Attention and writing: why writing makes my life better

This is the third in a three part series on attention I am writing in response to "The Siren's Call: How Attention Became the World's Most Endangered Resource" by Chris Hayes

Getting settled, pastries, kilograms, long walks

I'm still getting used to everything, but I feel like in the past few weeks I've finally been able to actually experience being here instead of spending all my time dealing with housing and paperwork and stress. This is my room. Isn't it great?

I am so tired

I'm in Madrid!! Got here on the 26th. The fact that I was going here really truly didn’t set in until I was in the taxi on my way into the city. Like truly up until then it didn’t feel real at all. That was the

Things that have made me appreciate los angeles

To me, LA has always been best defined by its paradoxes. You can be in a noisy concrete city and then drive 10 minutes into a silent tree-lined suburb. It’s beautiful and it’s hideous. It’s inspiring and it’s soul-crushing. It’s a thousand cities and realities

Cooking journal august '25: agua de jamaica, chicken stock, basil pesto

agua de jamaica: I’ve been making batches of agua de jamaica all month. It’s the most refreshing thing ever on a hot day. I think it’s best when it’s super concentrated and dark, which is rare to find in restaurants or cafes that sell agua de

Show and tell: my favorite objects

If you’ve spoken to me recently, you might know that I have been making an effort to get rid of most of my belongings. This isn’t exactly a new thing. I’ve moved apartments every year for the past four years now. Expecting a move at the end

Attention and my phone

This is the second in a three part series on attention I am writing in response to "The Siren’s Call: How Attention Became the World's Most Endangered Resource" by Chris Hayes.

Attention as an act of love

This is the first in a three part series on attention I am writing in response to "The Siren's Call: How Attention Became the World's Most Endangered Resource" by Chris Hayes.

Cooking journal july '25: summer vegetable pasta, entomatadas, tiramisu

pasta with farmers market vegetables and beurre monte: Summer fruits and vegetables are one of life’s great joys. I’ve been buying sugar snap peas, yellow and green zucchini, and green beans from the farmer’s market. But any summer vegetable is fair game. The seasonality is CRITICAL. When

The first post

A lot of this is repeated in the “about” section but hi it’s ori and this is my blog :) I’ve been talking about or thinking about starting a personal blog/portfolio site for like over a year now. It’s time. In 4th grade, I had my own