A series of thought experiments for designers. — Exploring Zen Koans Zen Buddhism is renowned for its unique teaching methods that go beyond traditional discourse and logic. Zen Koans — In the Rinzai school of Japanese Zen Buddhism, koan refers to a question or succinct paradoxical statement posed to a student to help him or her seek the truth. A Zen…

The day the Oscars begin! — In all the preparation for the Oscars, Wednesday before the Sunday awards ceremony is the day for the ceremonial rolling out of the red carpet. In my six drawing this over the years, I still find it a delightfully silly event.

Out of more than 150,000 submissions from 3,700 participants in 30+ countries, fifteen winning images were announced today in the thirteenth annual Wiki Loves Monuments photography contest — If you are searching for inspiration for your next trip, look no further: The winners of Wiki Loves Monuments 2023 were announced today. Recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s largest photography competition, Wiki Loves Monuments celebrates Earth’s rich cultural heritage — buildings, structures, and other…

What makes living in Japan different? — I’ve lived in the US, and I’ve lived in Japan. I’ve lived in modest suburban communities, and I’ve lived in the biggest city in the world. The privilege of living in different parts of the world has shown me that the science between health, nutrition, and fitness doesn’t change no…

In 2001, digital cameras were a rare commodity. They were expensive, bulky and captured images that were inferior to the organic look of film. After you downloaded and edited those whopping 3.1 megapixel images, you had very few options of where you could publish them online. Remember when Shutterfly and…

The glorious sights that JWST keeps revealing are less than a millionth of the whole Universe. Just imagine what else is out there. — In July of 2022, JWST’s eyes unveiled the Universe.

Harlem is a place like no other. It’s a town rich in culture and I’m fortunate enough to have been born and raised here.

It was my first digital camera, it was the year 2000, it was an awful time, it was an incredible time. I thought I knew love. I thought I knew everything. I knew next to nothing. I had gone to art school. My work there was okay, but nothing mind-altering-ly…

By now you’ve likely heard of ChatGPT, the open AI chatbot that seemingly does everything from being able to write code, write essays for high school students, content for websites, or even explain the James Webb Telescope while pretending to be Bodhi from Point Break.

Documenting the strange vandalism I see on my daily commute — If you’ve ever caught the metro in Paris, you might have noticed something strange about the tunnels. And no, I’m not talking about the lingering smell of urine or the guys hawking selfie sticks and headphones on tarpaulin. Rather, whenever I enter a metro station and descend into the subterranean…

My family today is a patchwork of strong women, absent of men, by circumstance. They are true matriarchs in the image of my grandmother who raised me from infancy and my mother, a physician, who guided me to adulthood. — This is the complete, unpublished essay text I wrote for the New York Times piece “Keeping Love Close” — what love looks like in my family in this time of anti-Asian hate. One often hears of a child raised by a single mother as a disadvantage to the mother, child…

My home plays one of the most important and special theatrical roles in my life. Because for me, home is not just a concrete structure — it is an establishment embellished with all my energy, emotions, and memories. Every corner paints a reminiscence and every wall whispers a story. It…

Five Whys is a method in which you repeatedly ask the question “why?” until you get to the source of a problem… or drive people insane.

Street photography gallery from @womeninstreet curated by Kirsty Greenland —

Where to go if You’re Interested in Ancient Wisdom — Athens, the capital of Greece, is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world. It also happens to be the home of western philosophy. Yet most tourists are unaware of the significance that certain locations in the city have for the history of philosophy. Friends, and strangers, who…

Or, how to draw comics, again, and again, and again — “Drawing comics can be an uphill battle” is a cringingly obvious way to start this article, so I’d like to apologise for that first and then apologise again for this next one before we get things rolling. The undisputed home of single-panel cartoons is of course, a largely unknown…

October drawings —

A set of illustration of artists that have come and gone, but left a mark on the world forever. — I want to share a little project I worked on recently. As a designer, music is so important to me, it’s what I listen to all day as I work. It’s like the music is a part of my job. A few months ago, I got an itch. Generally these…