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Aug. 8, 2023

The Navigators

Part 1 Jack is awoken from his deep slumber by the sound of the alarm bell ringing and pandemonium erupting around him. His fellow seamen are out of their hammocks running around in a hurry and are shouting at each other. Someone grabs his hammock and pulls him out. He hits the floor hard. “Lets go, all men aboard!” Jack stumbles to his feet still half asleep. He makes his way through the chaos, navigating with his hands in the darkness along the corridor that takes him to the massive wooden stairs leading up to the deck.

Jun. 30, 2023

Sexy Tokyo

It all begins with a line. A short line that becomes longer and longer, and longer, and longer. It is the simplest thing we humans can come up with. It is a skillles skill that can be achieved by everyone. Just this simple shape is the basis for all the complex things. It can turn into a bridge, a road, a building. Lines build cities. The organised and simple geometries that make up our modern world are easy to comprehend and easy to make.

Jun. 19, 2023

Creativity is Our Redemption

Our creativity breeds progress, it makes innovation and disrupts the conservative structures. It is the bit of unknown territory in which the human mind walks and prospers. Too much is too scary, too little is too safe. And before the age of dissection it worked fine. But right now, we believe that everything needs a breakdown, needs to be clear, out in the open, not hidden. In order for everyone to do it, to copy it.

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