…this may seem unrelated but today I walked my city in search of a Christmas gift for someone I love very much. I’d left it too late. So I was already in a black mood about my own recurring ineptness. But also at the performativeness of buying a gift they don’t need.
So, on top of that, as I walked from fruitless place to fruitless place I became almost overwhelmed at the sadness of my hollowed out city…