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Ghost Stories #4: James
Below is a piece of fiction I wrote when I was living in Bogotá in 2014. It was very much inspired by Dave Eggers’ Your Fathers, Where Are They? And the…
Brian Leli
Jan 29
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I Didn't Say That #21
Today: 1. Wendell Berry: The Work of Local Culture (Part 1) 2. Let’s Stop Calling Everything We Don’t Like a Conspiracy Theory 3. My Flamboyant Grandson…
Brian Leli
Jan 27
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First, Do No Harm
A guiding principle often associated with doctors and medical students is one I was taught as well when studying journalism: first, do no harm. The…
Brian Leli
Jan 24
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Different Truths
For different sleuths
Brian Leli
Jan 22
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I Didn't Say That #20
Today: 1. Legendary Producer Rick Rubin on Creativity as a Way of Being 2. Rick Rubin: How to Access Your Creativity 3. Algorithms Don’t Feel. Data…
Brian Leli
Jan 20
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Contrarian Diplomacy
There’s a section on contrarianism in the Michael Ignatieff essay I shared the other day. It stood out to me for a few reasons: I’d already created a…
Brian Leli
Jan 15
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I Didn't Say That #19
Today: 1. The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling 2. How to Pursue Truth in Six Steps 3. Epistemological Panic, or Thinking for Yourself 4. Inside the…
Brian Leli
Jan 13
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Symbols & Rituals (Reprise)
In my experience, writing is like opening a door that leads to a room with more doors, and then repeating this process until it feels like I’ve opened…
Brian Leli
Jan 8
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I Didn't Say That #18
Today: 1. Grief Made Me a Person 2. Dr. Sam Harris: Using Meditation to Focus, View Consciousness & Expand Your Mind 3. The Year the West Erased Women…
Brian Leli
Jan 6
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Symbols & Rituals
One of the things I’ve learned about myself over the years is that taking a break from writing really just means finding other, less writerly ways to…
Brian Leli
Jan 2
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December 2022
Closing Out the Year
I woke up early this morning prepared to put in my last day of work before the new year. Then I saw an email instructing me to take the day off if I'd…
Brian Leli
Dec 27, 2022
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Winter Layers
One of my favorite things about Christmas and December is experiencing the accumulation of layers. The layers that form from life plus time. This is…
Brian Leli
Dec 24, 2022
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