TTPD: THE ANTHOLOGY DEBRIEFING
"Taylor (the woman) and Taylor Swift (the brand)—she’s mastered how to creatively weave these two personas together she’s built an empire upon them."
Jopaz Baquirin
Soulful Writer, Teacher
THE EMPLOYMENT PRISON
"The moment you realize something is holding you back from maxing out your potential is the very same moment you rebel from the chains that bind you."
RANDOM TOKYO NEWSLETTER
"I felt like running away. That urge to escape and just leave everything behind resurfaced yet again."
"IKIGAI" — REASON FOR BEING
"I'm annoyingly convinced that the majority of people today feel extremely disconnected, dissatisfied, and existentially frustrated. Human beings are more lost than ever."
3 THINGS WE CAN LEARN FROM THE JAPANESE AESTHETIC "WABI-SABI"
"Wabi-sabi is a culture centered on appreciating the beauty of imperfection, impermanence, and simplicity."
CRACK THE CODE
"In the entwining of your discoveries, strengths, weaknesses, and relationships, there will be something that speaks to you."
THE BEGINNER MINDSET
"The more you feel comfortable embarrassing yourself, the more you push yourself to do the things that scare you, and the more that you grow."
THIS LOVE
Struggle, sacrifice, compromise, and conflict. Ripped off of these components, how does a partnership thrive?
TAYLOR SWIFT THROUGH TOKYO'S LENS: LONG LIVE THE TIME OF MY LIFE
"The 1 and only prologue to Folklore's wilderness. A melody that provokes emotions so ambivalent. I discreetly wipe my tears. In the earthy cabin lies the very collection of odes that offered comfort in my once bleak world. I welcome the memories flooding in."
A LOVE LETTER
"Love is complex. Our world makes it complicated."