I’m going to be on here a little more and on Bluesky a little less, I think. (Not that I wouldn’t love it if you followed me there). The news of the day, understandably, looms awfully large there, and while I don’t intend to hide from the news I’m discovering a need to meter it.
Also, paragraphs! I don’t appreciate paragraphs enough. I mean obviously the novels are made of paragraphs, but that doesn’t mean I can’t do more with them.
Little bit of sharing, as a warmup:
- Statistical graphics and comics: Parallel histories of visual storytelling, by Susan Kruglinski and Andrew Gelman. Talk about chocolate and peanut butter—why haven’t I seen an article on this until now?
- 7 Deadly Art Sins, by CJ the X. This is a YouTube video essay; my general tastes in this genre run toward Dan Olson and hbomberguy, if that helps orient you at all. The title makes it sound like seven weird tricks to monetize your art, but it’s very much not; despite the general affect and presentation of a chaos muppet, CJ has their head on extremely (sorry) straight.
Currently listening: ELATSOE, by Darcie Little Badger, read by Kinsale Hueston.