using it upAn inventory, not a haul
read 14 SEP 2026The letter
94 entries73 published21 in the queue292 spoken lines21 with no lines72 photographs9 objects18 the longest run5 columns8.5 a weekread 14 SEP 2026

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buying less didn't make my life smaller. it made it specific

19 JUL 2026Noticed4 spoken lines, 59 wordsthe list, 6 of 14

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Noticed. A thing you also do, said out loud for the first time.

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The object
the list, entry 6 of 14
Filed under
Noticed
Went out
19 JUL 2026
The lines
4 lines, 59 words
It counts
nothing
Also the list
9 didn't buy it, 2 still works, 2 noticed, 1 finished it
02

There are fewer things now, and all of them are actually mine. Chosen, not accumulated.

03

Nothing in this room got here by accident, or by a sale, or by a bad night.

04

Smaller was never the point. Specific was the point. It just looks like less from outside.

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14 entries are the list. This is 6. Every object here is a still from that entry's own footage.

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