Meanwhile, Over in Notes ..

Keeping a record of the inspiration and connection

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I love cultivating community in the art+psychology niche and some of that happens over in my Notes. I also like collecting the poignant and pertinent and pretty things in one place each week so that it doesn’t all just get lost to the scroll.

I remind myself of this today because there have been a lot of conversation about Notes and I’ve often found myself feeling like all my notes just go into the void, eaten up by an algorithm, ignored for this reason or that. And then it makes me wonder why I’m spending my time there. And then I have some magical connection and I remember that this is the real reason why.

And I just noticed that even though most of my shares only get a couple “hearts,” this one resonated more, which actually really warms my heart:

So here are some things that happened in my Notes in the past week or so …

The Vibes We Bring

I have been enjoying seeing everyone’s “the vibe I bring to Substack” shares. So many similarities and differences and interesting choices … Hat/tip to Claire Venus - not sure if she’s the one who started the idea but she’s the one I first found it through.

I’d love to know what your vibe is. Tag me or leave a link to it in the comments!

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I Responded:

To Robin Cangie (she/her), Shinjini, Allegra Chapman (whose work connected wtih Morgan Wildmuse), and Helen Conway

Things Exciting Me in the Community:

From Emily Kaminsky I love the idea of GiveBackStack. I practice artistic tithing, meaning I give a minimum of ten percent of all my earned income each year directly back to other writers, artists, performers, makers. I’m not sure if that means I should be in the directory or not but the concept of it resonates with me.

And submissions open via Tiffany Chu:

Synchronicity and Patterns

I really love when I spy patterns in posts that are showing up in my inbox at the same time like these from Kate Speer/ Lisa Olivera / Emily Charlotte Powell and Kate Harvey / Georgia Clare

Notes on Notes:

Sort of in conversation with Substack Writers, Sarah Fay, Emily Kaminsky

I Echoed:

Posts that inspired me to share similar posts of mine …

From Decorating Dissidence

I Answered:

Jo Taylor about tiny thrills and Emily Charlotte Powell’s invitation to Sunday Substagram and Anna Schott about books …

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I Got an Answer:

When I ask questions in Notes, I truly want to know people’s answers. I loved that Hetty Cate de Cossy and Lia Pas shared their responses to:

The Best of the Hive Mind:

Alice Kuipers shared some favorites and asked for responses:

And Melanie Reynard was looking for folks who are serializing novels.

I Restacked:

Pieces from Jes Raymond, Joyce Wycoff, Claudia Wool, Sophie Hale, June Girvin, Jenny Lawson (thebloggess)

My Own News and Updates:

THANKS

And thanks this week to those who showed me support by quoting/restacking/mentioning me. Gratitude to Joce Aucoin, Sue Clancy, Kari Bentley-Quinn, Allegra Chapman, Gayathri, Sarah Shotts, Foster, Bree and Simon Haisell

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