My product won’t write sentences for you. The slow process of writing is what clarifies thought, shapes identity, and cultivates a lens to the world. Writing is the whole point; it isn’t a chore to optimize, it’s an infinite game.

Gertruda Gilyte, another Protein contributor, responded to the lament, desires and questions I’d laid down with a potent thought about “what the future of ‘wellness’ (or ‘self-care’) can bring in both utopian and dystopian ways”. She proposed the counter centres around craft. Making our own sourdough, kimchi, gardening, foraging, knitting –... See more