by Cheng Tong | Jun 25, 2026 | Stillness
In the early 2000s, there was a popular television drama, The West Wing, that followed the hyper-fast, high-stakes lives of the political elite inside the White House. Whenever the fictional president finished a grueling debate, resolved a global crisis, or wrapped up... 
by Cheng Tong | Jun 10, 2026 | Stillness
This is the second writing in the trilogy, a supporting essay to The Alchemical Ash. The third will come in two weeks. The words arrived quietly in the stillness of the early morning, carrying the weight of a truth that is easy to speak but demanding to live: The...