[TI-11] dedications, gifts, odes - by Spencer Chang

I'm sitting under the warm glow of circular paper lamps that fill the ceiling. I'm at a local bakery with a vast open seating area. Because I work from home 90% of the time now, I forget how much I enjoy working with the clamor of people living (talking, eating, bustling) around me. Somehow, the noise fuels my focus, while silence can feel like too much pressure. I like the camouflage that working amidst a big crowd offers. I feel safe when I'm surrounded by the clatter of living. I've been thinking about gifting. I have an unfinished gift guide for 2023 I started during the holiday season that I suppose is too late to send out now (but will maybe make a good spring surprise?). Likely, it was inspired by me making more gifts lately. Ceramics, as a craft, makes for a convenient medium for gift-making. You can imagine something and form a rough prototype of it relatively easily. S and I made a bunch of fortune cookies out of ceramic, and I've been giving some of them away with handwritte

I'm sitting under the warm glow of circular paper lamps that fill the ceiling. I'm at a local bakery with a vast open seating area. Because I work from home 90% of the time now, I forget how much I enjoy working with the clamor of people living (talking, eating, bustling) around me. Somehow, the noise fuels my focus, while silence can feel like too much pressure. I like the camouflage that working amidst a big crowd offers. I feel safe when I'm surrounded by the clatter of living. I've been thinking about gifting. I have an unfinished gift guide for 2023 I started during the holiday season tha