Distance and difference are the secret tonic of…

Distance and difference are the secret tonic of creativity…

To say that geography is no longer our master isn’t to say that place isn’t important. I’ve moved through cities like save files. Burnaby. Victoria. Grande Prairie. Each one taught me something the others couldn’t. Each one had its glitches, its rare spawns, its NPCs who changed my script. Sometimes you don’t grow until you’re somewhere unfamiliar — forced to reroute your rhythm.