Double Nickel

My birthday is on Saturday, February 28th, and I’ll be spending the day at MEDIUM Art Center, from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. If you’re around, come by and…

Feb 25 • Chris Pugh

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Friendship on read receipts

A strange thing has happened to friendship. Most of it now lives on read receipts. I know you saw my message. I know you were online four minutes ago. I…

Feb 21 • Chris Pugh

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From notes to work

Last week, I wrote about the simple act of moving notes from paper to screen. It looked small on the surface. It turned out to be the hinge for a lot of…

Feb 10 • Chris Pugh

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Holding things twice

For most of my life, my way of holding ideas was loose. I carried notebooks. I wrote things down fast. Then I trusted memory to do the rest. I’ve always…

Feb 4 • Chris Pugh

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I'm not lazy, I'm scared.

There’s a collage sitting on my desk that I’ve been “working on” for months. Most of the pieces are already cut out. The paper has that soft, handled…

Feb 1 • Chris Pugh

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January 2026

He's not dead, yet.

I blame DOGE.

Jan 31 • Chris Pugh

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'Stay True' to the game

I bought Stay True by Hua Hsu when it first came out. I remember setting it on a counter and meaning to start right away. Instead, I loaned it to a…

Jan 19 • Chris Pugh

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One more thing to fix

Last week was a day of meetings at the gallery. Not the worst kind, but still draining. We spent most of it planning the year ahead at the gallery.

Jan 19 • Chris Pugh

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Hello (2026)

I am not chasing a fresh start in twenty-six. I am trying to create room in the days I already have. Room to work. Room to notice what is in front of…

Jan 1 • Chris Pugh

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December 2025

Goodbye (2025)

Two thousand twenty-five arrived without ceremony, under the low hum of the freeway and the bitter smell of burnt coffee. No reset button. No clean…

Dec 28, 2025 • Chris Pugh

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The future is analog

I spend most days staring at a screen. I wake up in the dark, make my coffee, and sit in the same chair in front of the same glow. The computer hums…

Dec 7, 2025 • Chris Pugh

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November 2025

The beauty of unfinished things

I’d never heard of John McPhee before. Not his name, not his books, nothing. That might sound strange for someone who works in journalism, but he’d…

Nov 30, 2025 • Chris Pugh

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