Film roll: Aug '26 - Kodak Colorplus 200
Nikon FM2n - Nikkor AI-s 105mm f/2.5 - Kodak Colorplus 200
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newwinds - 新風 "The personal is political" This blog is about anything personal that I want to give a place outside of my head. Personal experiences/obser...
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Film roll: Jul '26 - Kodak Colorplus 200
Nikon FM2n - Nikkor AI-s 105mm f/2.5 - Kodak Colorplus 200
Being Alone
Being alone is the hardest thing for humans. Not incidentally like waiting for an hour while your housemate does groceries, or waiting for your partner to come home from work. No, being alone. Alone in life. Having no-one to share your life with. There's a reason we talk about social isolation, bullying, anti-social behaviour as causes and symptoms of the most horrible situations in life. We are…
Reading notes: The Ferryman And His Wife
The Ferryman & His Wife was an absolutely beautiful book. Usually when I love a book so much it's because of it's phenomenal writing. For this book the writing was good, but it wasn't shockingly beautiful like Siddhartha. The story however is just beautiful. Beautiful and peaceful. It was such a welcome change after reading Catcher In The Rye, something by a European author, something small,…
Reading notes: Catcher In The Rye
Catcher in the Rye is a difficult book to really assess. This beloved classic has a reputation to live up to, and for me it fell somewhat short. I can see some of the reasons people regard it so highly. The prose is very accessible, conversational even, the mental and emotional state of the main character is interesting, particularly towards the end of the book where there is some more reflection.…
Reading notes: Invisible Cities
Invisible Cities is the somewhat surreal story of a conversation between Marco Polo and Kublai Khan about his travels through the empire. In these conversations Marco describes cities, which increasingly clearly appear to be imaginary. However each story of each city tells us something about cities, human living, culture, history or life itself. It's definitely one of the most thought provoking…
Film roll: May '26 - Fuji 400
Nikon FE - Nikkor AI 35-70mm f/3.3 - Fuji 400
Market Efficiency
Markets seeks to enhance one thing and one thing only, profitability. That does not mean that it seeks to increase efficiency.
Travelogue: Japan '26
Travelogue Japan '26
Film roll: Apr '26 - Kodak Ultramax 400
Nikon FE - Nikkor AI 35-70mm f/3.3