Writing - Robert Simoes

Press ENTER to Feel: In Silico-Qualia

Robert Simoes / September 8, 2026

Address 0x40 settles in the program counter. Opcode ADD latches into the instruction register, brief and exact. Three targets awaken: […]

I tell people I lost my heart in Ericeira. The ocean swept up my recklessness one June morning as I

In Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way, she defines a “shadow artist” as someone who works near an artistic outlet without

I’m sitting on a worn-out, low, crimson couch cushion. Around me are multi-dimensional prisms, astrology books, tarot cards, and metaphysical

“You know that you are a motivational speaker, right?” She said. Her affectionate tone carried a tenderness, half-joking, that I

I’m sitting on the patio of Buntera Homestay in Sidemen, Indonesia. Staring at the intertwined plant forest in front as

How the hell am I back on here?, the thought arrived, as an accordian menu folded open to reveal a

There’s definitely a self-destructive part of myself. That’s a guarantee. I feel like a lot of other people have it

The blunt force of padded knuckles and shins sounded again and again landing on the pads, as the pad holder

I laid on the floor in a heavy state as a dark wave of depressive fatigue and heaviness washed over