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YOUTUBE
Reflections, conversations, observations, and stories, spoken rather than written.
I’ve spent years writing, across continents and seasons, through questions, discoveries, frustrations, joys, and unexpected turns.
But some things are better spoken than typed.
YouTube is where the writing becomes a voice, where ideas breathe differently, where stories feel closer, where encounters and reflections unfold in motion rather than on the page.
If the blog is where I think on paper,
then YouTube is where I speak from the moment I’m standing in, the places I live, the people I meet, and the questions I continue to ask.
But some things are better spoken than typed.
YouTube is where the writing becomes a voice, where ideas breathe differently, where stories feel closer, where encounters and reflections unfold in motion rather than on the page.
If the blog is where I think on paper,
then YouTube is where I speak from the moment I’m standing in, the places I live, the people I meet, and the questions I continue to ask.
Why I'm on YouTube
Some conversations belong off the page.
Some observations feel truer when spoken.
Some stories are better told in the presence of a place, a face, or a moment that refuses to sit quietly inside written text.
On YouTube, you’ll find a side of my work that is:
● sometimes reflective
● sometimes observational
● sometimes candid
● sometimes critical
● sometimes quietly hopeful
But always rooted in the same honesty, humour, curiosity, and outsider’s lens that shapes my writing.
I record when something needs a voice.
I speak when silence would diminish the truth of it.
I share when a story feels larger than a paragraph.
Some observations feel truer when spoken.
Some stories are better told in the presence of a place, a face, or a moment that refuses to sit quietly inside written text.
On YouTube, you’ll find a side of my work that is:
● sometimes reflective
● sometimes observational
● sometimes candid
● sometimes critical
● sometimes quietly hopeful
But always rooted in the same honesty, humour, curiosity, and outsider’s lens that shapes my writing.
I record when something needs a voice.
I speak when silence would diminish the truth of it.
I share when a story feels larger than a paragraph.
What You'll Find There
The videos do not live in strict categories, but most fall into conversations and reflections like these:
A Featured Glimpse
Here’s a glimpse of the kind of conversations and reflections you’ll find there.
Why Join Me There
YouTube is not a performance space.
It is a thinking-out-loud space.
A place for stories that move, voices that matter, and reflections that are truer when spoken gently, honestly, or, when needed, unapologetically.
If you’d like another way to follow along with the conversations happening here, in this country, in these places, among these people, you’re welcome to listen in.
It is a thinking-out-loud space.
A place for stories that move, voices that matter, and reflections that are truer when spoken gently, honestly, or, when needed, unapologetically.
If you’d like another way to follow along with the conversations happening here, in this country, in these places, among these people, you’re welcome to listen in.
Come Over and Listen
There’s no upload schedule, no production machine, no algorithm-chasing.
New videos appear when something meaningful is worth sharing.
Just stories, in motion.
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