The Fragile Shell
written by: Hongli Zhao
A free spirit, lodged in an innocuous pith,
Choice-less, hopeless—adrift in still air.
Is mediocrity a burden or a gift?
No pith can hold forever.
Hongli (Bob Johnson) Zhao is a computational and applied mathematics Ph.D. student at the University of Chicago conducting research in scientific computing. Bob has a passion in comparative literature and philosophy. Bob enjoys writing and finding inherent connections from observations.
Latest posts by Hongli Zhao (see all)
- The Fragile Shell - June 14, 2025
- A Starving Eagle - February 10, 2025
- Invariance - November 22, 2023
