On March 22, 2025, I tested for my 1st dan black belt at CW Taekwondo Boston. As part of this process, I was asked to write an essay reflecting on my relationship to taekwondo. I’m sharing a version of it here, lightly edited to remove some names for privacy.
On March 5, 2025, I gave a talk at the MIT List Visual Arts Center as part of a public engagement talk series that pairs researchers with ongoing exhibitions at the List. Below is a video and transcript of that talk.
Every year, I look forward to celebrating the Lantern Rite Festival, a fictional holiday in the world of Genshin Impact based on Lunar New Year. Despite the fact that I don’t play this game regularly anymore, Lantern Rite remains one of my favorite holiday traditions to celebrate. When I logged into the game, it had been nearly a year since the last time I walked around Liyue Harbor, an in-game…