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i turned thirty this past month.
Feb 2 • 
Jackie Luo

December 2024

what comes next
we live in a time of defeatism.
Dec 23, 2024 • 
Jackie Luo

January 2023

paying attention
it was right at the start of quarantine when rachel syme, one of my favorite writers, tweeted offhandedly that she takes a bath every day.
Jan 18, 2023 • 
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a new new year
last year, i contemplated performing this ritual of reflection and introspection.
Jan 3, 2023 • 
Jackie Luo

March 2021

the fantasy of reality
there's a young woman in a rural region of the sichuan province of china who lives with her grandmother on a family farm in the mountains.
Mar 7, 2021 • 
Jackie Luo

January 2021

all paths lead to extinction
well, so yesterday there was a coup.
Jan 7, 2021 • 
Jackie Luo

December 2020

liminal spaces (and books of 2020)
everyone is talking about liminal spaces these days.
Dec 31, 2020 • 
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July 2020

the numinous and the unreal
i've never been a spiritual person, or a superstitious one, depending on how you see it.
Jul 31, 2020 • 
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staying steady
we tend to notice presence and not absence.
Jul 5, 2020 • 
Jackie Luo

October 2016

the dream machine
some of you know the reference from the naming of this newsletter, but for anyone who doesn’t, m.
Oct 7, 2016 • 
Jackie Luo
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