When I'm not doing research, I enjoy reading books, watching movies, and visiting museums. Some of my favorite books include The Poetics of Space by Gaston Bachelard and Thomas the Obscure by Maurice Blanchot. My favorite movies are perhaps Last Year at Marienbad by Alain Resnais and Tropical Malady by Apichatpong Weerasethakul. My recent favorite painter is Agnes Pelton, whose transcendental works are largely influenced by the desert environment in southwest America, where I lived for six years during my PhD. All of these great works provide me with insights into important questions that cannot be fully answered by reason.