Keith Menezes · The Lived ExperimentNo. 00 · Fortnightly · Melbourne

The Lived Experiment

Trying to increase the length and quality of human time. Documenting and sharing what I've learnt along the way.

  • A figure in silhouette facing two columns of glowing pendant lamps
    Fascination
  • A lone figure at the far end of a black-and-white tunnel of woven vines
    Immersion
  • A player in red and white blurred mid-stride across a clay court
    Experience
  • Nikola Tesla reading in his Colorado Springs laboratory as sparks arc overhead, 1899
    Extraction
  • Two hands reaching towards each other, almost touching
    You
  1. 01Fascination
  2. 02Immersion
  3. 03Experience
  4. 04Extraction

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Each letter covers one thing I've tried on myself first, whether that's a protocol, a practice, a skill or a place. I write up what I did and what happened, including the parts that didn't work.

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  1. 01What pulled me inThe reason it caught my attention, and what I hoped to find out.
  2. 02What I didThe attempt itself, including the parts that went sideways.
  3. 03What happenedThe honest result, with the ups and the downs left in.
  4. 04What you can takeOne thing from it that is worth trying yourself.

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Essays for now. Letters join this list as they go out.

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Keith Menezes · The Lived ExperimentNo. 01 · Fortnightly · Melbourne

The Lived Experiment

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  1. Fascination
  2. Immersion
  3. Experience
  4. Extraction
  5. You

Keith Menezes 2026 ©