Jake Welch @jakewelch
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Guestbook ⟶ ourworldoftext.com/jakewelch
Website ⟶ jakewel.ch jakewel.ch/hidden-assets/88x31.gif
Sunset dither cam gallery ⟶ are.na/jake-welch/sunset-dither-cam
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Currently reading ⟶ Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry (50/858)
Currently listening to ⟶ Our Daily Bread by Joe Lovano (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56vR_doW4nQ)
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4 April 2026
Spent a lovely spring morning people watching at the Grand Army Plaza farmer's market. The sun was warm and everyone was buzzing with energy. I enjoyed some empanadas for lunch and read my book on a bench. When I got home, i realized the photos I took with my sunset-dither-cam.jakewel.ch were feeling out of season, so I made a new variant to better capture the change in time, garden-dither-cam.jakewel.ch. Excited to embrace it's new palette!
2 April 2026
Something I love about living in NYC is how accustomed I’ve become to existing in small spaces with a lot of people. When I first moved here, it was difficult to get used to. I felt like I was in the way all the time. The city is dense and home to more than 8 million people. As I write this in my apartment, there are likely dozens of people within 100 feet of me who I’ve never met before. You get into a rhythm of stepping aside, saying “excuse me”, making way, taking up your own space; the city forces you into social interactions constantly. It’s the most human experience I’ve ever had in my life.
30 March 2026
Lovely day. The sun was shining and it was warm, I spent so much time at the park. I ran into friends and neighbors three different times while running my errands. I can't believe this is my life!
24 March 2026
My body is a machine that converts staring at screen into money
22 March 2026
Had my closest friends here in NYC all over last night for a joint birthday celebration between Steph and I. Our space was buzzing with good energy. I love the community we've built here.
19 March 2026
Finished The Grapes of Wrath with tears streaming down my face. A book’s never made me cry before
10 March 2026
The interactive web music video/live performance I built for Ritt Momney is out now! Check it out.
https://base-lidar.live/
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@dom god.. I feel this! I had a similar situation these past couple weeks and it’s just let up, still busy but pursuing more of my own ideas again. Work should not be our lives!
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Last updated: Saturday, April 4, 2026
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True goodness is like water.
- Bringing benefit and giving life to the 10,000 things.
- It doesn’t compete but like the Tao
- Immediately flows to the lowest place.
- Everyone else always wants to be first
- But the wise only want to be last,
- To live on solid ground,
- To think deeply,
- To be gentle and kind,
- To speak with honesty,
- To govern with peace and order,
- To work with skill,
- To act at only the best time
ways i stay grounded
- keep a morning routine
- read difficult yet rewarding novels
- avoid algorithms
- sacrifice comfort
- write out observations
- consider how things are connected
- notice how big and open the sky is
- relinquish all hate
- seek to understand everyone with compassion
- embrace silence
- honor things made with skill and craft
- allow troubles to flow over me like water
4 favorite things
- human connection
- figuring out how things work
- self-actualization through learning
- cultivating peace