Writings

See my current collection of writings below, most of them below in a specific series. Date in square brackets is date originally posted. For re-posts from my old defunct blog restlesspenning.com, original date is kept.

Hunting Inspiration

I take one “inspirational” quote floating around on the Internet uncredited and try to hunt down the original source and reflect on whether knowing the original context in any way changes the meaning of that singular quote.

Edvard Munch's Rotting Flowers [19 December 2020]
Ludwig van Beethoven's Wrong Notes [10 April 2021]
André Breton’s Mad Love [23 June 2021]
Ludwig van Beethoven's Faith [8 August 2022]

Peculiar Playlists

I make ultra-niche playlists - sometime with a story, sometime not. Cross-posted on YouTube and Spotify (where possible).

The Feeling of 2023 [13 August 2024]

Piano Performances

I record piano pieces overhead with a scrolling, annotated sheet.

Bach's Air [28 May 2021]

Reviews

I review stuff that interests me (art exhibitions, music museums, theatre trips).

Artemisia Gentileschi [4 April 2021]
Wicked's 15th West End [2 October 2021]
Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio) [22 August 2022]

Scripturient Bibliophile

Essays on reading and writing and books and words.

The Art of Book Gifting [23 October 2022]
Let Books Find You [18 November 2022]

Youth Revisited

Re-visiting the media I devoured as a child, pre-teen and teen.

A W.I.T.C.H. retrospective: the comics [22 September 2024]