but isn't it cool to live in a world where we all have such different ideas about music

I stood at the kitchen sink yesterday, imagined mothers day in an alternate universe. just for a second. my mother was still alive. we went thrifting, bought fountain cokes. talked about gardens, maybe. I don't know. the president was not the president, the world was not upside down. anyway

well I do like the sound of 'free' haha
(dang, if film wasn't so expensive, I do believe I'd just go back to that)

will definitely look into those! capture one has also been suggested but it's also subscription based (and double what I pay per month right now)

just stumbled onto that, actually-- super interesting! (and thank you!)

welp. adobe says "they're done with DEI hiring goals" so let's get the conversation started: alternatives to lightroom? (besides film, which I am already shooting)

one hundred percent

in other news, my 20-something daughter taught a zine workshop yesterday at the library where she works and my gen X heart nearly burst right out of my body

as america goes screaming into the dark: serve tangibly, love immeasurably. do what you can, where and when you can, as much as you can. make art, love people. kindness and compassion, as much and as often as you can muster it

twas a long weekend, a long, long weekend

am at a super 8 in indiana that smells like microwave chinese food and lucky strikes. lights in motel room are not exactly lights but something else. something fluorescent, something dead. eye twitch inevitable

listen I will probably share things here that have nothing to do with the unraveling of this country- not because I'm *not* enraged but *because* I’m enraged-in order to stay fully awake, to sustain anger/action, to ride the waves of exhaustion, frequent breaks for comedy/joy/wonder are fundamental

they really took it and turned it into trash. the enshittification is real

it will always be gulf of mexico. always.

meta is the worst, the very, very worst. I will never forgive them for ruining everything. and goooodness, the joy of an ad-free experience

oof I hear that-- we are so entangled and not everyone is moving at once, it's just hard

it's a gift, really-- sometimes I stumble onto a little something I wrote that just sort of stuns me. not because it was beautifully written but because it was so honest

I must admit it's nice to start someplace brand new! as much as I miss the old days (of blogging/instagram), I'm realizing that I'm a *completely* different artist, with a completely different voice. starting new gives that real oxygen (though it leaves me wondering what to do with archives???)

in other news, kendrick is all over all my timelines and it is giving me liiiiiiiiiiiife

anybody else jumpin back and forth between platforms? it's madness. the plan is to fully leave IG behind but am finding it a little trickier to extricate myself after 14 years of working to carve out community there

right back atcha! I think it could be good here (fingers crossed)

oh hey, look at that!

I think this is exactly why I am struggling with sharing my work here-- not saying I won't eventually share more pictures here but yes, there's a bit of a disconnect

gah. this is gorgeous, wendy.

oof, yup-- totally get this

ahhhh I love it!

and yes, they're building something else for photos only, which intrigues me, tho the thought of maintaining yet another space- not sure I've got it in me. already over on @fotoapp.co which I love-- still pretty quiet over but has the potential to be really great-- a dream, really

in terms of sharing images here, I think the disconnect is that it feels like twitter-- and I loved twitter (when it was good) but it was a place I shared words, not images. I'm not sure images really live well here (still on the fence about it)

yeah I didn't either but unfortunately, a chunk of america did (and enough fellow genX folks did too, which is craaaazy troubling)

the cybertruck always looks a little bit like someone got really excited and decided to make a sci-fi inspired parade float