I see the waves and hair too! That's so awesome. The other day I started dreaming up a bumper sticker "luddites unite" 😆 I miss my pen pals from my twenties. It would take me weeks to finish typing a letter, drawing in the margins, pressing a flower or a magazine clipping...it was personal. I could relate to so much in this essay. The schedule piece for community is no joke! With kids and also - being a morning person is devisive lol. And I can't do the co-writing format either. The folks who just want to be online for an hour "together" but not connect. It's so distracting to me. So anyway. Solidarity my friend. ✊🏻
I would rock that bumper sticker. I think we’re not alone either, it’s a movement. There’s a trend of people “going 90’s” and leaving their phone at home when they go out. And people investing in physical media again, DVDs and CD’s and tapes. I’m glad there’s a backlash to all of it.
😍Love! I also have been feeling the pang of nostalgia for a simpler time, with less screens, and a slower pace. Real people and more creative time. Motivation and energy tend to be my obstacles. I miss writing with y’all! I’m down to bring back the zoom calls an evening a week. Too bad I can’t have Scotty beam me up to you!
Just saw this in Austin Kleon's newsletter: “Artists are people who are profoundly compelled to make their creative work,” writes the mighty Beth Pickens, “and when they are distanced from their practice, their life quality suffers.” I think this is the nature of your existential crisis, yes?
I don't think Dad would mind me saying that he keeps on the lookout for disaster so he can do his best to avert it. Maybe it's your use of the word, "existential?" Implying that your very existence is at stake.
I see the waves and hair too! That's so awesome. The other day I started dreaming up a bumper sticker "luddites unite" 😆 I miss my pen pals from my twenties. It would take me weeks to finish typing a letter, drawing in the margins, pressing a flower or a magazine clipping...it was personal. I could relate to so much in this essay. The schedule piece for community is no joke! With kids and also - being a morning person is devisive lol. And I can't do the co-writing format either. The folks who just want to be online for an hour "together" but not connect. It's so distracting to me. So anyway. Solidarity my friend. ✊🏻
I would rock that bumper sticker. I think we’re not alone either, it’s a movement. There’s a trend of people “going 90’s” and leaving their phone at home when they go out. And people investing in physical media again, DVDs and CD’s and tapes. I’m glad there’s a backlash to all of it.
😍Love! I also have been feeling the pang of nostalgia for a simpler time, with less screens, and a slower pace. Real people and more creative time. Motivation and energy tend to be my obstacles. I miss writing with y’all! I’m down to bring back the zoom calls an evening a week. Too bad I can’t have Scotty beam me up to you!
Ok! It helps to know that you’d be up for it. 💛
Well... your art makes ME excited. And yes, the first thing I thought when I saw that watercolor at top was, "Oh man I'd love to see that BIG!"
Dad sent me a worried email after reading this post. It wasn’t too dismal, was it? Just trying to be real.
Just saw this in Austin Kleon's newsletter: “Artists are people who are profoundly compelled to make their creative work,” writes the mighty Beth Pickens, “and when they are distanced from their practice, their life quality suffers.” I think this is the nature of your existential crisis, yes?
Sounds about right!
I don't think Dad would mind me saying that he keeps on the lookout for disaster so he can do his best to avert it. Maybe it's your use of the word, "existential?" Implying that your very existence is at stake.