What is the Point of Talent?

The pearly gloom of a Parisian winter afternoon flooded the room as he gazed down at the plaza to observe the moving city in miniature. From this…

Oct 12 • Sherry Ning

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August 2026

Agency doesn't matter if you lack intention

All experiences are temporary arrangements of attention. Also, come to my lecture!! Toronto, Sept 10th.

Aug 25 • Sherry Ning

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Till Death

Love in the slow, horizontal fall of time

Aug 17 • Sherry Ning

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July 2026

Diary of a people watcher, 3

Gentrification, grittiness, multicultural intersections, and the symphony & the master of time

Jul 24 • Sherry Ning

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June 2026

SOLICITED ADVICE #14: Self-forgiveness

Escaping the doom loop of guilt (what if punishing yourself too cruelly for your mistakes is just as wrong as letting yourself off the hook?)

Jun 14 • Sherry Ning

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To be alive is to live wanting something

If an apocalypse reset civilization, I think the first thing we’d reinvent is the concept of heaven

Jun 3 • Sherry Ning

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May 2026

Get inside your life

"Do not be a spectator or a commentator on your life; instead immerse yourself fully in it."

May 10 • Sherry Ning

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April 2026

The treasure you seek is what becomes of you when you seek it

Just married!

Apr 29 • Sherry Ning

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I need whimsy but I also need to be taken seriously

The deepest contradiction of the human condition

Apr 16 • Sherry Ning

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Spring Again

Do you ever think about how the fact that we walk on two legs is proof that we are altruistic creatures? Also, I got a PO box.

Apr 3 • Sherry Ning

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March 2026

You are what you love

How to become what you want to be when you can't "think" yourself into a better person

Mar 10 • Sherry Ning

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Get Inside Your Body

How to seek wonder in the age of machines

Published on Inkwell • Mar 5