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hi, i'm rocky.
a collector of good experiences.
keeping track of all that inspires me from books, films, places, and even moments that shape how i live.
notes.
notes from here
love = authenticity?
most religions and thinkers agree — love is the highest vibration. but i've been sitting with an argument that authenticity supersedes it. can you even separate them? love is an action. authenticity is a quality. maybe one is the condition for the other.
GSP · march 2026 · wwR
writing.
writing
featured essay
The Caramelization of Life
Some things only get good under sustained heat and patience. On what happens when you stop rushing the process.
2026
read on substack →
reading.
my revolving shelf
now reading
East of Eden
i was inspired to read this after seeing conversations about it online. it initially felt intimidating but i’ve flown through it with ease. so many gems and conversation starters. “timshel” being a given.
also in rotation
January
107 Days
Grown Women
Written on the Body
Happiness Becomes You
My Love Story
February
Orbital
The Alchemist ↺ reread
March
Rock My Soul
Sisters of the Yam
Siddhartha
Giovanni’s Room
Salvation
April
When Things Fall Apart
May
The Catcher in the Rye
June
Peak
Living Wabi Sabi
January
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies
The Vision of Mary McLeod Bethune
February
Be My Guest
Walk Through Fire
The End of Overeating
The Experience Economy
March
Carol / Salt
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire
April
What Would the Rockefellers Do?
May
The Creative Act
Notes on a Scandal
June
Confidence
The Sympathizer
July
The Premonition
Yellowface
Taste
August
Soul Food Love
The Collected Poems
September
Braiding Sweetgrass
October
Purple Hibiscus
Milkman
November
Homegoing
December
Between the World and Me
All the Light We Cannot See
Annual
Crying in H Mart
The Covenant of Water
Demon Copperhead
A Little Life
James
The Ministry for the Future
Fourth Wing
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
This Is Water
American Prometheus
All Fours
Intermezzo
Real Americans
The Women
The Secret History
Parable of the Sower
Doppelganger
Annual
Lessons in Chemistry
Babel
The Midnight Library
Mad Honey
Birnam Wood
Holly
The Light We Carry
Spare
Happy-Go-Lucky
Tomorrow Will Be Different
Maame
The Midnight Crisis
My Own Words
The World According to Fannie Davis
Annual
Pachinko
The Vanishing Half
Where the Crawdads Sing
Normal People
The Handmaid’s Tale
Educated
The Nickel Boys
Becoming
Know My Name
The Glass Castle
Long Way Down
The New Jim Crow
watching.
watching · in rotation
sounds.
sounds
places.
places worth returning to
a running log.
say hello
tell me something good.
stay and explore a while. and when you're ready — leave something behind.
a book i should read
a place worth visiting
a thought you're sitting with