botanical studies of internet magic

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  1. 31. community as creative practice

    5D AGO

    31. community as creative practice

    I love making art in the void, and I've felt called to build a community. this calling is probably precisely because I have such a complicated relationship with community. I've run away from them. I've chosen self-exile. I've swung from hyper-independence to over-responsibility. in this episode, I'll share how I'm thinking of shaping my community as creative companionship, bounded by shared questing. I'll explore my four guiding values for a community -- like caring for a garden, weaving a dream catcher, or making an infinite feast. A community can be a living creative practice that feeds our inner worlds. * 🦋 join ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Labyrinth Library⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, starting Feb 16 🧧 explore ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Digital Abundance⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, starting March 9 - referenced a hermit growing creative community make art in the void make art for no audience ~ 💌 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠receive ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠my newsletters⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🌳 explore my ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠courses⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ✨ visit my ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠web world⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠

    24 min
  2. 30. spring itinerary for the unknown

    FEB 11

    30. spring itinerary for the unknown

    today is an atmospheric map for our slow transition from winter into spring — through the archetypes of Pisces, Aries, and Taurus. we'll explore how to work with these energies in deepening into the creative life. I'll share why thinking in seasons has become such an important practice for me, and my intentions for this coming season, along with personal life context. we'll dive into the three archetypes and their grounding theme words: Pisces (dreaming), Aries (instinct), Taurus (embodying), as well as the questions they invite us to contemplate. this itinerary is the 12 week map for season 2 of Labyrinth Library, which opens Monday. * 🦋 join ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Labyrinth Library⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, starting Feb 16 🧧 explore ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Digital Abundance⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, starting March 9 🧃 take 7 days of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Money Juice Cleanse⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ~ 💌 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠receive ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠my newsletters⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🌳 explore my ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠courses⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ✨ visit my ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠web world⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠

    23 min
  3. 29. the work is the medicine you need.

    FEB 10

    29. the work is the medicine you need.

    this is about trusting in the work you need, and how creating from necessity is a form of creative power, because it keeps you close to what's vital, alive, and electric -- more than any "should" energy ever could. I'll explore how generative discomfort can be used as fuel for excavating creative potential, and how to sense into what's ready to be metabolized -- into medicine. I'll share concrete examples from my 11 years of obsessions, and leave you with questions to contemplate. * 🦋 join ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Labyrinth Library⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, season starts Feb 16 🧧 explore my March course, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Digital Abundance⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🧃 take 7 days of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Money Juice Cleanse⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ~ mentioned: the process is the way ~ 💌 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠receive ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠my newsletters⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🌳 explore my ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠courses⁠⁠⁠⁠ ✨ visit my ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠web world⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠

    19 min
  4. 28. money as creative practice

    JAN 24

    28. money as creative practice

    changing your relationship to money is not a 10 step checklist, it's tending to an ongoing practice -- with curiosity and tenderness -- as you do with your creative work. I'll share my own personal stories and significant reframes -- money as a circle, as feminine force, as a child of your creative energy. I'll walk you through my 7 practices for working with money -- and invite you to see money as a portal for working with your sense of resourcedness, enoughness, worthiness to receive, and your power to claim what you desire. * 🧃 take 7 days of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Money Juice Cleanse⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🧧 explore my new course, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Digital Abundance⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🦋 join ⁠⁠⁠⁠Labyrinth Library⁠⁠⁠⁠, winter season ~ mentioned: curated money stories money is a circle, process, practice creative energy is the mother of money ~ 💌 ⁠⁠⁠⁠receive ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠my newsletters⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🌳 explore my ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠courses⁠⁠⁠ ✨ visit my ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠web world⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠

