Red-Brick Buildings and Metaphysical Hedonism

A Story of the Fragility of Happiness and Pleasure

Photo by Marek Piwnicki on Unsplash

Some years ago, I was living in New York in a shared apartment with three other people. I had a very small room that was able to fit a twin-sized bed and a desk and it had a very small closet that held my work clothes. I was out in a suburb in Queens and was surrounded by post-war apartment buildings…