On Barfing and Burning
Email from 23 April 2009
Hi you,
A wee quickie of an email; more later.
First, I’m so excited for your Africa trip*! Both, you know, for you, and also for what will come out of it! I have no idea of the magazine world beyond crafts, but what about Ms.? Or other women-centred pubs? Of course, I think this should have reach far beyond women-centric audiences. I mean, why not go big? NY Times? Good? Ooh, yeah, what about Good? They’re hands down my favourite magazine these days**, though I don’t think they do series and they rarely go very long… Hm.
Second, I’m flattered your impression of me is lumped with yours (and mine) of Diane, but I’m afraid I’m hardly organized nor remarkably productive. I have a need to barf out stuff that’s on my mind, though, which might lead you to the impression I get a lot done. Mostly I think a lot about getting things done, and about things in general. I’m actually working on allowing myself to recognize all that pondering as productive, but it’s a good week when I get actual things done on more than one project. Really, I’m also working on arranging things in my life so it’s okay for me to only pay attention to the things that are really burning my ass at any given moment. For example, this week is pretty much all copyright all the time***, and I feel good about that even though I’m neglecting other pots I have on low-heat burners. I do think Diane gets an enormous amount of work done, and I’m in awe of her for it. I don’t know if it’s realistic for me to achieve such productivity, which is something that concerns me about crafting a livelihood for myself. Ah, and we’re back to those fears. Heh.
Wow, look at me being brief!
Ok, I do need to shower and get a move on today. This copyright thing is making me happy in so many ways and I have a crapload of audio editing to do today.
I’m so excited about our project!
xoxo
Kim
* See Betsy’s note at the end of her last post.
** I still love Good, but these days I’m most excited about a mag I haven’t actually laid hands on yet; I’m awaiting my first issue of Uppercase.
*** I was working on a podcast about copyright and craft patterns. Not long after I wrote this email to Betsy my brain exploded due to the enormity of the topic. I put the podcast on the far back burner, but have not abandoned it. In fact, I’ve been chipping away at it from different angles. Eventually I might even have something to show for it.
