The dangers of safety

Dedicated to appearances, flip flops, and the irony of social norms

The best advice I’ve ever been given is that rules, at least in social and artistic settings, are just guidelines: if you follow them blindly, they will only lead you where someone else has been led before.

When baristas and acquaintances ask if I’m alright, I always say that I’m fine, mumble something about the weather, how nostalgic it makes me feel, …