Sub-letter Dear reader, I sat down at a café the other day. I like to do this in my free time, either to read or to write. It gets my brain juices flowing. Sometimes you have to get out of your house, you know? Unfortunately, this week, I had forgotten to take any form of […]
I’m taking a cue from two influences today: Scott Scheper (the man who is revitalizing the Zettelkasten with his ideas about the ANTINET) in the idea of letters as a way to blog, and that of Austin Kleon’s concept of the daily dispatch as a means of showing your work.
Letter 1: Daily Dispatch Read More »
To be, or not to be, that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles And by opposing end them. To die—to sleep, No more; and by a sleep to say we end The heart-ache and
If it were done when ’tis done, then ’twere well It were done quickly: if the assassination Could trammel up the consequence, and catch With his surcease success; that but this blow Might be the be-all and the end-all here, But here, upon this bank and shoal of time, We’ld jump the life to come.
Dear reader, Are you overwhelmed by being constantly connected to the online world? Me too. Let’s try to slow down. Sit with me for a moment, and let’s talk. I’ve always had access to the digital world, at least for as long as I can remember. My life, it seems, has been within a world
Letter 3: On Disconnecting from the Digital World Read More »
Letter 2 TIME: Wednesday, December 14th, 2022; 1:35 p.m. TITLE: The Exclusive “We” Dear Reader, A short one today. I was going through my ANTINET when I came across this note that I took while reading Dani Snyder-Young’s “We’re All in This Together: Digital Performances and Socially Distanced Spectatorship.” It details the “exclusive ‘we’,” especially
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I deserve time to myself; away from my phone, away from distractions, away from work. Just me, my thoughts, a piece of paper, and a cup of coffee.
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Where I actually wrote the letter. If I chose to write a letter from myself at 80 to me at 23, what would I write? I’m currently making my way through The Artist’s Way, by Julia Cameron. Although I’ve been following it chronologically, I’ve not really been following it week by week. That is to
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How I neglected to explore myself and my interests, and how I began to discover who I am and want to be.
Exploring Yourself: The Vital Process of Self-Discovery Read More »
Using a notebook to practice writing helps me hone the craft better than on a computer. Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash There’s an appeal to a blank page. What goes on it? How should the first page frame the (possibly) hundreds that come after? It’s also intimidating. That first page will shape the start of
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