{"id":76,"date":"2022-07-09T10:34:40","date_gmt":"2022-07-09T10:34:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/circlejourney.net\/writing\/blog\/?page_id=76"},"modified":"2022-07-09T12:58:28","modified_gmt":"2022-07-09T12:58:28","slug":"works","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/circlejourney.net\/writing\/blog\/works\/","title":{"rendered":"Works"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-query alignwide is-layout-constrained wp-block-query-is-layout-constrained\"><ul class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-577 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-writing-about-writing tag-discursive tag-non-fiction\">\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-title has-x-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circlejourney.net\/writing\/blog\/a-diatribe-about-plot-structure-and-the-way-it-is-taught\/\" target=\"_self\">A diatribe about plot structure and the way it is formulated<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-author\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-author__avatar\"><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c7b50454e067154268e90357ca3a0411e53bf1836842a0fba13af0b96496871d?s=48&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c7b50454e067154268e90357ca3a0411e53bf1836842a0fba13af0b96496871d?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' \/><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-post-author__content\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-author__name\">Amari Low<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circlejourney.net\/writing\/blog\/a-diatribe-about-plot-structure-and-the-way-it-is-taught\/\"><time datetime=\"2026-10-18T20:04:25+10:00\">October 18, 2026<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circlejourney.net\/writing\/blog\/category\/non-fiction\/writing-about-writing\/\" rel=\"tag\">Writing about writing<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">If you have taken undergraduate classes in writing and story structure, then you&#8217;ve probably been told that all stories have conflict. This is an idea that is taught as foundational theory in almost every English language narrative writing classroom. In all likelihood, you&#8217;ll also have been taught about the Three Act Structure (Act 1: Exposition,&hellip; <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-default\"\/>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-537 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-prose tag-code-hex tag-original tag-short-story\">\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-title has-x-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circlejourney.net\/writing\/blog\/city-of-a-million-shards\/\" target=\"_self\">city of a million shards<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-author\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-author__avatar\"><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c7b50454e067154268e90357ca3a0411e53bf1836842a0fba13af0b96496871d?s=48&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c7b50454e067154268e90357ca3a0411e53bf1836842a0fba13af0b96496871d?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' \/><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-post-author__content\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-author__name\">Amari Low<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circlejourney.net\/writing\/blog\/city-of-a-million-shards\/\"><time datetime=\"2026-01-15T17:07:07+10:00\">January 15, 2026<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circlejourney.net\/writing\/blog\/category\/prose\/\" rel=\"tag\">Prose<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Tooth swings his legs in the city lights. A pixellated ad flutters across the windows. Beneath him, the roads roar by: one city, two cities\u2014every city in the world is here, mirrored in a hundred skyscrapers. From up here, one can see the strait that splits the downtown from the peninsula. This is Berlian\u2014all of&hellip; <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-default\"\/>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-578 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-writing-about-writing tag-non-fiction\">\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-title has-x-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circlejourney.net\/writing\/blog\/how-do-you-handle-theme-in-your-writing\/\" target=\"_self\">&#8220;How do you handle theme in your writing?&#8221;<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-author\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-author__avatar\"><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c7b50454e067154268e90357ca3a0411e53bf1836842a0fba13af0b96496871d?s=48&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c7b50454e067154268e90357ca3a0411e53bf1836842a0fba13af0b96496871d?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' \/><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-post-author__content\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-author__name\">Amari Low<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circlejourney.net\/writing\/blog\/how-do-you-handle-theme-in-your-writing\/\"><time datetime=\"2025-03-08T19:59:00+10:00\">March 8, 2025<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circlejourney.net\/writing\/blog\/category\/non-fiction\/writing-about-writing\/\" rel=\"tag\">Writing about writing<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Someone once said that it&#8217;s important for writers to know their answer to that question, so I&#8217;m taking that as an opportunity to think over my own. Often, I&#8217;ll recognise that I have writing habits without actually knowing why I do things the way I do. I know that my work does handle theme\u2014I just&hellip; <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-default\"\/>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-423 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-non-fiction tag-biographical tag-discursive\">\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-title has-x-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circlejourney.net\/writing\/blog\/river-city-storm-city-flood-city\/\" target=\"_self\">River City, Storm City, Flood City: A prospective on Tropical Cyclone Alfred<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-author\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-author__avatar\"><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c7b50454e067154268e90357ca3a0411e53bf1836842a0fba13af0b96496871d?s=48&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c7b50454e067154268e90357ca3a0411e53bf1836842a0fba13af0b96496871d?