Artist: Lily Taylor

It's been a while since I’ve written anything lately, and that doesn’t feel good. My writing voice has always been loadbearing to my identity, and if I don’t have anything to say, if I’m not “appearing in public”, it's a little bit destabilizing. Invisibility can be comfortable (and I’m less and less at home with the aggressive side of online discourse these days) but it's also a little bit of a cop-out.

The fact is, I’ve been hiding. It feels like “writer's block” or like I “can’t think of anything to say”, but obviously that's suspect, and the real thing is that I can’t think of anything to say that's impeccable and beyond reproach and definitely won’t get criticized. Also, it's clearly a vicious cycle; the less I participate in public life, the fewer discussions I’m part of, and the fewer opportunities I have to riff off of what other people are saying.

Life Stuff

So what have I been up to?

Well, for one thing, I had a baby.

This is Bruce. He is very good.

For another, I’ve been job hunting.

Solo consulting was fun, but I wasn’t getting many clients, and [...]

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Outline:

(01:04) Life Stuff

(02:27) Projects

(03:54) 25. Miscellaneous Opinions

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“Getting Back To It” by sarahconstantin

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