Do you remember this series I made in 2020? I keep thinking about it.
I’ve been in such overwhelm lately. What started out sharp and shaking is now hitting almost like loneliness and freeze. I’m on week three of insomnia too, like the great scribbles in my mind don’t fit in my body, so they can’t slip in to rest.
I was thinking that perhaps connection would help. I posted about this on Instagram this morning and posed a few questions. It’s been genuinely reviving to hear from you, my sweet stranger friends. If you'd like to continue the conversation here, I’d love that. These are the questions (I’ll post my answers in the comments):
What are you up to today?
Where do you feel a little space?
Do you have a way to live in a human-sized world?
love,
Brit
ps. The longer I go without good sleep the more mistakes I make, and wow did they all pile up with the big holiday shop update this morning. If you tried earlier and it wasn’t working, try again now — I think it should all be live at last. (Thank you to everyone who has messaged me today to help me locate the issues and I’m sorry for the hassles!) We’re fully loaded with pins and stickers. I restocked the print and zine for Overwhelmed, the four panel piece above. And I put a bunch of prints and paintings on sale too. Free worldwide shipping ends tomorrow. Everything’s up just for a couple of weeks or until they’re gone. Enjoy ❄️
✨save the date✨
Original Works drop this Tuesday, Nov 14. Pre-shop for Patrons at will be at 8AM, and any remaining works will open to the public at 2PM. A preview of the series with details and prices will go out tomorrow. All pieces include custom framing by Danielle.
Notebook restock is coming soon - keep an eye out here for details.
Right now I'm finishing up sending you this email. Miko is asleep in my lap and with her left shoulder on my keyboard. She has tucked her face into my elbow for the dark. She is a good sleeper no matter what is happening in the world. I've been feeling the most space going for walks lately. The internet can make the world feel too small and too big, and it makes me feel strangely pointless and self-important at the same time. So going for walks helps me feel like the right size. Miko stop to sniff all the time so I go slow. It's been raining on us a lot. My nose gets cold.
Right now I'm sitting on my couch, in my coziest robe, with my dog in her bed nearby and my partner asleep in the other room. There's a little space around the beauty and coziness of fall, and I'm looking forward to hiking with a friend this afternoon. I don't know how to live in a human sized world, but I've been trying to shut out that which isn't within my realm--there's some news I need to follow for the job I have chosen around how I advocate for justice, but anything other than that, I try to trust that others have it. A friend and I talked about how we have guilt about not doing more, and we talked about how we each cover different things--so we've agreed that everything they do around Palestine, I'm doing too, and everything I'm doing around trans rights, they're doing too. It helps it feel communal and less overwhelming.