The case for a little creative unpacking, a mnml digest
A curated journey through five articles, posts and podcasts that are speaking to me this week. Pulled widely from a week’s worth of reading. Shared in ten sentences or fewer. A fun means of reflecting on the blogs I regularly read in a way that spreads the link love.
This week: unpacking creatively. There is liberation in breaking thoughts, experiences, and relationships down into their component parts. And there is empowerment where I’m brave enough to be creative — even whimsical — in doing so. Aka: the liberatory power of analytic whimsy.
The Five Lists (The Isolation Journals with Suleika Jaouad). Targeted self-analysis can be life-changing — assuming I take up a forgiving lens through which to look at myself. I’m journaling my way through these questions right now.
Ink of the Week — My 2023 Project (Fountain Pen Love). John is similarly unpacking his inks by looking at them through various nibs’ perspectives.
Journaling in 2023: Use It or Lose It (The Gentleman Stationer). As Joe is with journals — both which journals to use and how he plans to use each.
How Afrofuturism Redefines Our Past (Notes From America). Looking back in targeted ways gives ideas for how the future can look — for how we might reorganize the present. Unpacking the big.
Hack Idea: A Traveling Dip Pen (The Well-Appointed Desk). Looking down to my desk, unpacking even a pen into component parts can yield exciting, novel and fun new possibilities. And unpacking the small.
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My editor is a music snob. She will turn her nose up to my lo-fi and periodic bouts of guitar-driven indie music. Then she’ll happily sleep beside my partner while she practices an aria (my partner is an opera singer).
To appease said editor, I’m leaving links to this week’s two earlier posts. She may not enjoy my music, but she enjoys my writing :) and treats.
My favorite five pen-and-ink combinations from 2022 (Inked Tines)
The final seven of the 2022 Inkvent Challenge: Three. Accent. Colors. (Currently Inked)
