Thank you for being you! From the sub reference to Turkish Delight to smart acronyms, this all tracks so hard for me as type with carpal tunnel-ized digits. These dang phones… but there’s another way to be. I aspire to lean in to RESPITE this year too!
Every ding dang word of this, my friend. I'm so happy you have this space and I am going to visit, Mauddammit. Deleting my social media has been the very best thing I could do for myself. Untethering from the algorithm has been as challenging as letting go of alcohol. Actually? Maybe harder. I love this piece of writing so much. Your use of lists gives it so much movement, energy, and reality. Vitality. I can feel how this work hummed through you. Also, I love that your space is detached from the rest of the house.
I have TWO rooms of my own in my home - one an office and writing space and the other for yoga/exercise/stretching and making art. I find it difficult to detach from the productivity mindset to explore and play and thus have let shit pile up on surfaces so they can't be used. Part of this has been the toxic buildup of The Algorithm in my being. It's still in me, but growing weaker. You're inspiring me to deal with my piles and put some projects out so I can move between them and work again like I did a year ago.
I want to continue playing with acrylic and gouache paints, especially acrylic on huge canvas. I want to play with watercolors and charcoal and ink. To sew again and make myself some skirts for summer. I will say I've been working on a novel again and that feels like a miracle. Also: work is bullshit. I want to learn more ways to take myself off the wheel of capitalism and live in ways that nourish not extract.
I love this, Lisa, especially the long list of TACTILE activities that your RESPITE encourages! Wishing all the best to you and your loved ones as 2025 unfolds.
Yes, this is the wavelength! I started the year by getting my music / typewriter / video / painting studio spaces properly arranged in my basement. Would love to spend some time in each other's new studios this winter :)
You KNOW I love this. Also pairs well with my morning listen, Jia Tolentino on The Algo, surveillance capitalism, and more (wish I could give this to you on a CD... that's not sarcasm): https://open.spotify.com/episode/7vHAjBnj5B7XhjO7kDvs28?si=23c9eb4d78f94802
Thank you for being you! From the sub reference to Turkish Delight to smart acronyms, this all tracks so hard for me as type with carpal tunnel-ized digits. These dang phones… but there’s another way to be. I aspire to lean in to RESPITE this year too!
Every ding dang word of this, my friend. I'm so happy you have this space and I am going to visit, Mauddammit. Deleting my social media has been the very best thing I could do for myself. Untethering from the algorithm has been as challenging as letting go of alcohol. Actually? Maybe harder. I love this piece of writing so much. Your use of lists gives it so much movement, energy, and reality. Vitality. I can feel how this work hummed through you. Also, I love that your space is detached from the rest of the house.
I have TWO rooms of my own in my home - one an office and writing space and the other for yoga/exercise/stretching and making art. I find it difficult to detach from the productivity mindset to explore and play and thus have let shit pile up on surfaces so they can't be used. Part of this has been the toxic buildup of The Algorithm in my being. It's still in me, but growing weaker. You're inspiring me to deal with my piles and put some projects out so I can move between them and work again like I did a year ago.
I want to continue playing with acrylic and gouache paints, especially acrylic on huge canvas. I want to play with watercolors and charcoal and ink. To sew again and make myself some skirts for summer. I will say I've been working on a novel again and that feels like a miracle. Also: work is bullshit. I want to learn more ways to take myself off the wheel of capitalism and live in ways that nourish not extract.
Just. I love this. Love you.
I love this, Lisa, especially the long list of TACTILE activities that your RESPITE encourages! Wishing all the best to you and your loved ones as 2025 unfolds.
Yes, this is the wavelength! I started the year by getting my music / typewriter / video / painting studio spaces properly arranged in my basement. Would love to spend some time in each other's new studios this winter :)