward restoration.

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Negative Capability at Work

Most of us chase clarity for a sense of control, but negative capability means leaving room for the unknown to shape the outcome.

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Flower Vase Girls

Behind every perfect photo of a flower vase girl is a life paused in girlhood—where beauty was the goal and growth never required.

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OC and Exceptional

It’s not dysfunction. It’s design. What looks like compulsion to others is how high-functioning minds turn chaos into order.

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The Butterfly Tattoo

When you hate tattoos but someone forces the question, your answer says more about your life than ink ever could.

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Next to Barbie

Before love had language, it had silence. Before we understood beauty, we were simply stunned by it.

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The Boy in Blue

Time took our illusions, but it gave us peace. Not the loud kind, but the kind that holds steady even when everything else falls apart.

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Cleopatra’s Rug

If Cleopatra had been born a man, we’d study her war tactics in business school. Instead, we reduce her to her nose and her lovers.

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The Lies We Choose

We live inside the lies we tell ourselves until something breaks us open. It’s a choice between the safety of illusion and the clarity of truth.

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After Almost Dying

The real shift happened quietly: I stopped measuring my worth by achievement. I started asking what feels true—and let that lead.