If you are landing in this section, you are likely looking for my intellectual hub. These essays mostly come from the moments of tension that are resolved through writing. These pieces emerge from lived experience, ethical reflection, and close observation of everyday life. I attempt to understand how values are formed, tested, and carried forward within families, communities, and public discourse. Much of this writing is shaped by questions rather than conclusions. I write to pause and digest, to sit with moral tension, often off my emotional center, and to name what often remains unspoken. Some essays are intimate, others analytical, but all are grounded in care for context and consequence.
This work is ongoing.
Family, Faith, Identity, Belonging:
Community, Equity, Institutions:
Creative Work:
From Decor to Dialogue: The Making of Crowned Toward the Void
What began as a mass-produced triptych became a quiet act of transformation. Through layered paint, restraint, and deliberate interruption, a…
Keep readingLa Gioconda Visiting Her Old Friend Leonardo
Created in 2010, La Gioconda Visiting Her Old Friend Leonardo reimagines the Mona Lisa as a visitor rather than an…
Keep readingThe XXI Century Brautiganism: A Visual Poetry
This project explores how digital technologies can reinterpret 1960s poetry, specifically through “The 21st Century Brautiganism: A Visual Poem.” Premiering…
Keep readingMedia, Culture, Narrative:
Postcards and Observations:
Goodbye 2025. Welcome 2026.
As 2025 comes to a close, I’m not looking for dramatic conclusions. What I feel instead is something quieter and…
Keep readingMy Bilingual Experience
Reflection on bilingual experience, noting the challenges of transitioning between Russian and English. They discuss the role of grammatical cases…
Keep readingFrom Baikonur to Vancouver: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Human Spaceflight
On April 12, 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space. His flight on Vostok 1 marked a historic…
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