I don't know the context of the Brad Neely quote but it reminds me of Amy Stewart's recent posts about githerments. (https://amystewart.substack.com/p/gather-your-githerments) It's interesting to me how fulfilling it can feel to simply notice what I notice.
"Out of the mouths of babes..." My almost-three-year-old has started saying "I changed my problems" instead of "I changed my mind." Deeply profound and relevant to contemporary life is exactly the feeling.
“The magic of re-reading” really resonates. There is so much more to gain when a different You reads a book a younger self loved - or didn’t ‘get’. Thanks for this inspo.
Re: ‘ I tried to get “Uncle Sheng your breath smells like birds” into my new book, but just couldn’t quite fit it in....)’
I am imagining here a kind of Lynda Barry-style book, where you look and look and look at all the seemingly unrelated stuff stuffed onto the page, and it becomes related.
Or borders around each page that are filled only with things not related to the page.
Or even a book where the borders are a second book. 🤔🤔🤔
A collaboration with 2 other people would also be cool (one, say, Lynda Barry… the other ???), where all you know beforehand is which portion of the page is yours. And a 4th person puts it together.
I don't know the context of the Brad Neely quote but it reminds me of Amy Stewart's recent posts about githerments. (https://amystewart.substack.com/p/gather-your-githerments) It's interesting to me how fulfilling it can feel to simply notice what I notice.
"Out of the mouths of babes..." My almost-three-year-old has started saying "I changed my problems" instead of "I changed my mind." Deeply profound and relevant to contemporary life is exactly the feeling.
Lonesome Dove! It’s the best roadtrip book. It’s definitely in my top 10 and ready for a reread.
“The magic of re-reading” really resonates. There is so much more to gain when a different You reads a book a younger self loved - or didn’t ‘get’. Thanks for this inspo.
I absolutely loved the bonus zines! I was already excited to get my hands on your new book but now doubly so.
I’m so happy to hear this! I think I’m going to drop some additional issues so stay tuned
Re: ‘ I tried to get “Uncle Sheng your breath smells like birds” into my new book, but just couldn’t quite fit it in....)’
I am imagining here a kind of Lynda Barry-style book, where you look and look and look at all the seemingly unrelated stuff stuffed onto the page, and it becomes related.
Or borders around each page that are filled only with things not related to the page.
Or even a book where the borders are a second book. 🤔🤔🤔
I think you’re describing my notebook 😂 which is funny because I aspire to making my books look more like my notebooks
A collaboration with 2 other people would also be cool (one, say, Lynda Barry… the other ???), where all you know beforehand is which portion of the page is yours. And a 4th person puts it together.