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The Universe Allows You to Rewrite History

Coco Chanel, Bob Dylan, and the Quantum Physics of Self-Invention

Feb 22 • Camellia Yang

The Night the World Sang Together: Remembering "We Are the World"

I wasn't born when 'We Are the World' was recorded. But watching Jackie Chan and Lionel Richie perform it 40 years later broke something open in me…

Feb 17 • Camellia Yang

Don't Look Back in Anger

On Orpheus, Saint Seiya, and Hamnet

Feb 10 • Camellia Yang

The Ouroboros: The Man Who Fathered Himself

Inspired by the Netflix TV Show Dark

Jan 27 • Camellia Yang

Blood-Signed in the Abyss: Caravaggio’s Final Chiaroscuro

Inspired by my mission to travel around the world to see Caravaggio's works in person

Jan 18 • Camellia Yang

The Observer’s Question

Inspired by the book Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid

Jan 11 • Camellia Yang

A Peach Blossom Mystery

Inspired by one of the most famous Chinese Proses

Jan 7 • Camellia Yang

This Animation Taught Me More Than Philosophy Books

What Naruto Revealed About Love, Pain, and Being Human

Jan 4 • Camellia Yang

Everything Changes

A Thought Experiment on an Alternate History of the West

Dec 29, 2025 • Camellia Yang

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