I’ve written before about the close relationship between kishoutenketsu and music, and wanted to share this video of the amazingly talented Jacob Collier explaining the concept of harmony to five different people, each time in an increasing level of complexity. (Side note 1: Jacob does a wonderful job explaining in not only this video, butContinue reading “Kishoutenketsu Parallels in Music”
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Commentary and Lessons Learned: Snapshot of a desk space by the window
On the whole, I had a lot of fun with this piece, which ended up being more personal than I thought it would be. Part of it was because I mined both personal material (ex. Old textbooks, assignments, emails the two times I got bachelors degrees) and existing writing – namely my 2018 project. PartContinue reading “Commentary and Lessons Learned: Snapshot of a desk space by the window”
Quality Ingredient of Writing
I don’t often watch videos online these days but whenever I do, I tend to gravitate towards food shows. What struck me recently was the emphasis the majority of these shows place upon quality, local ingredients. It made me wonder, what is the equivalent in writing? For me, the three “pillars” of fiction writing areContinue reading “Quality Ingredient of Writing”
Pre-Start Checklist
There are times when I honestly wonder if I even like writing. For example, today I sat down to write and felt overwhelmed by the amount of work still to do for the second collection. I was frustrated with the lack of time, disappointed with the quality of my work, just all around unhappy. SoContinue reading “Pre-Start Checklist”
Just a Routine
I don’t much like talking about my morning routine. Whenever I do, the reactions I get often fall into two buckets: an uncomfortable mix of amazement and disgust (“that’s insane, I could never get up that early everyday”) or an even more uncomfortable series of questions, often determined to uncover an end goal (“so areContinue reading “Just a Routine”
Reflection: Of Leaves and Water, part 2
To be honest, I wasn’t sure if I was ever going to revisit the “tea universe” again. In 2018, the goal had simply been to publish a completed piece online every week. But as is my habit, I’d tried to make it into something much more elaborate. ‘It will be my masterpiece,’ I’d thought, havingContinue reading “Reflection: Of Leaves and Water, part 2”
Reflection: Of Leaves and Water
My first mini collection of short stories is available for purchase on Amazon: Of Leaves and Water: A mini collection To be honest, I never planned to publish my first collection while in the middle of a pandemic. But I guess it’s more because I didn’t think 2020 would be The Year of the Coronavirus. IContinue reading “Reflection: Of Leaves and Water”
hello there
Welcome to jyb.works, home of … well, JYB, and their work. As you can see, this site is still under a bit of construction. If you’d like to get updates once I’ve gotten into the rhythm of things, feel free to sign up below. What can you expect if you do sign up? Well, IContinue reading “hello there”