    32 min
  5. 27. make art the center of your world

    JAN 19

    27. make art the center of your world

    part 3 of a mini-series remember that your art is not an afterthought -- it is the center that holds everything. it's the life source that feeds your creative world. in this episode, I'll examine the ways we're taught to think about the binary of art vs. business -- and propose my third way of deep integration. this means allowing your artist child to grow up -- and claim their voice, power, and leadership in the material world. I'll share how two forms of artist energy can exist in a business, and the importance of creating containers that actually allow your creative self to thrive. I'll leave you with guiding questions to consider on how to integrate your artist energy into your work. * 🧃 take 7 days of ⁠⁠⁠⁠Money Juice Cleanse⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🧧 explore my new course, ⁠⁠⁠Digital Abundance⁠⁠⁠ 🦋 join ⁠⁠⁠Labyrinth Library⁠⁠⁠, winter season ~ mentioned: ⁠the way of the artist entrepreneur⁠ make art for no audience (EP. 8) ~ 💌 ⁠⁠⁠receive ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠my newsletters⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ✨ visit my ⁠⁠⁠web world⁠⁠ ⁠ 🌳 explore my ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠courses⁠⁠⁠

    20 min
  6. 26. make an offering, weave your web

    JAN 16

    26. make an offering, weave your web

    part 2 of a mini-series when tending to my business, I bring it back to two practices -- making offerings, and weaving my web. I share how I think about offerings as sacred containers, organic shapes, and potent distillations of your creative energy -- into usable form. I'll talk about weaving your web as an energetically efficient, long-term strategy that builds your body of work, and invites people into your world. this episode is about all perspective shifts -- to reimagining business as a generative, potent creative practice. * 🧃 take 7 days of ⁠⁠⁠Money Juice Cleanse⁠⁠⁠ 🧧 explore my new course, ⁠⁠Digital Abundance⁠⁠ 🦋 join ⁠⁠Labyrinth Library⁠⁠, winter season ~ mentioned: my business is a hammock I weave by hand the way of the artist entrepreneur build a labyrinth, not a funnel ~ 💌 ⁠⁠receive ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠my newsletters⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ✨ visit my ⁠⁠web world⁠⁠ 🌳 explore my ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠courses⁠⁠⁠

    27 min
  7. 25. make the work, share the work

    JAN 8

    25. make the work, share the work

    to begin the new year, I’m creating a 3 part mini-series with grounding anchors; minimalist instructions for navigating the uncertainties of the creative life. when in doubt, or overwhelmed, or stuck in overthinking, all you need to focus on is this — make the work, share the work. this is the equivalent of (in meditation), returning to the body, and the breath. I’ll explore my 4 guiding principles (agency, process/pleasure, regenerativity, authenticity), and we’ll discuss the nuance of each word — what is “work?” what does it mean to “make?” what does “sharing” mean? my hope is that this episode will give you a gentle nudge to just do / make / share the damn thing — and learn your way in the process — whatever your thing is. 🧃 take 7 days of ⁠⁠Money Juice Cleanse⁠⁠ 🧧 explore my new course, ⁠Digital Abundance⁠ 🦋 join ⁠Labyrinth Library⁠, winter season ~ 💌 ⁠receive ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠my newletters⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ✨ visit my ⁠web world⁠ 🌳 explore my ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠courses⁠⁠⁠

    23 min
  8. 24. underworld business practices

    12/02/2025

    24. underworld business practices

    the vast majority of business advice has never worked for me, not because it was wrong, but because it didn't align with my energy, and the way I wanted to exist in the world. it took me years to build my own operating system -- a model for business that didn't make me want to burn it all down, ghost everything, and just get a day job. I realized that I run my business like a super scorpio -- lunar, cyclical, waiting behind veils, operating from the depths. Far from being a weakness, that it's my greatest power. I'm calling this my"underworld business practices" -- and today, I've distilled them down into 8 parts to share with you. 🧧 explore my new course, Digital Abundance 🧃 take 7 days of Money Juice Cleanse 🦋 join Labyrinth Library, winter season ~ 💌 receive ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠my letters⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠✨ visit my web world 🌳 explore my ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠courses⁠⁠⁠

    29 min
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