Archive - Space for Independent Thought

Speed of Spirit

This post is, in a way, an extension of the last one. If it seems late, it's because it's arriving at the right time. It’s been almost a month since I…

Apr 14 •

December 2023

Love is for the long run

I’m back home for Christmas, and this time, I was kind of feeling homesick in the two weeks leading up to coming back. I couldn’t help but keep…

Dec 23, 2023 •

It almost happened at the same time, completely unintentionally: starting to meditate, going for a solo trip to Vietnam, and beginning to read Robert M…

Dec 7, 2023 •

November 2023

It’s 31st of October, the day prior to my birthday, the day of the dead, halloween.

Nov 11, 2023 •

October 2023

It was the first day back at work after two weeks of solo travel in Vietnam.

Oct 8, 2023 •

September 2023

Truth is enough

While I was in Spain last month, I went to visit my grandparents in the care home they have recently moved to. One day, we stumbled upon a small…

Sep 6, 2023 •

August 2023

Before it gets dark

I'll forever embrace my insomnia if it keeps me awake to write. I remember that silly Green Day song ‘Wake me up when September ends’. Mum used to play…

Aug 25, 2023 •

July 2023

This magic moment

One of my favourite scenes in cinema is in David Lynch's "Lost Highway" when Alice meets Pete. The combination of how the camera goes from one character…

Jul 29, 2023 •

Since I moved to Peckham, one of the buildings that amazed me the most is a massive Burger King located on the corner of the road. The glass structure…

Jul 22, 2023 •

Blurred Photographs

I haven’t faced the blank page in a while, was I afraid of trying to give order and clarity to the mess? Or was just afraid of facing the mess itself? I…

Jul 8, 2023 •

June 2023

If it’s uncomfortable, it’s you

A couple weeks ago, Jonathan asked in the slack channel to the other team members our opinion on something; as usual I disagreed with the rest, and they…

Jun 14, 2023 •

May 2023

Guardian angels

When I was a baby I had a stuffed dog I was obsessed with, it was kinda ugly, always dirty and as I used to lick the little label it had on it, this had…

May 20, 2023 •

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