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I am thinking about maybe starting a poetry newsletter to share my writing with people but would anyone subscribe?? If you're interested comment here or message me and I can add you to my email list !!
Jun 4, 2024
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It is insight to my studio, yes, but it is hopefully also one of those conversations that you have with a creative friend that just gets you all excited again! join the list before I send it out tonight, would love to see you there xx
Apr 10, 2025
it’s just one of the ways I stay writing and it makes me feel like I have a bunch of cool pen pals every sunday when I send out my letter. Do you have a newsletter or a website ??? please link it below I want to see what’s going on in your MIND :0
May 26, 2024
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The beauty of this place is the r a a a a n g e of topics as well as the relatively small number of people that lends itself well to genuine interactions. There have been so many discussions in the realm of creativity from a technical standpoint as well as from a philosophical one. I read the newsletter you linked, and despite Substack being my primary digital platform presence for creative work, I agree, it has the potential to become enshittified, and it's already geared toward 'winning points' via likes, reposts, subscription numbers, and the social media-esque Notes feature. I appreciate your intent to take back control of your work instead of handing it over to nefarious social platforms that become more predatory and toxic every day.
Anyway, sign me up to be a email penpal! I have self-published some full-color photography magazines which is a bit different than the lo-fi Xerox'd type, but that's something I want to delve into too since not everything I do is photography related. As a vocal supporter of DIY culture in music and art, there's plenty to discuss. I have become increasingly uneasy about the commodification of creative work, but it's also something I struggle with as I try to make art a bigger part of my life while trying to segue out of a typical day job. Maybe a conversation for another day...
Jun 16, 2024
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having older friends who can share their wisdom and life experiences and older-person quirks is so fun and wholesome
May 20, 2024
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genuinely believe journaling has saved my mental health but doing it in public alone is such a better alternative to going on your phone and also if you have a pretty notebook it's a great conversation starter
Jun 18, 2024
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maggie nelson says “loneliness is solitude with a problem” and wrote about how if one does one’s solitude right, the prize is an ability to love without losing yourself entirely. this has really helped me reframe how i see the past few years of feeling lonely and my discomfort with being single - these days i’ve been sorta leaning into my “solitude” and just really working on coming back to myself and my identity, and trying to see myself as whole even while on my own + appreciating the platonic love i already have in my life
Jun 2, 2024