I have a new face and a new essay out. You may have seen my pfp and not known I was undergoing a METAMORPHOSIS. Read the essay for a story about a crazy surgery and the best articulation I have so far of what I'm doing on the internet. See next comment for that distillation if you don't feel like clicking out.

I have a new face and a new essay out. You may have seen my pfp and not known I was undergoing a METAMORPHOSIS. Read the essay for a story about a crazy surgery and the best articulation I have so far of what I'm doing on the internet. See next comment for that distillation if you don't feel like clicking out. 

https://charliebecker.substack.com/p/i-have-a-new-face

The premise of Castles in the Sky is that there is a tremendous number of people under assault by nihilistic confusion, existential boredom, and intellectual loneliness. I think that the cure for this is a combination of earnestness, curiosity, and boldness. I want people to see these principles in action so that they can improve their own lives and, in turn, the world. 

As grand as that mission may seem, I am taking it on in the small way I understand how. I am sharing stories from my life, writing fiction, and exploring topics popular and obscure so that people can see the virtuous cycle between the life of the mind and the life well lived. 

People are lacking meaning and context. By taking obscure or grandiose things and making them interesting and relatable, or taking mundane things and making them profound, I want to help people feel a little less alone and a little less meaningless.

Very interesting! Thank you.
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