This has that cringey quality you can only find in self-indulgent writing. Kind of like what you'd expect from a small lib arts school undergrad lit major. Some things are better left unwritten or delivered in conversation over a drink or two.
And, what do you think about the actual matter subject of the post rather than the style?
The hackneyed gerund-noun title is reason enough. Seriously, the writing is coming from someone who wants to be a writer as opposed to just being one: the contrived cadence, the awkward diction, the constant minutiae...
> Do you think the author will read it and change his style?
Hopefully.
> And, what do you think about the actual matter subject of the post rather than the style?
It's a terribly cliched type of travel essay: "This city is absurd, but there's beauty in places."
Mod has made a living writing, creating books, and taking photographs for many years. I'd say that makes him a writer, not a wannabe writer. You have critiqued his style, and that's fine. You don't like it, but your stylistic preferences don't govern who deserves to be considered a writer.
Would you mind sharing an example of writing that is in your preferred style?
Isn't that style meant to be read ironically? The general 'you' cannot learn about the shiatsu specialist named Lorenzo.
Is that still bad style?