Thanks for the shout-out, Alanna!!! (BTW, we're down to one last copy of WWV #1, so we need to get together again soon so I can get more!). I have to comment on this post because it's uncanny how many similar conversations I'm having with other writers and artists! You and I have a lot in common even though our work is really different. I think, in some ways, being an introvert 'lone wolf' is part of our creative practice. Being a solitary person enables me to spend hours and hours alone at my drawing table. At the same time, like wolves, humans are pack animals too, and capitalist every-man-for-himself mentality is poisonous. I dream of starting some sort of artist/writer collective where we can talk about these issues; about the way that we're all struggling to hustle within a system designed for only a few people to succeed instead of many people; about the online platforms we use now that the institutions that traditionally supported us (somewhat) are less and less able to. I also want a community to simply share resources and opportunities and projects with one another. And I want it to be badass. And radical. Haha! Anyways, just keep pushing onwards, you're amazing, keep writing...
YES!! I would be SO down for a community like that. I feel like that's exactly what I've been dreaming of, too! Would love to talk more and see if we could get something off the ground. I also agree that the artistic life does require a lot of solitude, so I suppose there will always be a bit of struggle with finding just the right balance between alone-time and together-time. Thank you, Gina, for being so awesome and supportive, always! 💖
Thanks for the shout-out, Alanna!!! (BTW, we're down to one last copy of WWV #1, so we need to get together again soon so I can get more!). I have to comment on this post because it's uncanny how many similar conversations I'm having with other writers and artists! You and I have a lot in common even though our work is really different. I think, in some ways, being an introvert 'lone wolf' is part of our creative practice. Being a solitary person enables me to spend hours and hours alone at my drawing table. At the same time, like wolves, humans are pack animals too, and capitalist every-man-for-himself mentality is poisonous. I dream of starting some sort of artist/writer collective where we can talk about these issues; about the way that we're all struggling to hustle within a system designed for only a few people to succeed instead of many people; about the online platforms we use now that the institutions that traditionally supported us (somewhat) are less and less able to. I also want a community to simply share resources and opportunities and projects with one another. And I want it to be badass. And radical. Haha! Anyways, just keep pushing onwards, you're amazing, keep writing...
YES!! I would be SO down for a community like that. I feel like that's exactly what I've been dreaming of, too! Would love to talk more and see if we could get something off the ground. I also agree that the artistic life does require a lot of solitude, so I suppose there will always be a bit of struggle with finding just the right balance between alone-time and together-time. Thank you, Gina, for being so awesome and supportive, always! 💖