collaborate

I attended St. Louis Small Press Expo in August and made so many good connections that were overshadowed by the numerous swim spots and then sudden decision to buy a camping trailer and become a little more mobile.

I traded a bunch of postcards with Sloppy Queer Press—many of which I sent to friends immediately, but one of them I pinned next to my bed in my makeshift bed/truck bed.

photo from @sloppyqueerpress

HOW DO YOU WANT YOUR WORK TO FEEL?

The question I’ve been asking without the right words. It was what had been in my head all summer, working with kids at summer camp, napping on the studio floor, driving to the expo.

What is most important to me?

What do I need to feel fulfilled?

How does my work relate to the world around me?

And I realized that collaboration and connection is key.

When I reached out to Sloppy Queer Press to ask if I could borrow their inspiration, Zoe Kraus added:

In way of further context, I did write these cards, along with some former colleagues of mine, for a workshop at the Civil Liberties and Public Policy conference last year on building internally-just movements for social justice. The workshop we presented was called Living Our Values: Envisioning New Leadership and Organizing Models in the Sexual & Repro Health, Rights, and Justice Movement. In other words, making sure our work feels to the participants as liberatory as it aims to be for others. And it was deeply influenced by the work of Adrienne Maree Brown, among others, and I will be giving the remainder of those cards away on my instagram as soon as I complete the print run of a quote of Brown's.

Here is Keep Writing number 126, sent in October 2019.

The second in a series of collage turned letterpress postcard. Thanks for working with me. More collaborations ahead.