You see whether yours speaks of macros and hours moved on an elliptical or of how hard you are supposed to be pushing yourself for your boss or that if your date doesn’t find you charming, clearly they are right and you are scum, we all have these apparitions. We all have slurped up the social norms that surround us at all moments, channelled through the comments of our grandmother at dinner or on our iPhone as we flip through reels showcasing people living the shiniest lives

Time can stand still if we carefully curate our wading through its waves, stretches, and folds.  Basketball taught me that a game can be won in just 0.3 seconds.

The argument that you can never fully understand other people’s suffering pretends to be unaware that language and literature impart an astonishing range of ideas, emotions, experiences, and wisdom about the human condition.