This is your end-of-Friday prize
Oh, hi friends!
Guess what? You did it! You made it through another week!
So what are you doing tomorrow?
Hanging. Seeing friends. Walking your dog. Reading. Watching something good. Taking a walk. Taking a trip. Taking a walking trip. Eating some eggs. Working. Dreaming. Running. More working.
What -ing are you choosing?
I’ve found that my best weekends aren't those where I have nothing planned, but when I take a second to think about what I need: Maybe nothing is the answer, maybe being incredibly social is the answer, maybe getting ahead of the next week feels right.
Decide on your -ing now, and enjoy the next 48 hours.
This New Yorker cover is too good. Reminds me of last year when I woke up in a funk and asked "what am I even doing with my life? I need a sign! Give me a sign!" And then I walked outside and the Marvelous Mrs. Maisel trailers were right in front of my apartment. That's a sign. (h/t Selina Zhong)
"This process of experiencing laziness directly and nonverbally is transformative. It unlocks a tremendous energy that is usually blocked by our habit of running away."
—Pema Chödrön
Look, I encourage laziness, too! Pema says it’s OK! From my latest for Shine—there are three kinds of laziness, what’s your go-to?
French girl fashion is...how do you say...le bullshit. My friend Angelica Frey is hilarious.
Don’t get weighed down by idea debt.
Gloria Steinem’s life is coming Off Broadway!!!
I didn’t know anything about Louisiana blues, but now I do! Lovely piece here.
Take a moment and read this wonderful poem “look to the sky” by my friend Alison McLaughlin. (And the journal SIREN in which it’s published is seeking submissions. The theme is intuition and they’re open to all mediums! More info here.)
Here's a pilot script checklist for anyone working on their own. Good for other pieces of creative work, too!! (h/t Mattie Johnson)
My friend Erika Morillo is participating in the panel “The Vernacular and Narrative in Photobooks" on Saturday as part of the NY Art Book Fair at PS1 MoMA. This panel will focus on three artists who weave found photographs into new fictions, use family snapshots to interrogate familial and societal structures, and bring hidden histories to light, or perhaps make more mysterious.
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Thanks, as always, for reading.
Love, Kara