Writing

Exploring ideas about creativity, innovation, and science through short essays.

July 16, 2021

A Brief History of Colors

What is color? A wavelength or a way to express yourself on the canvas? The history of color is a long thread of science and art interweaved together in one beautiful mess. And this is what makes color so interesting. It is a complex dynamic of precise optics and spiritual art.

6 min read

July 4, 2021

The Boboli Gardens: Where Art Becomes Meaningful

3 min read

June 22, 2021

Cabinet of Curiosities: Cultivating a Sense of Wonder

3 min read

June 21, 2021

Cymatics: The Art of Sound

2 min read

June 10, 2021

Uncovering Hidden Order in Organisms

Using genetic toolkits and fate maps, we discover the underlying similarities between organisms. By examining nature's parts individually, we uncover simple rules that explain complex biological phenomena. There is order to the architecture of animals.

3 min read

May 28, 2021

Self-Organization in Nature

Fish cluster together into schools and bird flocks paint the most beautiful 3D structures in the sky. But how do these groups organize themselves? Who is the leader that tells everyone what to do? This is what self-organization aims to explain and what this essay introduces.

4 min read

April 30, 2021

The Theory of Life

6 min read

April 16, 2021

What the Structures of Trees Teach Us About the Networks of the Brain

4 min read

April 1, 2021

How and Why We Age

5 min read

March 19, 2021

Nike's Secret Innovator: The Customer

If there is one thing I learned from reading about business, it’s that novelty doesn't come from a mission statement. It comes from understanding your customer.

3 min read

March 5, 2021

Order Through Chaos

When you think you are progressing forwards, you might be moving away from the final version. That's okay. Because the whole point of being creative isn't to plan out what you want to do. It's a discovery process of finding opportunities and surprises in the unknown.

3 min read

February 19, 2021

Slow Innovation

2 min read

February 7, 2021

The Ultimate Guide to Learn Anything Faster

10 min read

January 29, 2021

Finding Comfort in Infinity

3 min read

April 25, 2021

Michelin Star Creativity

You enter the 26th best restaurant in the world. Pairings from king crab and passion fruit to dark chocolate with butternut squash come after each other. Powders, sauces, and garnishes decorate your table. But who is behind this radical culinary creativity? Meet Grant Achatz, the chef who battled oral cancer while pioneering molecular gastronomy.

2 min read

January 15, 2021

The Love That Fueled Da Vinci’s Creations

2 min read

January 8, 2021

How High Performers Practice to Achieve World Class Results

2 min read

January 1, 2021

The Power of Focus

3 min read

December 25, 2020

2020 In Review

"All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone." –– Blaise Pascal. It was first period, and we couldn't keep quiet.

5 min read

December 18, 2020

I Replaced Breakfast Green Smoothies With Three Ingredients. This is What Happened.

I gave up on the 23-ingredient green smoothies and fruit-laden oatmeals. I replaced all of it with three simple ingredients. Walnuts, bananas, and dark chocolate.

2 min read

December 11, 2020

From Evolution To Engineering: How To Tinker Your Way To Success

2 min read

November 28, 2020

Why People Love Amazon

2 min read

November 25, 2020

What People Get Wrong About Thanksgiving

3 min read

November 20, 2020

Practicing When No One is Watching

The tennis courts are empty. The temperature has dropped, and the darkness has set in.

1 min read

November 19, 2020

A Roman Beauty

Why is classical architecture worth studying?

1 min read

November 11, 2020

Choose Yourself

1 min read

November 9, 2020

The Aging of Books

1 min read

November 6, 2020

Exploring the creative processes behind geniuses

4 min read

November 8, 2020

Understanding Yourself Scientifically

I took to heart Richard Feynman's quote, "Study hard what interest you in the most undisciplined, irreverent and original manner possible." Maybe too much, though.

3 min read