About
About Me
Writer, thinker, and perpetual student of wisdom.
A Notion To Ponder is my corner of the web — a place where the things I think about, build, and write down can live together. It is equal parts notebook, workshop, and portfolio.
Writing
Writing is akin to thinking, and so I aim to cultivate the skill of clear thinking. The blog is where I work through ideas in long form — from tradition and interpretation to whatever I happen to be reading. These are primarily meant for my family and friends, but those who find this site are welcome to enjoy them. Poetry lives here too, kept deliberately quiet and uncluttered on its own pages.
Building
On the technical side I build practical web projects, this site among them — a Django application I use to publish, experiment, and learn. I gravitate toward clean, maintainable code and design that stays out of the reader's way. Besides this, I also like to build analytic and creative tools.
Music
Music is part of the pattern of reality, and a portal that helps us transcend our present state of affairs. Occasionally, I make music that may emerge.
Mathematics & Physics
I have a standing curiosity about mathematics and physics, and I use writing as a way to think them through. You will find those explorations woven into the blog rather than walled off — a running attempt to understand a little more than I did yesterday.
Elsewhere
The projects page collects the things I have built, including the tools that live on this site. For my professional background there is a password-protected resume, available on request. Otherwise, the best introduction is simply to read the blog.