Looking forward to your substack. In one of the first photos, you had a wine glass in your hand. What's your go-to red? White? I started a food + drink blog. Please check it out. Thanks. https://waynechristensen.substack.com/
I’m six months into my Substack and have 67 subscribers (4 paid, all family). I’m not discouraged by the slow growth, honestly I’m shocked that 67 people were willing to sign up in the first place, but I’m looking to approach this as a small business and have little expertise on that front. What advice do you have for writers that are still learning how to sell their brand? And do introverts have a disadvantage on this front? Thanks, Amanda!!
This is gonna be gooood! Thanks for asking. I identified strongly with your description of the times we are in and how a lot of people are doing right now - I'm a bit lost too. I think asking questions here, or just taking part in these conversations will help me find my way!! Bring it on! Good luck Amanda and speak soon.
I LOVE THIS! It is going to be so GOOD and weird and wonderful, thanks Amanda. My question for all of us and to you Amanda: How do we let go of what was, and turn towards what is, while not giving up on what could be?
How do you keep doing art when it feels like you're in survival mode? It sounds like you can relate to this question and have maybe been feeling it yourself. Is there a post-survival period or is that just all there is now and we have to trudge on and do joyful and painful things regardless?
You popped up in my email as a new contributor, so I popped in for a look. Glad I did, for sure. I feel like I'm on the ground floor for some good thoughts and feels......and always a laugh.
I'm truly having difficulties interacting with humans face to face, and this seems like a damned fine place to help convince me to WANT to reconnect. Cheers to you, Amanda!
I subscribed even though I had never heard of you before today. :) I like your style and have the feeling you're going to be sharing some interesting insights. The last two years have been majorly challenging for so many people - like everyone. I feel like something new is being birthed on our planet and we're in the middle of birth-pangs. Births are always messy and not very pretty which means we have to hold on to the vision of what is to come even through dark times like these. I look forward to reading and participating.
Jan 20, 2022·edited Jan 20, 2022Liked by Amanda Palmer
Aw, Amanda. I really love being part of the Patreon, but I'm also glad to see you over here in what has been my neck of the woods for the last year. I was thinking about what you said about not being creative all this time. I'm going to put on my astrologer hat for a moment and say: creativity as a function lives in the 5th House, along with children and romance, because they are all ways in which we express who we are on a very essential level to the world. If the 1st House (Aries) is the essential I AM, then the 5th House (Leo) is HOW I EXPRESS AND RECOGNIZE WHO I AM. And speaking as someone who has tracked your journey via the Patreon for nearly all of the pandemic I'd say that you've been working the 5th House like a motherfucker. And speaking for myself, when I am excessively consumed with either parenting or romance, I don't have as much 5th House juice for creativity. All to say, you will get back to a more balanced 5th House eventually, but you've been really hyperfocused on the child part of it all and that's okay. I've watched it deepen you tremendously, and though I wouldn't have wished this fucking crisis of the last two years on you or anyone, I think you've made the most of it, and will continue to do so for years to come. I'm proud of you.
71 retired musician, virtual world performer, separated, living with my sister helping her deal with the effects of cancer, 3 kids, 6 grandkids. Being a father of young kids was the best time of my life. Now my eldest son, 42, is ghosting his family. Haven’t talked to him in almost two years. He lives in NYC about an hour and a half away so it’s not like there is distance preventing us from seeing him. I had been texting him with kindness trying to get a response. Last response it it’s entirety was Stop texting. No idea why, very painful, at a loss what to do.
Yay! I've seen the community Anne Helen Peterson has built around her Substack, very interested to see how an Amanda Palmer community unfolds.
Looking forward to your substack. In one of the first photos, you had a wine glass in your hand. What's your go-to red? White? I started a food + drink blog. Please check it out. Thanks. https://waynechristensen.substack.com/
I’m six months into my Substack and have 67 subscribers (4 paid, all family). I’m not discouraged by the slow growth, honestly I’m shocked that 67 people were willing to sign up in the first place, but I’m looking to approach this as a small business and have little expertise on that front. What advice do you have for writers that are still learning how to sell their brand? And do introverts have a disadvantage on this front? Thanks, Amanda!!
Good luck for your new venture! And greetings from Minnesota.
This is gonna be gooood! Thanks for asking. I identified strongly with your description of the times we are in and how a lot of people are doing right now - I'm a bit lost too. I think asking questions here, or just taking part in these conversations will help me find my way!! Bring it on! Good luck Amanda and speak soon.
Love this, and thank you for being your usual honest self. You inspire me to open up even more about my life in what I write.
I LOVE THIS! It is going to be so GOOD and weird and wonderful, thanks Amanda. My question for all of us and to you Amanda: How do we let go of what was, and turn towards what is, while not giving up on what could be?
It's a good idea let's see the sprweeeed and prosperity begin
How do you keep doing art when it feels like you're in survival mode? It sounds like you can relate to this question and have maybe been feeling it yourself. Is there a post-survival period or is that just all there is now and we have to trudge on and do joyful and painful things regardless?
You popped up in my email as a new contributor, so I popped in for a look. Glad I did, for sure. I feel like I'm on the ground floor for some good thoughts and feels......and always a laugh.
I'm truly having difficulties interacting with humans face to face, and this seems like a damned fine place to help convince me to WANT to reconnect. Cheers to you, Amanda!
I subscribed even though I had never heard of you before today. :) I like your style and have the feeling you're going to be sharing some interesting insights. The last two years have been majorly challenging for so many people - like everyone. I feel like something new is being birthed on our planet and we're in the middle of birth-pangs. Births are always messy and not very pretty which means we have to hold on to the vision of what is to come even through dark times like these. I look forward to reading and participating.
Aw, Amanda. I really love being part of the Patreon, but I'm also glad to see you over here in what has been my neck of the woods for the last year. I was thinking about what you said about not being creative all this time. I'm going to put on my astrologer hat for a moment and say: creativity as a function lives in the 5th House, along with children and romance, because they are all ways in which we express who we are on a very essential level to the world. If the 1st House (Aries) is the essential I AM, then the 5th House (Leo) is HOW I EXPRESS AND RECOGNIZE WHO I AM. And speaking as someone who has tracked your journey via the Patreon for nearly all of the pandemic I'd say that you've been working the 5th House like a motherfucker. And speaking for myself, when I am excessively consumed with either parenting or romance, I don't have as much 5th House juice for creativity. All to say, you will get back to a more balanced 5th House eventually, but you've been really hyperfocused on the child part of it all and that's okay. I've watched it deepen you tremendously, and though I wouldn't have wished this fucking crisis of the last two years on you or anyone, I think you've made the most of it, and will continue to do so for years to come. I'm proud of you.
71 retired musician, virtual world performer, separated, living with my sister helping her deal with the effects of cancer, 3 kids, 6 grandkids. Being a father of young kids was the best time of my life. Now my eldest son, 42, is ghosting his family. Haven’t talked to him in almost two years. He lives in NYC about an hour and a half away so it’s not like there is distance preventing us from seeing him. I had been texting him with kindness trying to get a response. Last response it it’s entirety was Stop texting. No idea why, very painful, at a loss what to do.