On this Labor Day, I'm writing about my response to the growing demand for artist labor. "Against Performance" is the author's answer to the meme, "Darling, I do not dream of labor." Out today and free to read. Happy labor day. suyidavies.com/essays/again...
Suyi Davies Okungbowa writes about reconsidering his relationship with social media as an author, and why other authors may want to reconsider theirs.
This essay resonated with me
Of course the downside of that (as I'm a bit like this everywhere, probably due to ADHD), is that I don't have as large a following on instagram or even here as I could if I just stuck to the one thing. And it sucks that this could influence my career.
Great piece. One of the things I like about bluesky (and I'm aware it's both not an entirely accurate perception AND will change as the platform grows) is that it feels more like I'm here just to hang out rather than be Jamie McKelvie the Artist.
Thank you for articulating this.
Fascinating that this publishes the same day NaNoWriMo shows it doesn't understand what makes NaNo tick. It's not the *finishing/winning*, but the *process* & *people*. The joy, the enjoyment, is not in the final product, but in the blips, stumbles; the "aha!"; the friends we find along the way.