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Joyce Chen

Joyce Chen

On Living in the Age of Dissonance

These days, I have been very much into the idea of unsense. Of rendering a lot of the soundbites and headlines that litter our newsfeed as…

Jan 16, 2017

On Living in the Age of Dissonance

Jan 16, 2017

Joyce Chen

On This Eighth of November

There is no magical dial that we can use to turn back to a previous time, to scrape away the layers of oppression and injustice and…

Nov 8, 2016

On This Eighth of November

Nov 8, 2016

Joyce Chen

On Spatial & Temporal Awareness

The danger of constantly wanting to be with, or connect with, those who are not physically with us is that it can create this feeling of…

Jun 22, 2016

On Spatial & Temporal Awareness

Jun 22, 2016

Joyce Chen

On Habits, Routines, & Rituals

Just as waves are built on the constant ebb and flow of their predecessors, so too are habits built on the backs of our past behaviors.

Feb 13, 2016

On Habits, Routines, & Rituals

Feb 13, 2016

Joyce Chen

On Selfishness & Sacrifice

Instead of calling something a sacrifice, which implies a deficit, what if we viewed the things we give up as a contribution, a willful…

Oct 30, 2015

On Selfishness & Sacrifice

Oct 30, 2015

Joyce Chen

On What It Means to Have Blind Faith

I can recall quite clearly the feeling of a bustling city reduced to distant echoes and an acute sense of “just this, just now.” I remember…

Aug 14, 2015

On What It Means to Have Blind Faith

Aug 14, 2015

Joyce Chen

In Dependence Daze, Or Why I Need to Learn to Listen to My Inside Voice

The blessing of our interconnected digital community is that we can get a quick-hit pick-me-up dose of approval anytime we want.

Jul 16, 2015

In Dependence Daze, Or Why I Need to Learn to Listen to My Inside Voice

Jul 16, 2015

Joyce Chen

This is Life: In Response to “What’s Next?”

Life is short, and unpredictable, and our time on this earth is precious. When people ask me “what’s next?”, I want to tell them “anything”…

Jun 3, 2015

This is Life: In Response to “What’s Next?”

Jun 3, 2015

Joyce Chen

The Art of Grammar

Do we innately find depth in the holes of our narrative because we’re digging or because we enjoy trying to fill things up and pulling them…

Mar 8, 2015

The Art of Grammar

Mar 8, 2015

Joyce Chen

On the Importance of Chasing Ghosts

Isn’t it a thing that ghosts haunt when they have unfinished business? The way to get rid of ghosts, then, is something like this: To show…

Nov 5, 2014

On the Importance of Chasing Ghosts

Nov 5, 2014

Joyce Chen

Joyce Chen

Enthusiast of square plates, bubble tea, good beats, sweet treats. Does words. New School MFA alum. Editor @seventhwavemag. Not a fan of onions, loves Funyuns.

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