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Maybe I'm steadying
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On the work front, I'm too busy again. Except that it isn't senseless busyness, so I struggle to create enough space for recovery and, like, fun. I'm not finding boundless energy.
"To celebrate, she ate an entire box of Goobers chocolate-covered peanuts. By herself."
There's a part of me that can't accept how very tiny I am. We, as individuals, are so very, very tiny. But it matters what we choose to do. Movements are made up of loads of tiny, tiny humans. It is outright radical to model behaviours that are altruistic in spirit. Collective action is nothing if not an inspiring demonstration of our ability to truly connect. Showing solidarity is rare and essential in our current series of crises. Our fragile little egos keep us from transcendence. It is the job of being an adult to overcome and just do the work.
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Maybe I'm storytelling?
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If you've been reading this newsletter for a while, you know I've been struggling to understand the utter stupidity of anti-vaxxers and the like. I'm not sure I can narrow down "the like", but it definitely includes QsAreNuts and the German variant of QAnon people, "Querdenker". This word translates roughly as "sideways thinker". In conversations with others who are not the anti-mask, anti-social (not in a good way), right wing weirdos, we swap out their self-referential label, "Querdenker", to "Leerdenker". A: it rhymes and secondly, "Leerdenker" translates to "Empty thinker". German is a fun language.
I'm still processing what the pandemic and deep adaptation have changed inside of me. I've long been thinking about how corporate interests are using narrative and story to shape society. Turn all the narratives over and over in your mind, something isn't right.
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I've long been zeroing in on people telling a different story. I try to focus on them, but lately it feels hard to stay afloat. While the corrupt narratives continue to hit mainstream, more salient narratives continue to stall.
I read articles about things happening in the world, and I try to suspend judgement. I'm trying to find harmony and understanding. Age of Aquarius style. Trying not to react because more of the same is not going to help. I can be cynical and annoyed, have a laugh at the expense of the Monopoly men out there shaping society as if the Alpha Male will inherit the Earth, but that attitude does nothing for society. I'm trying not to yell, I'm trying not to yell.
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Maybe I need help?
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I deleted my Patreon account and have lazily done nothing about Ko-Fi, where I intend to move at least until the cooperative platform Comradery is, erm, built. If you haven't read Open is an Extreme yet, it's probably time.
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Why are you here? Hit reply and tell me. I'm an acquired taste, I know that. But I'm also just making this shit up as I go, so, you know, you have influence here. Also, HOW HAVE YOU BEEN!? I've run out of Easter Eggs already :/
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