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'?
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✦ December
359 | Merry Christmas to myself
Merry Christmas to myself. But also to some other people. You know who you are.
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✦ December
358 | Merry doing nothing for a few days
It’s the day before Christmas, or the day of Christmas Eve if you will, and I
needn’t have
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✦ December
357 | De Ontluiking has its own place on the web now
YES! Not much to share today except for ONTLUIKING.NL being LIVE! It’s a work in progress, it always
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✦ December
356 | I'm nervous because the end is near
I'm nervous. The end of the year is near. That means I feel like I'm running
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✦ December
355 | Echoes of silence
It’s December 21, 2021 and that are only ten more days left in this project. Can
you believe I’
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✦ December
354 | Movie night with myself
For a long time, I’ve wanted to watch The Equalizer. Not the 1980 or 2021 TV
series, but the
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✦ December
353 | Knowledge, bliss and questions about them
If knowledge is power and ignorance is bliss, is being powerless then also
blissful?
Because it appears power and blissfulness
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✦ December
352 | mitchellensink.com
I bought the .com domain for my ‘firstnamelastname’ today and I can’t believe it
was still free as well
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✦ December
351 | I deserve to sit down now
Yes! That 10KM walk was just what I needed. Sitting down feels deserved again
and I can do it without
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350 | Super simple
I put a new strap on my camera and now I want to pick it up and use it even
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349 | Two more weeks
Just two more weeks to go man. I can barely believe it. While organizing my
work, I was reading through
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✦ December
348 | 4 AM
It’s 4 in the morning and I’m tired. Yawning constantly with burning eyes that
want to be closed
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✦ December
347 | The drafts stole today's story
The story I wrote for today ended up in my drafts because it requires some more
thought so this sentence
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✦ December
346 | Napping like a cat
I stayed in, did naps all day and I don’t even feel bad about it.
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✦ December
345 | Quick vibe check
Quick vibe check: how many of the goals I've set for this year have I
accomplished? Let'
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344 | Tomorrow, guys
I don't have the time nor energy to do it today but I plan to look at my
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✦ December
343 | Saw one shot and caught a vibe
I saw a photo of a very peculiar looking man today, which caught my eye
immediately. The photo is taken
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✦ December
342 | Too tired to pretend
I’m not sure if I’m too tired to care or too busy doing other stuff to pretend I