Mimi Zhu (@mimizhuxiyuan) has found a way to lift the veil on the feelings and phenomena we experience but haven’t figured out a way to articulate to ourselves and uses their writing as both a mirror and a doorway: reflecting these parts back to us and inviting us in to process them together. Through their posts, Zhu has built a digital community of people looking to go deeper. Bite-sized meditations on complex experiences — from trauma anniversaries to dating in the digital age to social media flattening the spirit — are all woven with the fluidity and understanding of someone who is trying to figure it out for themselves in real time.⁠ ⁠ In this conversation Zhu unpacks the art of writing as a restorative practice, processing grief on a global level and the limitlessness of love. Read more at the link in bio.⁠ ⁠ 📸: @djdumpling