I've noticed that there are a handful of popular topics that get brought up more than others on the Bear Blog Discovery Feed: AI, meta-blogging (blogging about blogging), social media, the indie web etc. Another topic that pops up every now and then is minimalism. I've run into a few posts where people are voicing...

General happeningsThis week - especially the weekend - was one where I realised how rewarding getting up early can be. It felt like the days were so much longer! I went to an exhibition (about the Swiss painter Karl Walser, at Tokyo Station Gallery) and did another hike, with some work colleagues this time. I've...

Yesterday, I found a post i think we're obsessed with aesthetic on the Discovery Feed. It featured quite a few nice quotes. My favourite was this one: It's a real "people die when they are killed" kind of quote. Your first reaction is probably going to be some faint amusement, accompanied by a thought like Well,...

Recently, while scrolling through pictures that I took last year on my phone, this one caught my eye. I photographed this at some kind of design exhibition. I don't remember the topic anymore, or how this exhibit tied into the exhibition as a whole. However, both back then and now, when looking at the picture again,...

I'm trying out a new post type: Writing about individual things that I own. To avoid writing "product reviews", I will only write about things that I've consistently used for more than one year. Instead of the excitement that comes with newly bought things, I want to focus on my relationships with these objects and...

Tokyo is full of branding and advertising, and every now and then, a poster or video screen catches my eye. I don't feel comfortable calling advertising and branding themselves "forms of art", but I think it's undeniable that some very creative people are often involved in this line of work. Sometimes, the material...

I've seen a few posts on Bear Blog where people list / show the tools they are currently using, and I always find them interesting to read. So in this post, I want to showcase my current setup for quick notes when I'm "on the go". I own a lot of stationery, which I've haphazardly amassed over the years. Recently,...

Perusing the Bear Blog Discovery Feed has become a part of my daily routine (usually during my commute / on the train). Semi-intentionally, I've established a mini-practice that I call "Bear Blog picks", where I scroll through the "Most Recent" section (or use the "Random" function) and open the first five posts...

General happeningsThis week was OK overall. One of those weeks that's not unpleasant, but also one where nothing truly exciting happened. I'll chalk that up as a positive. Did some drawing / painting with friends in the park on the weekend; I think I'm starting to get the hang of watercolour again. I really should...

Over the past month, I've looked at quite a lot of blogs. Each one is a bit different. Of course, the design and the contents differ, but what I'm most interested in is the structure. Most follow the "time stream" format, with the posts arranged in reverse chronological order, plus some individual pages (home,...

I found this quote below in a copy of Ver Sacrum (the official magazine of the Vienna Secession), displayed at an exhibition I went to recently. I wouldn't call myself a religious person, so the part about "God" doesn't particularly resonate with me, but I found it interesting nonetheless. "The point where...