genuinely one of the greatest books i’ve ever read. a series of profiles of famous artists in and around new york throughout the 20th century, and the relationship that social isolation had to their work. also, some amazing accounts of struggles during the aids crisis.
Sep 8, 2024
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Funny Weather: Art in an Emergency - essays on art and politics, interviews with other writers, love letters to her favourite artists. it’s brilliant, as is everything Laing writes.
Aug 7, 2024
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anything & everything she’s touched. evocative, literary, personal, critical, artistic. reading their words feels like falling into a long, lazy river or discovering the truth of the secret garden or connecting immediately, instantly with a stranger or finding peace in solitude
Jan 25, 2024
I finished reading it sitting on the tube platform and the last few pages had me in tears. It’s nice to feel seen
I’ve felt a lot of loneliness and shame in my life. I’ve often felt like I didn’t really belong here and I’ve spent a lot of my life hiding, pretending and running away. But really, feeling lonely is part of being human. There’s nothing to be ashamed of
Feb 24, 2025
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spent the last two weeks working on an interactive guide, recommendations database, and digital library (link depot) to help get people off of social media. the first draft is done now, and it's at the link to this post.
it's still very much a work in progress (the library is especially thin atm) - which is why i wanted to share it here before unleashing it upon my IRL friends and the general public. i welcome any and all feedback, bug reports, and suggestions for things to add. i will be pushing updates to it out like a madman in the coming weeks, so be sure to check back every so often to see new additions to the database and library.
additionally, i am still on the hunt for newsletters from local venues / community organizations / magazines / newspapers, etc. the only cities i have remotely covered so far are nyc, orlando, denver, brisbane, and little bits of worcester and chicago. if you know anything in your area that fits the bill, send it my way!
Jan 27, 2025
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it is your civic duty to mercilessly mock generative ai users as much as possible
Jan 18, 2025
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chronological feeds on social media are a dying breed and it's so important to maintain the ones you still have
Apr 7, 2025