Small Things Worth Making
A sample note about starting before an idea becomes important enough to be intimidating.
Sample postNotes from New York
Ryan Shaw
I'm Ryan. I live in New York and tend to get obsessively interested in things.
Lately: tea, magic, Mandarin, music, travel, and making more things than I can sensibly explain.
01 · Recent writing
Recent writing
Learning to Notice Tea
A sample field note about attention, taste, and the difference between consuming and noticing.
Sample postA City Made of Small Worlds
A sample observation about New York, repetition, and how a place becomes personal.
Sample post
02 · Things in motion
A few unfinished things
Experiments count. So do half-formed ideas, one-night events, and things made mostly to see what happens.
- A small room for impossible thingsEarly notes
- Sunday tea tableImagining
- This websiteIn progress
A small note
This is meant to be an accumulating record, not a finished portrait. It will probably get stranger with time.