collective dreaming
James Baldwin wrote, “The place in which I’ll fit will not exist until I make it.”1 We all seek belonging, and for very few of us, even the most hermitic, is that place completely separate from others. That means it’s something we must build together.
Your daily Readwise: Mia Birdsong, Alix E. Harrow, and more
If you have ever found yourself hoping for the future, yet, at times, it feels too big or too impossible; I hope you can carve out some space to dream in your own way and keep building on those dreams. Keep imagining what could be, even if you don’t know how it makes sense yet.
Morgan Harper Nichols • A Necessary Imagination
What we need are visions of the future of technology that are values-driven, but we don’t need just design fictions. We need business model fictions, engineering feasibility study fictions, interop protocol specification fictions, investment return fictions.
Matt Webb • Towards the Orthogonal Technology Lab, V0.1
HOPE HEADS / 004: SHA'AN D'ANTHES aka FURRY LITTLE PEACH
“Hope is the knowledge that things can change for the better… a vehicle to change.”
This week in Hope Heads, we’re joined by illustrator, author, and creative icon Sha'an d'Anthes aka @furrylittlepeach. Known for her playful, honest... See more
instagram.comFor several decades, the price of this belief has been creatives’ difficulty in conceiving of their work as labour – and by extension, to benefit from the gains of other workers’ struggles.
Creative Destruction • Rabbit Holes 🕳️ #82
“The imagination creates the future,” writes Lewis Hyde, professor and author of the book The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World .1
walkerart.org • The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World
Why is it in so many circles, dreaming is thought of as frivolous, individualistic, escapist? As something that is running from reality? I think that’s something that a colonial white imagination is trying to teach us, that dreaming means a rejection of what is, of logic, normality
studioananda.space • Dreaming Into Action With Annika Hansteen-Izora
• Use your imagination as a way to practice exploring possibilities…and discover the many ways this is connected to real-world hope.