ABOUT
ABOUT ILONA
I’m Ilona—a Latvian-born nurse, writer, and independent researcher living in the United States. My curiosity tends to lead me into places where the obvious explanation isn’t quite enough. On Enjoy Human Zoo, I write about the small absurdities, contradictions, tenderness, and peculiar behaviours of ordinary human life—along with the larger questions hiding underneath them. My subjects range from hospitals, cities, families, memory, and culture to artificial intelligence, consciousness, and the increasingly strange relationship between humans and the technologies we create. I have a deep appreciation for art, jazz, books, old films, amber, and the occasional tarot card. Mostly, I am interested in anything that makes me stop, look twice, and ask: ‘What is actually going on here?’
Don’t pee on my leg and tell me it’s raining.