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' \/><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-post-author__content\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-author__name\">Amari Low<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circlejourney.net\/writing\/blog\/river-city-storm-city-flood-city\/\"><time datetime=\"2025-03-05T23:20:31+10:00\">March 5, 2025<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circlejourney.net\/writing\/blog\/category\/non-fiction\/\" rel=\"tag\">Non-fiction<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Meanjin, Brisbane, BNE. The River City lives upon the floodplain of the Maiwar, which for many millennia was a prodigious wetland. The Turrbal name of the locale, Meanjin (&#8220;spike&#8221;), refers to the pointed riverbend in which the central business district is nestled. The ghost of the swampland is still felt to this day, in the&hellip; <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-default\"\/>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-414 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-non-fiction category-prose tag-biographical\">\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-title has-x-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circlejourney.net\/writing\/blog\/on-dislocation\/\" target=\"_self\">On dislocation<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-author\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-author__avatar\"><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c7b50454e067154268e90357ca3a0411e53bf1836842a0fba13af0b96496871d?s=48&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c7b50454e067154268e90357ca3a0411e53bf1836842a0fba13af0b96496871d?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' \/><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-post-author__content\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-author__name\">Amari Low<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circlejourney.net\/writing\/blog\/on-dislocation\/\"><time datetime=\"2025-02-19T15:57:10+10:00\">February 19, 2025<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circlejourney.net\/writing\/blog\/category\/non-fiction\/\" rel=\"tag\">Non-fiction<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/circlejourney.net\/writing\/blog\/category\/prose\/\" rel=\"tag\">Prose<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">I see the river from above before I know who she is\u2014a strand of yarn tangling the city and trees. 80.2.2, I locate myself in this new coordinate system. I wear it on my sleeve: I am not from here. There are so many white people in this room. Is this the right place? Am&hellip; <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-default\"\/>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-260 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-non-fiction category-prose tag-2024-travelogue\">\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-title has-x-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circlejourney.net\/writing\/blog\/famous-harbours-nameless-streets\/\" target=\"_self\">Famous harbours, nameless streets<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-author\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-author__avatar\"><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c7b50454e067154268e90357ca3a0411e53bf1836842a0fba13af0b96496871d?s=48&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c7b50454e067154268e90357ca3a0411e53bf1836842a0fba13af0b96496871d?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' \/><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-post-author__content\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-author__name\">Amari Low<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circlejourney.net\/writing\/blog\/famous-harbours-nameless-streets\/\"><time datetime=\"2024-12-03T04:03:25+10:00\">December 3, 2024<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circlejourney.net\/writing\/blog\/category\/non-fiction\/\" rel=\"tag\">Non-fiction<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/circlejourney.net\/writing\/blog\/category\/prose\/\" rel=\"tag\">Prose<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">(Post 3 in my 2024 Travelogue) Oh, Hong Kong, how do I write about you? I\u2019m brimming with gratitude that I had the chance to visit after wanting to for years. But can\u2019t help a sort of grief too, at the signs I saw at every turn that the city was changing for good. I&hellip; <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-default\"\/>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-242 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-non-fiction category-prose tag-2024-travelogue\">\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-title has-x-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circlejourney.net\/writing\/blog\/not-all-who-wander-are-lost-but-some-who-wander-want-to-be\/\" target=\"_self\">Not all who wander are lost, but some who wander want to be<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-author\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-author__avatar\"><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c7b50454e067154268e90357ca3a0411e53bf1836842a0fba13af0b96496871d?s=48&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c7b50454e067154268e90357ca3a0411e53bf1836842a0fba13af0b96496871d?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' \/><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-post-author__content\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-author__name\">Amari Low<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circlejourney.net\/writing\/blog\/not-all-who-wander-are-lost-but-some-who-wander-want-to-be\/\"><time datetime=\"2024-12-03T01:05:39+10:00\">December 3, 2024<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circlejourney.net\/writing\/blog\/category\/non-fiction\/\" rel=\"tag\">Non-fiction<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/circlejourney.net\/writing\/blog\/category\/prose\/\" rel=\"tag\">Prose<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">(Post 2 of my 2024 Travelogue) What they say really is true; your body remembers where it was born. I moved away from Singapore to Australia in 2018, but no matter how long I\u2019ve been gone, my sleep schedule still keeps Singapore time. For several years until I completed my Master\u2019s, I would fly back&hellip; <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-default\"\/>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-234 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-non-fiction category-prose tag-2024-travelogue\">\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-title has-x-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circlejourney.net\/writing\/blog\/the-metropolis-with-a-village-heart\/\" target=\"_self\">The metropolis with a village heart: an ode to Singapore&#8217;s wild chickens<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-author\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-author__avatar\"><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c7b50454e067154268e90357ca3a0411e53bf1836842a0fba13af0b96496871d?s=48&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c7b50454e067154268e90357ca3a0411e53bf1836842a0fba13af0b96496871d?