Last September, I wrote an essay called The Era of Designers. In it, I argued that as AI democratizes creation, the real differentiator would no longer be the ability to build, but the ability to design. And that taste would become one of the most valuable things a person could have. Fast forward a couple of months, and taste became the word. Feeds have become full of “taste”. Regardless of the topic I may be exploring or conversations I engage in, the word taste will always make its way ther...

Last September, I wrote an essay called The Era of Designers. In it, I argued that as AI democratizes creation, the real differentiator would no longer be the ability to build, but the ability to design. And that taste would become one of the most valuable things a person could have. Fast forward a couple of months, and taste became the word. Feeds have become full of “taste”. Regardless of the topic I may be exploring or conversations I engage in, the word taste will always make its way ther...

I think the reason I keep coming back to art (the reason I curate, write about it, and keep creating) is that art is one of the few things left that doesn’t ask me to optimize anything. It doesn’t want me to be faster or more productive, or to do a specific thing to have a chance at being seen. Art asks me to be present with it, to feel something, and to let that feeling exist without needing to turn it into a takeaway or a lesson. These three pieces reminded me of that. Gremiana’s work remin...

I think the reason I keep coming back to art (the reason I curate, write about it, and keep creating) is that art is one of the few things left that doesn’t ask me to optimize anything. It doesn’t want me to be faster or more productive, or to do a specific thing to have a chance at being seen. Art asks me to be present with it, to feel something, and to let that feeling exist without needing to turn it into a takeaway or a lesson. These three pieces reminded me of that. Gremiana’s work remin...

This Week Inside The Hidden I.

This Week Inside The Hidden I.

What happens before connection?Not the moment two people speak, or the exchange itself, but everything that precedes it, such as the attention someone brings, the presence they’ve practiced, or the years of small choices that shaped how they listen. This is what I’ve been thinking about this week. And what I realized is that we tend to focus only on the encounter itself, but the encounter is only the surface. What makes it meaningful is what each person carried into the room long before they ...

What happens before connection?Not the moment two people speak, or the exchange itself, but everything that precedes it, such as the attention someone brings, the presence they’ve practiced, or the years of small choices that shaped how they listen. This is what I’ve been thinking about this week. And what I realized is that we tend to focus only on the encounter itself, but the encounter is only the surface. What makes it meaningful is what each person carried into the room long before they ...

I’ve been thinking about what stays with us after something heavy passes. What I am referring to is the space that comes after when the tension has already loosened, and what remains doesn’t feel reactive anymore. I found these works in that state. I wasn’t looking for anything specific, and I wasn’t at a peak or a breaking point. I was just somewhere in the middle of what continues, where things aren’t trying to prove themselves anymore, and movement keeps happening simply because it hasn’t ...

I’ve been thinking about what stays with us after something heavy passes. What I am referring to is the space that comes after when the tension has already loosened, and what remains doesn’t feel reactive anymore. I found these works in that state. I wasn’t looking for anything specific, and I wasn’t at a peak or a breaking point. I was just somewhere in the middle of what continues, where things aren’t trying to prove themselves anymore, and movement keeps happening simply because it hasn’t ...