Coastwork
An unplanned trip to Texel turned into a small field study of a coastline unlike any other. Being there, in the wind and water, brought back my fascination with the ocean and its edges.
Writing
A growing archive of observations on photography, movement, systems, creative work, and paying closer attention to the world.
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How to tell stories online
For years I thought I was simply exploring and taking photos. Only later did I realize I was repeating a pattern: go out, collect, return, interpret, publish, repeat. This issue maps the loop that turns wandering into a creative practice.
Mexico, a retrospective
A look at a country I like a lot, but no longer love. And "it's not you, it's me" I want to tell it, if countries had ears to hear it. Because it really is me and who I am today. But, who knows, another 10 years might do wonders.
Newer Topographics
Why take it upon myself to dedicate my time and energy towards a goal that isn’t even clearly visible from the beginning. Will it matter if I don’t? What do I contribute, do I want to contribute? Why? To what? Again, why?
It's all out there, right now
A good beach has white sand, they tell you. Preferably as finely grained as possible. Like a powder that's sprinkled on the edges of the land. The frosting on the cake, if you will.
The glorious, life-invigorating act of walking
When I first landed on Craig Mod's website and read he describes himself as a 'writer, photographer, and walker,' I was a little confused. What the hell does it mean to 'be a walker'?
2021 Recent posts
✦ July
182 | Vaccinated and hopefully liberated
Vaccinated and liberated. My heart is hopeful. Now I’m sitting out my mandatory
15 minute waiting time, writing this
2021 Recent posts
✦ June
181 | So many things
So many things. Emails keep stacking up. Reading that still needs to be done. Or
rather, wants to be done.
2021 Recent posts
✦ June
180 | Today is about compartmentalisation, sort of...
Today is about compartmentalization. And how bad and good I am at it at the same
time. You see, I
2021 Recent posts
✦ June
179 | More proof that documentation has value
As I was scrolling through my Instagram
[https://www.instagram.com/mitchellens.ink/] this afternoon, my eye fell on a
2021 Recent posts
✦ June
178 | A personal change log and a proper bio
Despite my website being generally done for the most part, there are always
little bits and pieces that can be
2021 Recent posts
✦ June
177 | Ha, can you believe it?
Ha, can you believe it?
I totally forgot to write a story yesterday. Well, not so much forgot to write
2021 Recent posts
✦ June
176 | Oh man, I can’t believe it
Oh man, I can’t believe it. I forgot to write something today (yesterday?). I’m
not sure how to
2021 Recent posts
✦ June
175 | Going through the motions and a rediscovery
I’ve been really putting myself through the motions lately.1 I promised myself I
would get a day off
2021 Recent posts
✦ June
174 | A whole lot of work and synergy
Peep this, I managed to plan all my appointments this week into one single day.
This day. That’s a
2021 Recent posts
✦ June
173 | Fixing everything
Internet: fixed. But let’s see how things are in a few days.
Leaking roof: contractors called, again. Things should
2021 Recent posts
✦ June
172 | I'm mad
I’m mad.
I’m mad because our roof started leaking again. Despite having been worked on
for two times
2021 Recent posts
✦ June
171 | I worked on a Sunday and I don't regret it
Wake up in the morning and watch some YBS Youngbloods on YouTube
[https://youtube.com/c/Youngbloods] to get my
2021 Recent posts
✦ June
170 | Today's timetable
Go to bed at 04:00.
Wake up at 09:00.
Fall asleep again at 10:50.
Wake up again
2021 Recent posts
✦ June
169 | Petrichor
The smell outside is amazing. It’s unbelievable what a good thunderstorm can do
after a couple of hot summer
2021 Recent posts
✦ June
168 | Bad news and two random thoughts
Bad news: The social apps are back on the phone. How’s that for a character
arch. How long has
2021 Recent posts
✦ June
167 | By the water and back
By the water, across from my home, I sit down and look around. My camera
dormantly slung around my torso.
2021 Recent posts
✦ June
166 | A premature recap of lessons learned so far
I thought about waiting to write a recap of my experiences producing these
Monologues until I reach 200 days but
2021 Recent posts
✦ June
165 | Staring in the distance instead of a screen
That’s it, the social apps are gone from my phone. At least for now. I’m not
necessarily opposed