The Fibonacci Sequence begins with 0, with nothing. And according to cosmology, mythology, and physics, nothing might be the perfect place to begin. Around 13.7 billion years ago, the Big Bang spat out the universe which formed, and continues to expand, a universe that is full of particles and galaxies, that “may thus be a quantum…

The Fibonacci Sequence: each number in the sequence consists of the sum of the two numbers preceding it in the sequence (0+1=1, 1+1=2, 1+2=3, 2+3=5, 3+5=8…). The Golden Spiral is created by squaring each number in the sequence. The sequence continues infinitely. Gabriel García Márquez was a master of words and a bad speller. In…

Plato’s Allegory of the Cave Somewhere in the middle of my teens, I took a ton of philosophy classes, and woven through all of them was a common thread: Plato’s Allegory of the Cave. The story, written approximately 2,300 years ago, explores perception and though it fascinated my teen self, I never fully understood the importance of…

“Outside, an Internal Exploration of Solitude” was written in a tree house and explores my experiences with solitude. Beginning in childhood’s quiet moments, growing roots in my teens as I read the stories of lonely artists and a solitary family, and solidifying as I confront a world altered by COVID-19. Pandemics Need Introverts In her…

When you feel overwhelmed Today the world is in uproar, the future feels more in certain than usual, many of us are isolated and overwhelmed. When I was little, I felt everything, thinking deep thoughts that often overwhelmed me. Find some dirt To ground myself, I planted my feet into the forest dirt surrounding my…