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"i decided i'm not going to think like that anymore. because, if there really is a most beautiful moment in life, then once it's over, there won't be anything beautiful that comes after it, you know? but in reality, it's not like my life would suddenly plummet into some horrible, dark depths. and things are pretty good and beautiful even right now, so there seems to be little point in thinking about the future or the next beautiful moment. i might be a global star today, but even if i become a neighborhood star later, or even just a star in my own home, as long as i'm happy, that's all that matters. would that send me into despair? would there never be another beautiful moment again? i realized there's no need to think like that. if i just continue living my life like this, until i eventually do become a house-star, it would still be a beautiful moment as long as i'm happy. so i decided to live my life as one long, beautiful moment."





for weverse magazine

literature

"How to Become a Writer Or, Have You Earned This Cliche?" by loorie moore on nyt archive - fiction

"Killing Flies" by michael dickman on poets.org - poem

"i love you to the moon &" by chen chen on poetryfoundation.org - poem

assorted poems by franny choi on her website - poetry. dropdown to read more. franny choi is my absolute favorite poet - as a queer/nd/mentally ill korean american, i cannot underscore how seen/understood i feel when reading her writing. to articulate the depth to which her writing makes me feel would be to detract from the weight of the emotions her poems capture, and so i have no urge to attempt to do so. some things are not meant to be analyzed but purely felt. i own two of her poetry books. while i HIGHLY encourage you to explore her poems for yourself, here are my personal favorites:
"Unlove Poem" "The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On" (the only thing to keep me grounded/sane after it happened again in 2024), "Amid Rising Tensions on the Korean Peninsula", and "& O, bright star of disaster, I have been lit".

"Texts From Jane Eyre" by mallory ortberg on medium - (fan?) fiction

visual media

ethel cain nyt popcast interview 2025 - highly relevant musings about the role of the storyteller/artist in the age of the internet and personal brands

audios

tools

free file conversion (epub to mobi, among others)
free resource for coding that i use for html/css ALL the time

misc

chia amisola's artist portfolios/website - a huge creative inspiration for me and the reason i started teaching myself how to code