VI

Cabinet

Obsessions, catalogued.

Every few weeks my brain adopts a new exhibit and studies it like a final exam. Whales. Octopi. Haiku. The inside of Michelin kitchens. The fever always passes; the specimens stay.

On display now

Current obsession

Since July 2026

This place.

Six rooms, three languages, one long fever. The current obsession is the museum itself — you are standing inside it.

The drawers

Past specimens

Dates are approximate. Obsession does not keep a calendar.

a few weeks

Whales

Migration maps, whale song at 2 a.m., and the one that sings at 52 hertz.

Specimen 001
two weeks

Octopi

Three hearts, blue blood, and no respect for the lid of any tank.

Specimen 002
one month

Haiku

Seventeen syllables. For one month I tried to think in them.

Specimen 003
a few weeks

Michelin kitchens

Brigade hierarchies, tweezers, and the terrifying calm of the pass.

Specimen 004
Field notes

How this works

My ADHD picks the exhibits, not me. Total, joyful tunnel vision with an expiry date — I stopped fighting it and started cataloguing it. If you recognise the pattern: welcome. The cabinet is open.

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