A big fat affirming YES to all of this, Alice. And I’m glad you mentioned Chelsea bc she models that literary citizenship so well. Her tent is ever-expanding and welcoming, as we know. I’m glad you know the truth now: you are a capital W Writer. Also I’m sorry you had to have dinner with such an ass all those years ago. Keep locomoting ;)
Hello Alice, I've loved watching your train journey unspool on IG. Thank you for this post. I too wish I could tell my much younger self to wholeheartedly reject someone else's vision of my art, no doubt thrown out as a casual observation, which I internalized for decades.
‘Here’s the thing: Acts of art and creation are imperatives to living and impact our bodies, spirits and souls. Especially, particularly, urgently, now.’
I too, as so many, spent far too many years/energy/emotion entangled in the expectations of others. And now, no greater time to fuck’em and hack out the trail we’ve each got in front of us.
A rallying cry in kinship. Thank you, Alice, and GO!
A big fat affirming YES to all of this, Alice. And I’m glad you mentioned Chelsea bc she models that literary citizenship so well. Her tent is ever-expanding and welcoming, as we know. I’m glad you know the truth now: you are a capital W Writer. Also I’m sorry you had to have dinner with such an ass all those years ago. Keep locomoting ;)
Hello Alice, I've loved watching your train journey unspool on IG. Thank you for this post. I too wish I could tell my much younger self to wholeheartedly reject someone else's vision of my art, no doubt thrown out as a casual observation, which I internalized for decades.
‘Here’s the thing: Acts of art and creation are imperatives to living and impact our bodies, spirits and souls. Especially, particularly, urgently, now.’
I too, as so many, spent far too many years/energy/emotion entangled in the expectations of others. And now, no greater time to fuck’em and hack out the trail we’ve each got in front of us.
A rallying cry in kinship. Thank you, Alice, and GO!