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' \/><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-post-author__content\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-author__name\">Amari Low<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circlejourney.net\/writing\/blog\/the-metropolis-with-a-village-heart\/\"><time datetime=\"2024-12-02T23:42:05+10:00\">December 2, 2024<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circlejourney.net\/writing\/blog\/category\/non-fiction\/\" rel=\"tag\">Non-fiction<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/circlejourney.net\/writing\/blog\/category\/prose\/\" rel=\"tag\">Prose<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">(Post 1 of my 2024 Travelogue) So, there are a lot of wild chickens in Singapore. More chickens than the last time I visited. Way more chickens than when I was a regular resident. That was my chief takeaway during my 5-day visit. Not how the city has gone 100% cashless, not the fact that&hellip; <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-default\"\/>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-133 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-prose tag-original\">\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-title has-x-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circlejourney.net\/writing\/blog\/compass\/\" target=\"_self\">Compass<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-author\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-author__avatar\"><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c7b50454e067154268e90357ca3a0411e53bf1836842a0fba13af0b96496871d?s=48&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c7b50454e067154268e90357ca3a0411e53bf1836842a0fba13af0b96496871d?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' \/><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-post-author__content\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-author__name\">Amari Low<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circlejourney.net\/writing\/blog\/compass\/\"><time datetime=\"2022-07-09T11:39:02+10:00\">July 9, 2022<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circlejourney.net\/writing\/blog\/category\/prose\/\" rel=\"tag\">Prose<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Originally published on FanFiction.net, and then here on my website. It has now been adapted into an interactive comic. As I fall through the fog between sleeping and waking, I begin to forget. Flashes of red. A shower of water and glass. Rainbows and dying lamp wicks. Where was I? Where am I now? Something&#8217;s&hellip; <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-default\"\/>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-558 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-non-fiction tag-discursive tag-non-fiction\">\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-title has-x-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circlejourney.net\/writing\/blog\/all-at-once-and-only-once\/\" target=\"_self\">All at once, and only once: a migrant, media graduate &amp; science enthusiast\u2019s take on a movie like no other<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-author\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-author__avatar\"><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c7b50454e067154268e90357ca3a0411e53bf1836842a0fba13af0b96496871d?s=48&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c7b50454e067154268e90357ca3a0411e53bf1836842a0fba13af0b96496871d?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' \/><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-post-author__content\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-author__name\">Amari Low<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circlejourney.net\/writing\/blog\/all-at-once-and-only-once\/\"><time datetime=\"2022-05-07T22:29:00+10:00\">May 7, 2022<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circlejourney.net\/writing\/blog\/category\/non-fiction\/\" rel=\"tag\">Non-fiction<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">(Major spoiler warning for the entire movie) \u201cimmigrant stories are ghost stories are multiverse stories and in multiverse stories all of your ghosts inhabit your body simultaneously\u2026\u201d \u2014 everythingeverywhereallatonce Migration is always a traumatic quantum branching. It\u2019s something we\u2019ve always known, though not necessarily in those words. We palpably feel ourselves torn from one universe&hellip; <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-default\"\/>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-549 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized tag-biographical tag-non-fiction tag-prose\">\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-title has-x-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circlejourney.net\/writing\/blog\/life-is-a-train-station\/\" target=\"_self\">Life is a train station<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-author\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-author__avatar\"><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c7b50454e067154268e90357ca3a0411e53bf1836842a0fba13af0b96496871d?s=48&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c7b50454e067154268e90357ca3a0411e53bf1836842a0fba13af0b96496871d?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' \/><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-post-author__content\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-author__name\">Amari Low<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circlejourney.net\/writing\/blog\/life-is-a-train-station\/\"><time datetime=\"2022-04-20T11:12:00+10:00\">April 20, 2022<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circlejourney.net\/writing\/blog\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"tag\">Uncategorized<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">So, you have this great, big train station. When you first arrive through its gates, you know you\u2019re in for a lot of waiting. And very few people, I think, would spend the entire wait staring at the clock. If the conditions are right, or if you\u2019re the sort to do so, you may strike&hellip; <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-default\"\/>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-145 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-non-fiction category-prose tag-discursive\">\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-title has-x-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circlejourney.net\/writing\/blog\/societies-of-control-and-the-failure-of-the-taxonomic-project-or-how-pride-flags-are-related-to-pelicans\/\" target=\"_self\">Societies of control and the failure of the taxonomic project. Or, how pride flags are related to pelicans.<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-author\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-author__avatar\"><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c7b50454e067154268e90357ca3a0411e53bf1836842a0fba13af0b96496871d?s=48&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c7b50454e067154268e90357ca3a0411e53bf1836842a0fba13af0b96496871d?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' \/><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-post-author__content\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-author__name\">Amari Low<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circlejourney.net\/writing\/blog\/societies-of-control-and-the-failure-of-the-taxonomic-project-or-how-pride-flags-are-related-to-pelicans\/\"><time datetime=\"2021-07-23T11:53:00+10:00\">July 23, 2021<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circlejourney.net\/writing\/blog\/category\/non-fiction\/\" rel=\"tag\">Non-fiction<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/circlejourney.net\/writing\/blog\/category\/prose\/\" rel=\"tag\">Prose<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">The categorisation of things stems from but a single aim: to organise very large numbers of things, or collections of data, so as to harness and manipulate them. 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