Social Media Escape Club

The internet has this amazing power in convincing us that we are being social on Facebook while providing breadcrumbs of what it means to actually be social.

It is still shocking to admit that I no longer have any career ambitions. It didn’t happen suddenly overnight, but instead creeped up on me until I realized that I just didn’t care anymore.

How can I possibly sell art and “non necessities” during this time of great crisis? I try to remember that just as the world needs doctors and nurses and electricians and plumbers and farmers we need art.

My latest column at The New Yorker is about the revenge of homepages: Why we're turning toward individual websites as the platform era of the internet continues to disintegrate.

I started working on this piece because I've found myself going to homepages more often. It's a way to get a controlled, curated look at what a publication offers, and a... See more

“The factor that I am most grateful for about Cook Club is actually that I have stopped putting pressure on myself or others to create for the sake of consistency. That’s what has been great about publishing indie; I know I can make art as a hobby when I feel most capable and inspired.”