Meditations in an Emergency

Meditations in an Emergency

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Jan 10, 2026
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“Autumn day, Sokolniki” (1879), Isaac Levitan

Sometimes there’s a man pulling fire alarms. Sometimes there are kitchens with dense, surreal cupboards, as if M.C. Escher did a pantry collaboration with IKEA. Once every couple years, I wake up hoarsely screaming, gasping for air, snapping out of a scene where I can’t speak.

I used to say the most boring thi…

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