track+field: an October 2025 recap
Tarboosh Jedde, Sursock's divas, a couple nights with Luis Buñuel, an engagement party, WeDesignBeirut, a foliage hike, a panel about food in art, and painting with acrylics
This newsletter incorporates movement and activity (hikes, walks, etc) into my work. I’m a productive and self-disciplined person except when it comes to tasks related to taking care of myself (like exercise, diet, and rest). This log blends the two areas of my life (health + work) and it tracks my time in the field.
The 2024 paid newsletter, Grapevine, a bulleted list of offline things I was exploring, is now collapsed into this monthly dispatch.
I’ve been having a hard time getting into a book lately. I’ve tried three different ones so maybe I’m the problem. I finished Convenience Store Woman in a day because it’s short and I did nothing else but read it. It’s not that the book was too good to put down, it was that I just let myself use the whole day to finish it. At the moment, I’ve got too many open envelopes in my head because I’m keeping track of projects where each taps into a unique creative mode. When I read a chapter of a novel, too much time passes before I open the book again and I have to start over. It creates another open envelope because it’s another unfinished project. Maybe I need to block off a READING DAY to close the loop.
I went to look for some Halloween decor a few days before the 31st. The stores had already been outfitted for Christmas. With 50 days of 2025 left as of today, I can see the blur week (Dec 24-31) in the distance even though it’s only now starting to feel like September. This is one of the last editions of track+field for the year so please let me know if you’ve enjoyed reading these recaps. As usual, I’ll be taking a couple weeks in January to reflect and restructure Aanab so your feedback is always welcome.