Why this website exists

Practically, I created this website because I need a place to put my writing, art, music, analyses, and thoughts and I've run out of notebooks.

More romantically, I'm trying to "make myself known" to other people doing similar work or interested in similar things.

Somewhere deep in the Pacific is a baleen whale who calls at 52-hertz (G#1, the lowest G-sharp on a piano). A sped-up recording of this whale's call, as well as my artistic remix, can be heard below.

Whale scientists have never observed calls at that frequency beforeSome whales briefly hit that frequency in specific situations, e.g., while eating.. I explore whale call ranges in the visualization below and show how the candidate species usually call at much lower frequencies. There are various explanations, but to hear the internet tell it (several times, over the decades), the 52-hertz whale must be the loneliest animal on Earth.

Just imagine it out there, calling for kin that can't hear or respondBaleen whales can almost certainly hear a 52-Hz call — it sits close to the upper edge of their primary ranges, and some species produce calls that high in specific situations. But what's the better story?. Devastating. But it does keep calling. I think it would be even lonelier if it didn't call.

Like the strange whale, I call out. That means doing my thinking and projects in public. If you heard the strange signal then come speak with me. I want to know what you think about the things on these pages.