The Dim Sum Journal

Empty theatre seats seen from the stage, the space above them in darkness.

Performing Needs an Audience

I learned my body in front of a mirror. The rooms I practise in have no mirrors now. No one is grading. And still — perfect form.

Performing Needs an Audience

I learned my body in front of a mirror. The rooms I practise in have no mirrors now. No one is grading. And still — perfect form.

The Kindness That Reaches the Plate

The Kindness That Reaches the Plate

Ten days at a new society built from scratch — real connections, and a care that never reached the plate. A reflection on kindness, exclusion, and the edge we keep...

The Kindness That Reaches the Plate

Ten days at a new society built from scratch — real connections, and a care that never reached the plate. A reflection on kindness, exclusion, and the edge we keep...

A Deficit to Escape, or Fullness in This Moment

A Deficit to Escape, or Fullness in This Moment

Every offer in the inbox carries the same cheerful verdict: room for improvement. But what if the you of now was never a deficit to escape — and what is...

A Deficit to Escape, or Fullness in This Moment

Every offer in the inbox carries the same cheerful verdict: room for improvement. But what if the you of now was never a deficit to escape — and what is...

Should You Really?

Should You Really?

There is a version of your week that exists mostly in obligation. You carry it — not always gracefully, sometimes with a laugh — and then you pick it all...

Should You Really?

There is a version of your week that exists mostly in obligation. You carry it — not always gracefully, sometimes with a laugh — and then you pick it all...

Armour, or Expression?

Armour, or Expression?

A child hands the choice to a rhyme — pick a number, and whatever lands, that's the one. Most of us never quite stop. We just get more sophisticated. We...

Armour, or Expression?

A child hands the choice to a rhyme — pick a number, and whatever lands, that's the one. Most of us never quite stop. We just get more sophisticated. We...

Waiting for the Next

Waiting for the Next

Most of us are living in the "when." When the career reaches wherever success means this year. When the relationship arrives. When enough finally feels like enough. It looks like...

Waiting for the Next

Most of us are living in the "when." When the career reaches wherever success means this year. When the relationship arrives. When enough finally feels like enough. It looks like...