A black windowless room is half filled with liquid. A single drop falls from the celing. You hear the two meet; silence ensues. You can’t help but wonder, how far did the ripple go? Did they reach the walls? Or meet an obstacle along the way? A raindrop outside the room feels the ripple. It…

Boundaries were a foreign concept for much of my life. Although not equipped with a specific vendetta against them, I was subconsciously bound to an idealogy that avoided them. Boundaries were for those who couldn’t handle, in simple terms, for the weak. What a misconception. Here are five boundaries that have empowered me to live…

“A jack of all trades is a master of none…” Reads the first half of this well-worn saying. The second half reads, “…but oftentimes better than a master of one.” Far from a word of warning, this was a compliment. Both jacks and masters does a world need to run. Photo by Maeva Vigier on…

Vibrations shake the walls. As they dissipate silence creeps in. For a few moments, all is still. Then, like a rising wave, another rushes forward. It springs back from the wall, passing within a hair’s width from your face. That was close. You hear it land softely behind you, an artifact for those to come….

If you had to guess the origin of chess you might think of Europe. A game played among patriarchs within stone-cold castle walls. However, the origin story presents quite a different tale. Enter the warm sand covered planes of India in the 7th century. Although the pieces of the game were significantly more ornate, think…