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  • A Catalogue of Fears

    Fear of the unknown. Moroccan Sahara. 2024 The stony, desert rubble is punctuated at intervals by the desiccated carcasses of camels. Pausing at one, I adjust my pack, gazing at the flapping hide, the desert’s ultimate memento mori, and judge that only an hour of light remains. I feel intensely alive amidst this desolation, but… →

  • Morocco, in Brazil

    Unzipping the tent flaps the dune appeared closer and taller than when seen in daylight, like something threatening using darkness as cover for stealth. There was the silhouette of a tree. A few stars. I was in Brazil, the trees dripping with the morning’s downpour. But the words “remote desert” in a news article had… →