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Ghost Stories #6: Paris, Texas
After pulling up the video of my favorite scene from Paris, Texas for my last post, the algorithm steered me to this video essay exploring some of the…
Brian Leli
Feb 7
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Ghost Stories #5: American Colonialism I
In 2014, I self-published an ebook called There Were These People. The book was a mix of fiction and nonfiction. The title came from a misremembered…
Brian Leli
Feb 5
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I Didn't Say That #22
Today: The past few days have been hour after hour of depression and anger. Maybe it's the air pollution in Lampang, which is raging right now and seems…
Brian Leli
Feb 3
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January 2023
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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