at fire
Hey. I'm Dirk. Welcome to my fire. Sit down. I write here, share what I see, and sit with what arrives. A life lived with attention — and the traces it leaves. Texts, images, encounters, silence. Everything you find here grew from walking, watching, and writing things down before they disappear.
I travel. Currently Vietnam. Before that Thailand, a truck in Germany, Portugal. I walk barefoot every morning, read when reading appears, and observe the systems we build around us — and the ones we carry inside. I'm 56 and more awake than I've ever been.
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The embers are where the texts live. Stories, sparks, things that stayed warm long enough to write down.
Shin Li is my artistic voice. Visual poems, illustrations, a quiet eye that speaks in pictures.
The resources are my map — books, people, tools, and places that shaped this fire.
And if you want to know who sits here — come closer. Or better yet, come for a walk.
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I also work with people — in conversation, in depth, in presence. That lives at OUTJOY. If you're in a transition and looking for orientation, that door is open.