Joyce Kwon

The tomte started the year looking like a little Santa waiting to be put back into storage then turned into your garden-variety gnome through spring and summer. Now that Mariah Carey has announced it’s time for Christmas, he’s surprised me by revealing himself to be a Nordic creature once more.

Year-Round Tomte I picked up a discounted tomte just days after last Christmas, thinking he could function as a warning that another year will be here before I know it and transition into a holiday decoration when the time arrived. He started the year looking like a little Santa waiting to be put back into storage t...

Doodlin’

Doodlin' Flying east today, I started listening to my album with the first tracks “Empty Ambition” and “Future History” during the golden hour and noticed that by the time I got to the end with “UAP” and “You and a Song,” the sky had turned to night. It was a happy coincidence—a synchronici...