Love Jonson
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💌 writing love notes to you at bit.ly/lovenotespnw + 🎨 making art at lovenotespnw.etsy.com
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Ugandan Leilah Babirye’s masks: “Babirye decided masks would be the focal point of her work, as a way of exploring and representing the lived experiences of queer people in a homophobic society. Babirye began experimenting and expanding the idea of these masks, adding found materials to her ceramic and wood sculptures. She considered this making beauty from “trash” — a layered concept, as the word for “trash” in the Lugandan language is used as a common homophobic slur. In interviews, she has also talked about finishing her sculptures’ hair as “taking them to the salon,” contextualizing the salon not just as a place of beautification but as a joyful, safe space where people can gather. The titles she chooses for her artworks are based on different clans from the region. Naming them after clans is her way of asserting belonging when so many queer Ugandans experience rejection from their families. Uganda’s homophobia can be traced back to British colonialism, so these names also are a reminder that Ugandans have their own cultural history of greater freedom and acceptance.”
How does the feeling of creation differ from or replicate the feeling of production ?
Two writing prompts
If you are an adult who still wants to write, it’s because you want to be heard. Feeling as if no one hears you, for a prolonged period of time, can lead to a kind of desperation, a kind of intense entitlement.
We Need the Arts Now More than Ever
What is 'Memoir Plus' and why is it so hot right now? — Nour Sallam - Literary Agent
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These days, it’s hard to get a book deal for a literary memoir if you’re not famous and don’t have a big platform. You have a better chance of getting a book deal if you pursue what the publishing industry is increasingly referring to as “memoir plus” — memoir plus reportage, for instance, or memoir plus a social history of a topic, or memoir plus ... See more
Mallary Tenore Tarpley • How attending events can inform your writing & build community
The very word slip suggests some sort of movement; you can't slip, after all, if you’re standing still.
How attending events can inform your writing & build community
We can do better. AI is not the answer. #savetheplanet#banAI #thinkbeforeyouclick
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