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Lessons in the Quiet

This is a space for thoughtfulness—where contemplation, philosophy, and the pursuit of understanding take centre stage. Here, reflections sit alongside explorations of serious topics and critical thinking. In the quiet, we uncover lessons that demand stillness to be heard. Whether pondering virtues, questioning systems, or seeking clarity, this section is for the poems and essays that linger longest after the words are read.

La Corrida: Not a Metaphor.

I don’t usually listen to music like this. Too clean, too deliberate, too close to the edge of sentimentality. But Tidal knows me better than I’d like to admit, and one day, it dropped La Corrida into my speakers. I didn’t expect to listen twice. I didn’

Glitch

If we were war, we’d call it necessary. We’d speak of strategy, flags, lines drawn and redrawn. We’d praise discipline, honour the dead, forget the burning. If we were cancer, we’d marvel at our growth. At how we adapt, how we endure, how nothing can stop

Ghibli’s Patience

she rolls her eyes with a restless breath, warm, wide, sails stretched taut, fierce and bemused, half-playful, half-tolerant of the creature she bears, indulgent as she glides. her nimble hull hums and skips the waves, tuned to storms and shifting skies, to clouds with mischief in their bones— the kind

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