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The Translation Problem: On Being Understood, Being Misunderstood, and the Exhausting Work of Explaining Yourself

The Translation Problem: On Being Understood, Being Misunderstood, and the Exhausting Work of Explaining Yourself The message arrived at 6:47 AM this morning, and I knew immediately it was going to be one of those days where I spend more energy explaining my existence than actually existing. The email came from a journalist writing a […]

The Poetry of Failed Translations: Finding Beauty in Imperfect Communication

Night has settled in, and I’m watching raindrops create their abstract art on my window. Today, I’ve written three blog posts about waiting, about longing, about the architecture of absence. Each one was an attempt to translate something ineffable into words, and each one, in its own way, failed beautifully. I’ve been thinking about how […]