steph dixon

For years, I had managed complexity by overriding my physiology. I stayed regulated enough to be effective, but not regulated enough to be well .

The patriarchal-capitalist modus operandi is, after all, to dive headfirst and worry later, or not at all. Profit and market pressures repeatedly override safety, ethics, and sustainability, just as some men’s ambitions repeatedly override women’s well-being.

The future of social looks like intimacy at scale. People want smaller, more authentic digital experiences even as platforms grow more transactional. The brands that win will blend utility, creativity, emotion, and cultural awareness—and will feel human, adaptable, and creatively brave.

When we cede control of our attention, we cede more than what we are looking at now. We cede, to some degree, control over what we will care about tomorrow.

It is difficult to have solidarity when every interaction is a transaction and every opinion is a tradable asset.5

Would you open a door with something vague written on it? Creatures Inside — Are we talking puppies or snakes? If the door just said everything that was inside, you would only enter on the off chance it has the exact thing you’re looking for. Copper Tubing and Water Bottles for Hamsters — Nevermind, I don’t need either of those. You want to walk... See more

This show taught me that coolness is something I value, because without it everything sort of feels random and nondescript. The second you apply a ‘something for everyone’ approach to art in an attempt to deliberately appeal to more people that, in my opinion, is the moment that coolness dies. That is the death of cool.

I don’t try to trick people with a hook, I try to telegraph an energy.

I edit as if I’m losing my own attention, constantly trying to impress the little man with the remote control in my head. I want to show the world how I see it, bright, fast, chaotic but on purpose. We don’t experience life in order. It’s not a linear narrative where the movie begins and ends. Memory and imagination constantly fold in on the... See more