peace • follow your intrigue...

free game

games and exercises from the studio. free to play, free to keep.

what this is

games and exercises from the studio, made for sessions and kept here for anyone. play alone, with a friend, or bring one to a session. nothing is scored, nothing is saved, and passing is always a move.

named in honor of virgil abloh's free game, which gave the know-how away instead of keeping it behind a door.

the archive

  1. 001 bend, not breakACT hexaflex • six mini-games • 50 min • october 2026

a new game every few days.

confidential | therapeutic coaching + strategic insights | this is not licensed therapy

strategy.game
games and exercises from the studio. free to play, free to keep.
strategy.game.kicker
free game
poems.aloud.kicker
readings aloud...
letters.line
letters, when there is something to say • on substack
letters.kicker
not ready to write?
strategy.w4
nurture the win
strategy.w3
review + revise
strategy.w2
write it down
strategy.w1
notice
strategy.win
what is a win anyway?
strategy.t4
sleep • water • food • movement • mood
strategy.t4.b
everydayness
strategy.t3
deciding + choosing
strategy.t3.b
decisioning + choicing
strategy.t2
reaction • response • restraint
strategy.t2.b
emotional self-regulation
strategy.t1
noticing • initiating • following through
strategy.t1.b
executive functioning
strategy.work
what we work on
terms.two
45 to 60 minute sessions • in-person or virtual • adolescents and adults
terms.one
confidential | therapeutic coaching + strategic insights | this is not licensed therapy
studio.begin
it begins with a conversation
studio.care.link
more on care
studio.care
care is our foundation
studio.work.link
see the strategy
studio.work
what we work on
studio.cross
interdependent • interconnected • holistic
studio.soft
we sit with how your days are made... then we remake them, with care, to fit how you think. a neurodivergent-affirming coaching practice in washington, dc and online.
studio.lede
design + creative strategy for how you live, work, and create.
studio.house
atélier xavier • the studio
foot.home
peace.
paths.cue
follow your intrigue...
nav.reach
reach me
nav.store
store
nav.inspirations
inspirations
nav.writing
writing
nav.studio
studio
the studio
/studio
coaching, a studio practice.
poems
/poems
moments from our study in poetic sociality.
care
/care
care is our foundation.
pieces
/pieces
small things, made along the way.
strategy
/strategy
design + creative strategy for how you live, work, and create.
living inspirations
/living-inspirations
search, read, watch, hear, and process-with... at your pleasure.
everydayness
/everydayness
sleep • water • food • movement • mood
a general store
/general-store
a small shop, kept by hand. nothing here goes in a cart.
a conversation
/conversation
it begins with a conversation.
free game
/free-game
games and exercises from the studio. free to play, free to keep.
hortense spillers
hortense-spillers
professor emerita of english
vanderbilt university
m. nourbeSe philip
m-nourbese-philip
poet, writing full time in toronto
most recently writer-in-residence, university of virginia
will alexander
will-alexander
poet-in-residence
beyond baroque literary arts center, venice, california
fred moten
fred-moten
professor of performance studies + comparative literature
new york university
josé esteban muñoz
jose-esteban-munoz
1967 to 2013 • professor of performance studies
new york university
saidiya hartman
saidiya-hartman
university professor
columbia university
evie shockley
evie-shockley
zora neale hurston distinguished professor of english
rutgers university
morgan parker
morgan-parker
assistant professor of english literature
swarthmore college
n.k. jemisin
n-k-jemisin
novelist, writing full time in brooklyn
an on-demand class at masterclass
sylvia wynter
sylvia-wynter
professor emerita
stanford university
joy james
joy-james
ebenezer fitch professor of humanities
williams college
fahima ife
fahima-ife
associate professor of aesthetics & poetics
university of california, santa cruz
r.a. judy
r-a-judy
professor of critical and cultural studies
university of pittsburgh
poiésis
poiesis
a gallery exhibit, in your hand...
a portable gallery • curated and bound by hand • dated, numbered, signed