This will be a 2-for-1 newsletter since I was too overwhelmed to type up a newsletter for July. Also, because I was busy being chaotic in Penang for Riso Art Jam 2023. 🤪
Came away from the trip with thoughts, feeling refreshed, and a lot more hopeful about what the future holds. Also, being more vulnerable and open to changes and shifts. What a time to be alive! Feeling motivated to put ideas into motion:
A monthly riso flyer club
Printing shirts
This is the second time I’ve boothed and I definitely felt more relaxed going into this.
Definitely went into this with an more open mind, more focused and intentional about having a good time and I think I did that. Huge shoutout to my bestie, Jhaw for making this event a core memory.
Also quick shoutout to friends and neighbours around us, for taking care of us and creating a space where we can be ourselves!
Ended the last day of boothing with some alcohol, I should make this a permanent fixture of my boothing experience.
The Reading Corner is back!
Currently reading:
Supper Club by Lara Williams
The Cold Vanish by Jon Billman
Finished reading:
5/5 frogs for Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
One of the best reads, I should have looked into Michelle’s music and listened to it while reading. Honestly after diving into hre music, ‘Be Sweet’ became the soundtrack of my trip.
This book was quite intense - the quiet devastation, the raw emotion, the sheer wisdom inside its pages. I think I cried because going though loss is so difficult, how do you reconcile with the memories you will never make with that person?
Footnotes from the trip:
I want to be seen and perceived, that I am real, I am loved and I am good. I’m allowed to be happy and free, in the ways that keep me grounded. As my bestie puts it: “Look at you, so happy and moisturised!”
I can be vulnerable and open, it’s not a bad thing. I can find someone in the world who can hear what I’m saying and hold that space for me.
I am allowed to give my ideas life and I need to trust myself that I can make it happen.
holding onto those trip footnotes for myself too 🥹 been going through a rather long season of feeling lost and not really knowing what life is all about anymore. still believing that i have ideas worth sharing, no matter how small.