PinnedPatrick WestööTwo crackers and Jam: My ten days off struggle and discovery on a Sri Lankan monostary.It was almost 5 o’clock in the afternoon. I had been looking forward to this moment the whole day. There were few “joys” in this monastery…Oct 6, 2021Oct 6, 2021
Patrick WestööModernist architecture has to stop being a religion and start being a scienceI recently got the question from a politician, what does the architecture rebellion really stand for? To properly answer this question one…Dec 16, 2022Dec 16, 2022
Patrick Westöö“The quality of my life is the quality of my relationships”: Taking a relationship first approach…My ex, a woman wise beyond her years told me once, “The quality of my life is the quality of my relationships”. I have never before herd a…Jun 3, 20221Jun 3, 20221
Patrick WestööCelebrate your own successes not the “official ones”When I graduated high school, a unique and highly celebrated time in Sweden, I wasn’t proud. The celebration goes back to the days when…Jun 1, 2022Jun 1, 2022
Patrick WestööEmotions are the spice that is life…. ride themWhat is life but the emotions that we have when we live it. Our ups and downs, fears and hopes. Yet I come from a culture where we rarely…May 18, 2022May 18, 2022
Patrick WestööWhy do we write?I just finished writing a very emotional piece of text. Emotions literally dripping out on the pages. But what a feeling once it was done…May 18, 2022May 18, 2022
Patrick WestööRelationship, connection + bounce, [contract optional]I have been through my rounds of relationships/hookups/flings during my 34 years on this earth and I have thought a lot about what it means…May 17, 2022May 17, 2022
Patrick WestööPatrick’s top books of 2020Shipping work is just as important as making work, so this list I made but did not ship in 2020. For me these were the top 10 books that I…May 9, 2022May 9, 2022
Patrick WestööIn search of my tribeIm back in London after two years and a pandemic. I feel like a tourist, taken by the size and energy of the city and the pulse. The random…Apr 28, 2022Apr 28, 2022
Patrick WestööSometimes the most healthy thing to do is to not be normalI recently had a chat with a close friend of mine. She had been struggling to sleep and regularly only slept for 5–6 hours per night. She…Apr 14, 2022Apr 14, 2022