all hope is eventually thwarted by nature.

simplify, simplify

commissioned portrait of Henry David Thoreau.

small amounts of panic

-attempting to make a left turn into the right lane of a congested highway
-initial admittance of faithlessness
-being undressed when the doorbell rings
-beginning the final chapter of an interesting read
-waiting

how to feel sinister

forage for peace in upstate Pennsylvania while listening to Fever Ray.