Reading is cool

I loved to read as a child. in elementary school i was reading the Magic Tree House series, in middle school i was reading Harry Potter and Vladimir Todd, in High School I was reading Great Gatsby, 1984 and Brave New World. In college, I read my textbooks. passages from Susan sontag, Douglas Crimp, Walter Benjamin, Adrian Piper, Vilem Flusser, Angela Davis, James Baldwin.
I think that reading on the train is the absolute best pasttime. I used to play Bejeweled on my phone, and I still do, but I recently rediscovered the beauty of reading on the train. filling your mind with beautiful stories, insights and concerns of the world around us as we are whisked away en masse to our destinations. No ads! How beautiful and romantic. The seduction of the person next to you on the train, restraining themselves from taking a peek and reading alongside you.
. It (usually) takes longer to read a chapter than it does to listen to a song. In that regard, the sensation of time on a long train ride feels like an easier passage, much faster than if you were to listen to multiple songs or watch many short-form videos online. a 20 minute train ride is a chapter, sometimes less, sometimes more.

Updated 6 MARCH 2026

What I'm Reading Right Now

THIJS LIJSTER (ed.) - "THE FUTURE OF THE NEW: ARTISTIC INNOVATION IN TIMES OF SOCIAL ACCELERATION"

SMAK GHENT - THE PHOTOGRAPHIC I - OTHER PICTURES