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A Year in Mediation
Yi-Ling: Since our last Fossil, I finally returned to Beijing. In August, I did two weeks of hotel quarantine. In September, I stepped gingerly back…
Dec 30, 2020
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Sophie
June 2020
Buffering
Yi-Ling: Lately, I’ve had to remind myself that I am a body. We are all bodies. Not just a finger on a touchscreen, but a whole messy jumble of limbs…
Jun 18, 2020
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Sophie
March 2020
Fossil Poetry: Quarantine
A special, longer edition from Hong Kong and London.
Mar 21, 2020
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Sophie
February 2020
Viral
In the new year, Yi-Ling and Sophie mull on things that go viral, both online and off. YL: Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold. Blah blah. So it…
Feb 15, 2020
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Sophie
December 2019
Fossil Poetry #10: Firewall
In this Fossil Poetry, Yi-Ling reflects on life within the Firewall, and Sophie considers the illusions of different forms of digital security. Happy…
Dec 6, 2019
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Sophie
September 2019
Fossil Poetry #9: Memory
“American Landscape,” John Chiara “Memory” is a word we use a lot—in our personal lives and our digital ones. This week, we’re thinking about what it…
Sep 30, 2019
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Sophie
August 2019
Scroll
“Book from the Sky",” Xu Bing At the tail end of the summer, we’re back with Fossil Poetry, writing about the word “scroll” & how the digital version…
Aug 26, 2019
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Sophie
June 2019
Fossil Poetry #8: Recharge
In the heat of the summer, a year after sharing our first ever Fossil, we find ourselves back in New York City, ready for a recharge. Sophie mulls on…
Jun 27, 2019
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Sophie
April 2019
Fossil Poetry #7: Traffic
The digital and physical dystopias of traffic.
Apr 29, 2019
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Sophie
March 2019
Fossil Poetry #6: DNA
Hello from London (Sophie) and Beijing (Yi-Ling). We’re back after a bit of a hiatus—it was winter!—and here to meditate on “DNA,” both the metaphor and…
Mar 7, 2019
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Sophie
December 2018
Fossil Poetry #5: Ping
In the last hours of 2018—or, if you’re elsewhere in the world, the early hours of 2019— we’re pinging you with a reflection on the plethora of pings…
Dec 31, 2018
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Sophie
November 2018
Fossil Poetry #4: Surfing
We’re back. On a nerve-wracking, nail-biting and cold November day in the United States, we have a small bit of nostalgia for summer and the early…
Nov 6, 2018
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Sophie
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