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Essays on place, culture and the spaces in between.

Comfortable At Being Uncomfortable
Place Joel Beighton Place Joel Beighton

Comfortable At Being Uncomfortable

I’m sat silently, with just a coffee for company.

The sun is still rising, yet it is already baking my skin. A shimmer dances across the dark blue sea separating this Greek island from the next. Every so often, a gentle breeze carries the scent of a nearby fig tree. Fresh, sweet and quietly complex.

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