The Notebook of Esther

Dear reader,

my name is Tuula, but you may also call me with my artist name Esther Punny. Besides writing, I do many other creative things – you can take a look at some of them in my portfolio. To better understand my writing, there are three things you should know about me:

1) As a Christian, I believe everyone was created to love and serve others. To me, this is our most important duty as people.

2) I think humor and art in its many forms are humanity´s biggest collective achievements. Other activities such as science, technology, politics, or finance, are structures meant to support, not surpass these two things.

3) The earth is a dear friend of mine. I am doing my best to protect her, with the gifts that I have been given.

If you have any inquiries regarding my texts, feel free to send a message via the contact form.


  • Objectively speaking

    Objectively speaking

    What does a collector personality see when they watch ”Box of Lies”? If you ever wanted to know, this essay is for you. Introduction There are many ways of dividing humans into categories. There…

  • The king of feelings 

    The king of feelings 

    God created the world when there was nothing. And humans need ”nothing” to create. You stare at the blank paper. You follow the water drops racing down a window, merging into tiny streams. You…

  • They do it with mirrors

    They do it with mirrors

    In Adolfo Bioy Casares’ mesmeric novella “The Invention of Morel”, virtual reality meets magical realism >>>Spoiler warning<<<< If you want to experience the unraveling of the strange events in the Argentine writer’s story without…

  • The difference between a mixer and baking

    The difference between a mixer and baking

    An expert and a noob sat down to discuss bi-objective optimization. Here´s what ensued. In Autumn 2022, DALL-E 2 became available for all without having to sign up for a waitlist. Since then, we have…

  • Surviving January 2023

    Surviving January 2023

    Say hi to Panic, Professor, Esther, and The Retrospective Ghost — the four voices in my head I started 2023 immensely stressed. No particular reason — just a bunch of projects I somehow managed…

  • The mistory of genius

    The mistory of genius

    There are sides to the stories of brilliant people you won´t learn in school. Many people have heard of Mary Shelley, the writer of the book that is considered one of the first science-fiction…

  • On the road to Nowhere

    On the road to Nowhere

    Humanity´s fascination with non-human sentience is as old as time. I say it´s not too late to update our dreams. As I have established in my previous blog post on literary classics, fiction can reveal the…

  • The True Green Evolution — imagining the future of agriculture

    The True Green Evolution — imagining the future of agriculture

    Now it´s the time to ensure there is enough food for the generations to come. As a dancer, I like the word agriculture because it includes the word “culture” in it. This is not…

  • Call me a literary conspiracist

    Call me a literary conspiracist

    This is my love letter to the classics. You showed me how it´s all connected. Ever since I was a child I have loved to read classic books. You know, the kind of iconic,…