Between Things is about the small human losses hiding inside modern convenience.

A dinner that begins with competition instead of welcome.
A hotel lobby with perfect lighting and no warmth.
Luxury that mistakes access for taste.
Media that makes everything urgent and nothing important.
A line full of people who might have talked to each other, if only everyone were not staring at their phones.

Between Things lives in the space between taste and status, ritual and efficiency, hospitality and transaction, culture and content.

This is not nostalgia. I like modern life. I like convenience. I like getting what I want without making a phone call.

But something strange happens when every experience is optimized, ranked, booked, photographed, expedited, and flattened into proof that we were there.

A place for notes on taste, ritual, hospitality, cities, culture, and being human.

Written by Brandon.

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