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Hey all, we made it to another Friday. Big exhale 😌 I hope you all have some easy downtime planned this weekend.
This week’s essay was my attempt to negotiate how one might move with, rather than against, the chaotic urgency of these time’s we’re living in. How do we stay engaged? How do we release capitalism’s inner grip while simultaneously continuing to uplift ourselves, our relationships and our communities? How do we do life right now?
Yeah, a tall order, on topics whose surfaces I’m only barely scratching.
On a more individual level, and inspired by the Thomas Merton quote from Tuesday’s post, I’ve been sitting with the question of what it looks like to protect “the root of inner wisdom” and my “inner capacity for peace.”
I SO don’t have the answer to this, ha. But this weekend, I’ll be protecting my inner peace by deleting all social media off my phone, and spending lots of time interfacing IRL with friends. As a writer and work-from-homer, sometimes I get freaked the hell out by the amount of time I spend giving my attention to the internet. I’m also going to nap, and read, and do my best to keep the brain squirrels calm.
Stay safe this weekend y’all. I’m around if you need anything at all.
All my good everything, tuya,
dani
📖Read: I am a total Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein fangirl and I super liked this interview with her by writer Lacy M. Johnson over at Guernica. I swore off book clubs after three years in an MFA program but if anyone wanted to read “The Disordered Cosmos” together, I’m hella down.
👀Watch: This is my tentative, premature while also being tardy-to-the-Bo-Burnham-party endorsement of his “Inside” comedy (?) special on Netflix. Premature because, well, I haven’t actually finished watching because the first third kind of overwhelmed me. Shit is angsty over here right now y’all. I will finish and will probably share some highly unskilled and definitely overly emotional opinions afterward.
🎧Listen: “There is just something about finding and creating deep collaboration around stuff that I really care about that has been really nourishing for me amidst unreasonable chaos around me.” As someone holding group spaces multiple times/week, I so so appreciated this conversation with Bex Kwan and Jenna Peters-Golden from AORTA over at the Next Economy Now podcast.
Thank you so much for being a part of this community. If you like this newsletter, please consider leaving a comment, sending it to a friend or subscribing. Or email me and say hi, I’d love to hear from you!
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🔮August writing workshop is on the calendar. Join me on August 22, from 10am - 12pm PST. This month’s theme is “PAST LIVES.” Register here.
Questions? Just ask. I’m here and I’d love to hear from you.
Hey all, we made it to another Friday. Big exhale 😌 I hope you all have some easy downtime planned this weekend.
This week’s essay was my attempt to negotiate how one might move with, rather than against, the chaotic urgency of these time’s we’re living in. How do we stay engaged? How do we release capitalism’s inner grip while simultaneously continuing to uplift ourselves, our relationships and our communities? How do we do life right now?
Yeah, a tall order, on topics whose surfaces I’m only barely scratching.
On a more individual level, and inspired by the Thomas Merton quote from Tuesday’s post, I’ve been sitting with the question of what it looks like to protect “the root of inner wisdom” and my “inner capacity for peace.”
I SO don’t have the answer to this, ha. But this weekend, I’ll be protecting my inner peace by deleting all social media off my phone, and spending lots of time interfacing IRL with friends. As a writer and work-from-homer, sometimes I get freaked the hell out by the amount of time I spend giving my attention to the internet. I’m also going to nap, and read, and do my best to keep the brain squirrels calm.
Stay safe this weekend y’all. I’m around if you need anything at all.
All my good everything,
tuya,
dani
📖Read: I am a total Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein fangirl and I super liked this interview with her by writer Lacy M. Johnson over at Guernica. I swore off book clubs after three years in an MFA program but if anyone wanted to read “The Disordered Cosmos” together, I’m hella down.
👀Watch: This is my tentative, premature while also being tardy-to-the-Bo-Burnham-party endorsement of his “Inside” comedy (?) special on Netflix. Premature because, well, I haven’t actually finished watching because the first third kind of overwhelmed me. Shit is angsty over here right now y’all. I will finish and will probably share some highly unskilled and definitely overly emotional opinions afterward.
🎧Listen: “There is just something about finding and creating deep collaboration around stuff that I really care about that has been really nourishing for me amidst unreasonable chaos around me.” As someone holding group spaces multiple times/week, I so so appreciated this conversation with Bex Kwan and Jenna Peters-Golden from AORTA over at the Next Economy Now podcast.
Thank you so much for being a part of this community. If you like this newsletter, please consider leaving a comment, sending it to a friend or subscribing. Or email me and say hi, I’d love to hear from you!