Change is Evolution and Growth, not a Crisis.

I’m slowly, grinding out of Bangkok in sporadic convulsive lurches. My soundtrack is an out-of-sync rhythmic clack of steel and the pained creak of old carriages, protesting the speed at which the old diesel engines pull them unwillingly. In quintessential South East Asian rail tradition, Read More …

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The Danger of Achieving Your Life Dreams

I’m not a negative person. This isn’t some click-bait, anti-self-help article.  You see, I was watching quite a depressing documentary last night on the late Tim Bergling, better known as the DJ and dance music producer Avicci. The 28-year-old was one of the more recent Read More …

From the happines of survival-mode poverty to an anxious ‘better life’.

A journey from the struggles of a ‘developing country’ culture to the ‘lucky’ developed west. I’ve spent a lot of time travelling through developing countries and diverse cultures over the last 10 years. I’ve trudged the gritty streets of Manila, navigated auto-rickshaws, cows and swarms Read More …

Growing Up in Balmain: A journey to my childhood home

The ferry boat pushes me out into the harbour with a mechanical grunt and churn followed by a thrash of whitewash from pushy propellers. With a blow of the horn, we bob awkwardly out into the open bay, fighting the current as the large boat Read More …

The cosmic change of Spring

I feel the earth spin beneath my feet. Churning a cosmic rotation, it sets off change. Observing the movement of the Andromeda galaxy,  I’m caught in the wake from its delicate spiral arms dragged through space, pulled towards a black hole centre. I hear the Read More …