Finally reading this and obsessed with the less immediate ways of refusing convenience. Gonna start deleting apps off my phone asap. And since there's no more zines coming in my mailbox, I'd love to start sending and receiving letters <3
Recently I have been worried that you were totally removing yourself from new software and technology. I knew you stopped using Spotify and started listening to CDs again, which I thought was great. I have some old CDs in my car that I listen to sometimes, most of the songs skip now because I store them terribly, but there is something really nice about listening to a CD and my car is the only place with a CD player now!? Anyways, now I understand what you are doing.
You are able to understand things very quickly, its why you are so great at picking up any project and executing it well. I wouldn't want to see that ability lesson by discontinued use of technology and software. I now understand that is not what you are doing. Instead you are retraining your brain to not go for the immediate solution that is so easily accessible. It really does take a lot of magic away from something. I have been considering writing letters to friends in the mail, maybe just taking some time each month or every other month to send them something special. I think this newsletter might be the push I needed.
Also, I may just be a very emotional person but I almost cried when I read: "document people's smiles". I really love that. I am sure you have thought about it already but that would be a fun zine. Excited to hear about your love affair too hehe.
I love that you are just listening to cds. I pretty much just listen to the radio and records. I occasionally listen to podcasts, but I just link directly to them from the emails they send.
On a similar note at one point I was really into the idea of scarcity and how if you don't have any form of scarcity then you can't possibly appreciate anything that you have.....
I definitely think like that in some ways! Like whenever I talk about the way that I don't really believe in an afterlife anymore, I'll say that I think that death is the thing that makes life valuable, which is kinda the same concept Life is valuable because ultimately it's scarce. But I don't know if that's what I actually think or mean. I think in theeeeory I actually want to say, things are just valuable because they *are*
Could you send me your address? Or do you need to be the first to send correspondence to begin the penpal process? 🙂
Finally reading this and obsessed with the less immediate ways of refusing convenience. Gonna start deleting apps off my phone asap. And since there's no more zines coming in my mailbox, I'd love to start sending and receiving letters <3
consider it done!!
Recently I have been worried that you were totally removing yourself from new software and technology. I knew you stopped using Spotify and started listening to CDs again, which I thought was great. I have some old CDs in my car that I listen to sometimes, most of the songs skip now because I store them terribly, but there is something really nice about listening to a CD and my car is the only place with a CD player now!? Anyways, now I understand what you are doing.
You are able to understand things very quickly, its why you are so great at picking up any project and executing it well. I wouldn't want to see that ability lesson by discontinued use of technology and software. I now understand that is not what you are doing. Instead you are retraining your brain to not go for the immediate solution that is so easily accessible. It really does take a lot of magic away from something. I have been considering writing letters to friends in the mail, maybe just taking some time each month or every other month to send them something special. I think this newsletter might be the push I needed.
Also, I may just be a very emotional person but I almost cried when I read: "document people's smiles". I really love that. I am sure you have thought about it already but that would be a fun zine. Excited to hear about your love affair too hehe.
I am hoping the love affair will also make an excellent zine
I love that you are just listening to cds. I pretty much just listen to the radio and records. I occasionally listen to podcasts, but I just link directly to them from the emails they send.
On a similar note at one point I was really into the idea of scarcity and how if you don't have any form of scarcity then you can't possibly appreciate anything that you have.....
I definitely think like that in some ways! Like whenever I talk about the way that I don't really believe in an afterlife anymore, I'll say that I think that death is the thing that makes life valuable, which is kinda the same concept Life is valuable because ultimately it's scarce. But I don't know if that's what I actually think or mean. I think in theeeeory I actually want to say, things are just valuable because they *are*