Michelle Yan

Nov 16, 2024 | medium.com | Michelle Yan

Michelle Yan·Follow5 min read·--Adapted from a chapter of a philosophy non-fiction book i’m currently writing and welcome thoughts‘This Was Then’, Mike Abrahams, 1986We are most often enraged not by truths etched in stone but by those truths that hover on the edge of probability; lingering in the grey space of uncertainty within our minds.

Nov 15, 2024 | medium.com | Michelle Yan

Michelle Yan·Follow4 min read·--Adapted from a chapter of a philosophy non-fiction book i’m currently writing and welcome thoughtsUntitled, Rosaire Appel, 2024My old man and I used to engage in the tireless pastime of hiking, as a way of bonding between two socially awkward introvert writers. It was always mid-autumn; amongst the crisp air and umber-hued nature, and in our solitary treks, where we felt our hypersensitive melancholy was somehow justified by the season.

Nov 13, 2024 | medium.com | Michelle Yan

Michelle Yan·Follow3 min read·--Adapted from a chapter of a philosophy non-fiction book i’m currently writing and welcome thoughtsSpecial Mode Homme, Jack Davison, 2023Few pairings of emotions are as intertwined as praise and envy in shaping our sense of self-worth.

Nov 12, 2024 | medium.com | Michelle Yan

Michelle Yan·Follow3 min read·--Adapted from a chapter of a philosophy non-fiction book i’m currently writing and welcome thoughts‘On Being an Angel’, Francesca Woodman, 1977Beauty is an absurd and radiant little thing, resisting our touch every time we feel that we are on the cusp of grasping the virginal lustre of its unspoiled essence. Because as rational creatures, we can’t help dissecting beauty with our gazes, reducing it to parts, peeling it back from its once-vibrant form.

Nov 10, 2024 | medium.com | Michelle Yan

Michelle Yan·Follow4 min read·--Adapted from a chapter of a philosophy non-fiction book i’m currently writing and welcome thoughts‘L’erranceE’, Lookace Bamber, 2014There is an ancient tension between the craving for infinity and diversity, and permanence and novelty. This dichotomy, at once abstract and visceral, shapes not only the rhythm of our lives but also the architecture of our desires.