Why subscribe?
Over the last few months I have begun to mix note-taking and cultural criticism as a kind of mental composting practice to more constructively support the broader aims of my work.
Part of this practice, a diary, is necessarily private: Just as the separation of a banana peel from a container of yoghurt past its use-by date is not particularly interesting, some of this process is dry and boring, even if it is personally important.
However, sometimes the process of reviewing and note-taking will obviously merit further writing, and that’s what this newsletter is for. It is observations and criticism about specific works and/or themes I’ve found in what I’ve been reading, watching and listening to.
The newsletters aren’t the totality of my work, but instead are exercises in writing towards ideas and forms that I will explore in other projects (including other types of writing and journalism).
I’ll write about exhibitions, mixes, albums, films, TV shows, novels, design, poetry collections, theatre, feature length stories, short fiction and any other digital/physical product I’m interested in that is of the world.
The pieces will be finished, but like anything, they’re only gospel until they aren’t: Open revision forever.
Is it free?
Yes it’s free, for now.
If it begins to take on a life of its own and become self-sustaining in terms of reader interest and demand, we’ll have a conversation when we cross that road, but for now, I just want to show people what I can do and offer an opportunity to show how it flows into the other projects I’m working on.
So yes, that means you can and should forward the newsletters on to others if you like them!
How often will this appear in my inbox?
Once a fortnight, starting from November 3, every Sunday.
