I'm Eric Grey, MS, LAc - my [dharma name](https://zendust.org) is Jishō. I am, among other things, an acupuncturist, Classical Chinese herbalist, small business owner & practitioner of Zen Buddhism. I live in Astoria, OR, at the confluence of the Columbia & Youngs Rivers, just a few short miles from the mighty Pacific Ocean. I've created this simple spot, using my favorite app, [[Obsidian]], to begin working on some writing related to my topics of interest & areas of life experience. You should consider anything written here to be a work in progress, and not for your general use - but I'm far beyond believing I can prevent that from happening. ## Want to stay updated? If you're interested in keeping updated with this content, you have a couple of options. First, I've created a simple newsletter that I'll send out every now and again to remind you this exists & point to some new content. [You can signup here](http://eepurl.com/i7pvF2), it's simple & you can always unsubscribe. Second, [you can follow me on Bluesky,](https://bsky.app/profile/jishogrey.bsky.social) a reasonably non-corporate social media site where I'll be maintaining a profile. I suggest you sign up & maintain one yourself, because Meta and the rest aren't going to be getting any better - at least not soon. ## Here's an incomplete list of the kinds of things I expect to write about: - [[Zen]], and perhaps more broadly, Buddhism - Daoism & other relevant threads in classical Chinese philosophy - Classical Chinese Medicine, particularly herbalism - [[Classical Japanese acupuncture]] - [[Japanese language learning]] & related topics - Oregon, the Pacific Northwest - in particular the ecological aspects of this place - Autism, ADHD, neurodivergence & the paradigms that surround these - Environmental Ethics, the climate crisis and holy terror - Imagining (then building) holistically viable futures - Feminist Epistemology and, more broadly, Feminist Philosophy - Philosophy of Science & Medicine - Cats, of course - Personal Knowledge Management, particularly the "Linking Your Thinking" approach championed by Nick Milo and applications like Obsidian - Various topics relevant to the American political landscape, maybe ## I'm also using this space for more short form reflections Essentially, I'm experimenting with using this space as a place to replace functionality I lost when I moved away from corporate social media in 2024. It's actually been interesting to consider what I used social media for and what of that was useful enough to replicate. We'll see how it goes. There's pretty much nothing there at this point, I do have to work sometimes. - [[Random reflections]] - [[Socio-political blatherings]] - [[Sharing others' stuff]] - I'm still trying to figure out how to do this, essentially this will be a contemporary version of a blogroll, remember those? ## I enjoy taking pictures of my surroundings Instagram used to be the space for that, but no longer. That's why I now have a [Flickr page I'll be updating.](https://www.flickr.com/photos/jishogrey/) ![[Screenshot 2024-11-11 at 11.00.48 AM.png]]