Oh this was achingly beautiful and the format is awesome, I'm jealous I didn't think of it, in the good way hehe .... Hmm the youth one stood out for me, being at that half way point resonates of course 🥰
Such a great feat you accomplished here, wow! Although very different in nature and intent, it reminded me of Kevin Kelly's "Excellent Advice on Living", mostly his original birthday lessons.
I swear that it's not because my name starts with that letter, but my favorite was the O. Its simplicity makes it very memorable. Alongside Daylight, which could also have been Season. But Slow was perfect.
Glad you took that bookstore detour. Anyway... could make a comment on all of them but won't.
"I notice when I can’t move in a way that’s inherent to me, I’m no longer thinking about me and making the thing. I’m probably thinking of someone else and then it is no longer pure or play. And I no longer feel like me. I only need to focus on the thing. It’s better that way. Everything else is irrelevant."
This is how I felt earlier this year with Twitter! Engaging with big accounts rather than just taking that time to be curious about my own shit. Thanks for sharing Sandra!
Art - I notice that my mind drifts when I paint too and I’m wondering how do you bring yourself back to doing the thing? Because most of the time when I paint, I’m not thinking about the thing but something or someone else.
Bookstore - Did you visit Hell Yea Books? I started working there and I made sure to reduce the literary dust sprinklings (we sometimes add it for ambiance). And we’ll shave the cats next time.
Community - “Sometimes being in community looks like time with one other person who gets it.” I love this and wholeheartedly resonate with this. Also, if you make your own community, I will join.
There's so much in here Sandra. I need to bookmark and come back. I find the "Useful" entry most alive for me. You ask a simple question here, but I definitely grapple with the same thing. "I still haven’t figured out how to untangle my worth from how useful I am to everyone."
Wowowow I’m into this format. It’s really fun to flick through really fast, then suddenly stop and be surprised on where I land! I have a loooong comment in the works!
Wow I felt over and over again like I was seen. Loyalty! Jealousy! But most of all this is such beautiful poetry.
This line didn’t have to do with those moments that resonated but it was so musical I had to stop and read it again, “I want my life to be a meditation. Not one filled with a humdrum nervy tension; more like the same kind of mindful sensations I get from the sensual experience of a morning at my local rose garden.”
Out loud felt the Loudest to me. I couldn't sleep last night so I did what I always do when that happens: I turned on the lights and I just wrote and wrote and wrote. All the stuff I'm scared to say out loud, all the stuff I'm scared to admit to myself.
Oh this was achingly beautiful and the format is awesome, I'm jealous I didn't think of it, in the good way hehe .... Hmm the youth one stood out for me, being at that half way point resonates of course 🥰
Such a great feat you accomplished here, wow! Although very different in nature and intent, it reminded me of Kevin Kelly's "Excellent Advice on Living", mostly his original birthday lessons.
I swear that it's not because my name starts with that letter, but my favorite was the O. Its simplicity makes it very memorable. Alongside Daylight, which could also have been Season. But Slow was perfect.
Glad you took that bookstore detour. Anyway... could make a comment on all of them but won't.
Great, unexpected list!
Great quote:
"I notice when I can’t move in a way that’s inherent to me, I’m no longer thinking about me and making the thing. I’m probably thinking of someone else and then it is no longer pure or play. And I no longer feel like me. I only need to focus on the thing. It’s better that way. Everything else is irrelevant."
This is how I felt earlier this year with Twitter! Engaging with big accounts rather than just taking that time to be curious about my own shit. Thanks for sharing Sandra!
They all resonate. I have no better way to say this, I like you, I am glad we are friends now.
I have a diary entry about moonlight. I will see if I can find it.
Art - I notice that my mind drifts when I paint too and I’m wondering how do you bring yourself back to doing the thing? Because most of the time when I paint, I’m not thinking about the thing but something or someone else.
Bookstore - Did you visit Hell Yea Books? I started working there and I made sure to reduce the literary dust sprinklings (we sometimes add it for ambiance). And we’ll shave the cats next time.
Community - “Sometimes being in community looks like time with one other person who gets it.” I love this and wholeheartedly resonate with this. Also, if you make your own community, I will join.
Loved this concept! Related very much to Slow <3
There's so much in here Sandra. I need to bookmark and come back. I find the "Useful" entry most alive for me. You ask a simple question here, but I definitely grapple with the same thing. "I still haven’t figured out how to untangle my worth from how useful I am to everyone."
This was a great read! Like a tasting sampler of Sandra’s mind.
Wowowow I’m into this format. It’s really fun to flick through really fast, then suddenly stop and be surprised on where I land! I have a loooong comment in the works!
Gimme an alphabet soup zine <3
I feel melted, liquified, cut-open in the best way possible
Love how experimental you are with your writing and formatting styles! Would love to hear what you’ve learned and felt looking back a year from now….
Wow I felt over and over again like I was seen. Loyalty! Jealousy! But most of all this is such beautiful poetry.
This line didn’t have to do with those moments that resonated but it was so musical I had to stop and read it again, “I want my life to be a meditation. Not one filled with a humdrum nervy tension; more like the same kind of mindful sensations I get from the sensual experience of a morning at my local rose garden.”
Even in the tactically fragmented pattern of this piece, there's a story here. It's your story, and it's beautiful.
This is beautiful, Sandra. And such a great idea.
Out loud felt the Loudest to me. I couldn't sleep last night so I did what I always do when that happens: I turned on the lights and I just wrote and wrote and wrote. All the stuff I'm scared to say out loud, all the stuff I'm scared to admit to myself.