03 / THE UNFILTERED MIND
Arguments rehearsed alone. Games dissected after midnight. Stage lights remembered years later. A place for the person behind the projects.
OFF DUTY / STILL OBSERVING
Four ways the mind keeps moving.
One of my more unusual habits—I walk around explaining things out loud. If I see something online I disagree with, I instantly build the counter-argument in my head. It keeps my thinking sharp, playful and a little bit combative.
COUNTERPOINT?Games filled with depth, creativity and symbolism are more than entertainment to me—they’re interactive stories that inspire imagination and emotion. I find myself picking apart their hidden layers long after I’ve put the controller down.
PRESS STARTMy journey with debate began at 12, through Fulkuri, a national-level organization. Competing on that stage gave me the confidence to express ideas clearly, sharpened my logical thinking, and gave me a genuine taste for national-level competition.
MAKE THE CASEI started acting at 10, inspired by Shah Rukh Khan and later Barry Evans, and performed regularly from school stages up to national platforms. The most memorable moment came on August 12, 2022—winning Best Actor at the National Theatre Competition organized by SOSAS, and receiving the award from actor and activist Ilias Kanchan.
PLACES, PLEASENOTEBOOK MARGINS / FIVE FRAGMENTS
Kratos said this once, and it captures exactly how I feel about the word “sorry.” If you’ve messed something up in my life, don’t drown me in apologies—fix it, or leave me the space to fix it myself. Repeating “sorry” only keeps the mistake alive in my head. What I actually need is peace, and the room to heal in my own way—forgiveness only becomes real once I feel it, not once it’s been said enough times.
If I say I want to reach Amsterdam, what happens the moment I get there? Instead, pick a direction—let your goal be moving west simply because you love going west. Every step toward it becomes a success on its own, and even after “arriving” there’s always more west to explore. Love the journey, not just the destination, and you’ll find better experiences—and better company—along the way.
Fiction has always been about the experience. When film first showed audiences a train pulling into a station, people reportedly panicked—a level of immersion books alone couldn’t touch. For a long time film held that crown. Now I think games have taken it: they don’t just tell you a story, they let you live it, choose it, and shape how it ends.
Discipline needs seriousness—the maturity to keep emotion from derailing a goal. But when your emotions actually support the goal you’re chasing, seriousness quietly disappears. You stop forcing it. You think about it all day, do it without hesitation, and genuinely enjoy every part of it. That’s when passion turns effortless.
Dogs are amazing—genuinely my third favourite animal—but horses take the top spot for me. They’ve carried people into war, stood on the battlefield, and helped bring the injured home. The trust built with a horse in a life-and-death moment sits on a different level entirely. Mostly, though, I just love horses. No further logic required.
ONE LAST MARGIN NOTE
“Powered by coffee, fuelled by curiosity, still figuring the rest out on paper first.”