this is the first site i'm "building" of 2026. i hesitate to even call it that because everything complex about it that makes it a site was done by someone else. i call it that anyways to reject my own perfectionism.

tilde was chosen as a subdirectory as a reference to the home directory of unix-based systems. the home.

i hope to make this one of mine.

What objects ask of us.

A small object is kind, unassuming. it generally asks little, of our space. a small book tends to ask less of our time. and as a general rule, small things tend to ask less of our money than large ones do. We are constantly in dialogue with the world around us in every aspect of the life we pursue and the decisions we make along the way.

i noticed recently that i tend to be really insecure when it comes to asking questions. it's something i think i've been somewhat aware of for a while but not something that i've quite processed much.

it comes from not wanting to mirror behaviors that frustrate me in others. in communities i've been in, i notice others that ask questions that can (and really should) have been answered by a quick google. or asking questions in an inefficient and ineffective way that makes helping them frustrating. i worry about not doing my due diligence to an extent that i think it becomes self-sabotage. i want to be curious, to wonder, to understand how to seek understanding of my own accord. i wonder if my worry is being uncertain of the space i can take up in other's lives. i worry that my worry will only serve to trap me rather than enrich me.

times newerer roman

as im reading through the arena annual, i wonder whqt it would be like to design my own variant of the thing

glyphs? how can i make my own opinions on the “flawed” font?

the guy next to me saw the title of this note and broke out laughing lmao

what would “times roman” be? times roldman

children ask around a hundred questions an hour. why am i not? (the answer is certainly not because I have all the answers)

how to form a community of artists and creatives?

how to find community? how to make it? what should a community of artists do for each other?

wanting to reach out to those that i admire, people i want to be peers of, but not knowing how

'the lone creative'