Your lists are always my favorite way to end the week and start thinking about the weekend. Thank you for Richard Serra’s list of verbs. I want to make something with that now.
your newsletter and the verb list from Richard Serra brought me to write on a piece of ledger paper (found on the street recently and being kept apparently just for this purpose) my own verb list to do with hand stitch, which i am now in turn stitching to a vintage napkin - its still odd to me how inspiration strikes so randomly but i am also learning to act on those moments and not let them pass me by - thank you
Austin, to begin my day with John Donne...you win the prize this week for infusing my days with magic! Thank Goodness it's Spring and I can spend extra time outside, or I'd be bouncing off the walls to release this much creative energy. Thank you SO much for the time you put into the newsletters--they are an inspiring way to start the day...watch out World, here we come!!!
Yes to actual physical media! I still have CDs, DVDs, books, magazines etc. I recall a discussion with an employee of Best Buy a while back when I wanted an all region DVD/Blu-Ray player. She was trying to sell me a streaming adaptor saying I could watch anything I wanted on streaming. "What are your favorite movies?" she asked to demonstrate how easily available they would be. "Sunrise, Intolerance, Pandora's Box, He Who Gets Slapped, The Big Parade..." and which point she showed me what they had in DVD players.
I don’t do much watching, but when I do, I buy DVDs, or get them from the library before it completely moves to streaming…
which is bad, because the huge amounts of data streamed is Bad For The Planet, and libraries are a place where many people use any given physical medium.
Thanks for the info about Lol Tolhurst. I’ve had a weird fascination (Fascination Street, good song) with The Cure for over 30 years. I’m going to read that interview.
I'm going to have to try a verb list -- I'm a list maker in general -- I've started thinking about a visual commonplace - I've also started pulling together a ,well for lack of a better name a doodle journal-- I'm going through my sketchbooks and random pages in notebooks and journals and pulling out the doodles/mini drawing that are actually quite complete - fully thought thourgh - of course they all started out without concious thought - I'm not sure where this came from or where it may go but...we'll see !
Look at that - I've always kept a "commonplace diary" but never knew it was called that! I feel seen and validated - I thought I was a just a disorganized writer! ;-)
I can’t think of a better place to share the new-to-me advice about tapping snails before you pick them up to avoid hurting them. Who knows, and I guess I don’t pick up snails too often in general, but I’ll be a snail tapper for life, just in case.
I have been a loyal subscriber to and cover-to-cover reader of The Sun, just celebrating its 50th year of publication. I appreciate its familiar format with an in-depth interview, photographs, short stories, poetry, and a section of essays by readers prompted by one-word topics. Barbara Jackson
I loved that I just went down a rabbit hole about commonplace books. Thanks. Also, Right Down To It has been playing on repeat in my brain for a week now. It's so good.
Your lists are always my favorite way to end the week and start thinking about the weekend. Thank you for Richard Serra’s list of verbs. I want to make something with that now.
your newsletter and the verb list from Richard Serra brought me to write on a piece of ledger paper (found on the street recently and being kept apparently just for this purpose) my own verb list to do with hand stitch, which i am now in turn stitching to a vintage napkin - its still odd to me how inspiration strikes so randomly but i am also learning to act on those moments and not let them pass me by - thank you
The new Waxahatchee album is so good. Great road trip album. Very happy for all of the praise and success Katie is getting, she really deserves it!
Austin, to begin my day with John Donne...you win the prize this week for infusing my days with magic! Thank Goodness it's Spring and I can spend extra time outside, or I'd be bouncing off the walls to release this much creative energy. Thank you SO much for the time you put into the newsletters--they are an inspiring way to start the day...watch out World, here we come!!!
Yes to actual physical media! I still have CDs, DVDs, books, magazines etc. I recall a discussion with an employee of Best Buy a while back when I wanted an all region DVD/Blu-Ray player. She was trying to sell me a streaming adaptor saying I could watch anything I wanted on streaming. "What are your favorite movies?" she asked to demonstrate how easily available they would be. "Sunrise, Intolerance, Pandora's Box, He Who Gets Slapped, The Big Parade..." and which point she showed me what they had in DVD players.
Repo Man! One of my favorite movies, and soundtracks. Thanks for sharing the background story of how it was made.
I don’t do much watching, but when I do, I buy DVDs, or get them from the library before it completely moves to streaming…
which is bad, because the huge amounts of data streamed is Bad For The Planet, and libraries are a place where many people use any given physical medium.
Streamed shows/films can get disappeared.
Ooh I’m a real goth!! My fave Cure albums are Faith and Pornography!!🖤🖤🖤
Thanks for the info about Lol Tolhurst. I’ve had a weird fascination (Fascination Street, good song) with The Cure for over 30 years. I’m going to read that interview.
Also great interview with Nathalie Merchant, by Lauren LeBlanc in Believer's 2023 music issue.
I'm going to have to try a verb list -- I'm a list maker in general -- I've started thinking about a visual commonplace - I've also started pulling together a ,well for lack of a better name a doodle journal-- I'm going through my sketchbooks and random pages in notebooks and journals and pulling out the doodles/mini drawing that are actually quite complete - fully thought thourgh - of course they all started out without concious thought - I'm not sure where this came from or where it may go but...we'll see !
Re snails: you'll want to read about these "metal as hell" snails. https://kottke.org/24/03/these-snails-are-metal-as-hell
Look at that - I've always kept a "commonplace diary" but never knew it was called that! I feel seen and validated - I thought I was a just a disorganized writer! ;-)
I can’t think of a better place to share the new-to-me advice about tapping snails before you pick them up to avoid hurting them. Who knows, and I guess I don’t pick up snails too often in general, but I’ll be a snail tapper for life, just in case.
https://m.facebook.com/groups/764900721730022/permalink/1080604053493019/
I have been a loyal subscriber to and cover-to-cover reader of The Sun, just celebrating its 50th year of publication. I appreciate its familiar format with an in-depth interview, photographs, short stories, poetry, and a section of essays by readers prompted by one-word topics. Barbara Jackson
I loved that I just went down a rabbit hole about commonplace books. Thanks. Also, Right Down To It has been playing on repeat in my brain for a week now. It's so good.