Archive (Page 6) • Aditya Bidikar's Newsletter • Buttondown

Strange Animals 09aug2019: Complicators

August 9, 2019

Hi! I’m writing to you after close to a month, having made my peace with the fact that this is now an irregular newsletter. There’ll likely be one or more...

Strange Animals 10jul2019: Ideals

July 10, 2019

Back after a few weeks’ break. Some weeks, there are so many things happening that one or two things have to fall by the wayside. This time, that was the...

Strange Animals 10jun2019: Organising Principle

June 10, 2019

I just wrapped up a very satisfying week in terms of how I spent my time. I managed to keep work to eight hours or a little less every day, and I spent a lot...

Strange Animals 02jun2019: Follow-Through

June 2, 2019

That’s five months down, and unlike last year, I seem to be (mostly?) on top of my goals for the year. It’s still difficult to switch perspectives between...

Strange Animals 25may2019: Like the Bald Kid Said, There Is No Throne

May 25, 2019

Something else this week. It’s well and good to write a 1500-word essay every week, but sometimes you have thoughts that don’t need the length, and, I dunno,...

Strange Animals 17may2019: Life Is the Burning

May 17, 2019

Back after two skip weeks and change. It felt like a lot, and there was some guilt involved, but I needed the break. I thoroughly enjoy writing these, and...

Strange Animals 22apr2019: Writing for Writing

April 22, 2019

It’s Sunday evening as I write this, and I’ve been back home nearly a week, and am in the process of easing myself back into work mode. Still not full-time –...

Strange Animals 15apr2019: Words Count

April 15, 2019

Another week of travel with very little work, which I’m happy about. When I travel, I feel like I have permission to not work, because being outside my home...

Strange Animals 06apr2019: Short Trips

April 6, 2019

Writing this while travelling, so it’ll probably be shorter than usual. That’s the intention, but who knows with these things. Writing has a strange...

Strange Animals 19mar2019: Free the North, Save the World

March 19, 2019

Looking at the date up there, that’s almost a quarter of the year done, and I’m still settling into the rhythms of working less. As I’ve mentioned before,...

Strange Animals 10mar2019: The Wine-Dark Sea

March 10, 2019

It’s been a couple of weeks since I wrote to you. I was in a minor motorbike accident in which I injured my right arm, so it was difficult to type for a...

Strange Animals 17feb2019: Only It’s Got Pictures

February 17, 2019

A bit scattered this week. I’m finally back in my own house and slowly getting back in tune with things, but it’s Sunday, and Sunday’s always weird, because...

Strange Animals 10feb2019: Concept/Character

February 10, 2019

I’ve missed a couple of these—one because I was on break for a friend’s wedding, and the other because I was working overtime so that I could go on another...

Strange Animals 19jan2019: Read Through for Profundity

January 19, 2019

Hello subscribers old and new. Last week’s newsletter seems to have struck a chord—I got quite a few responses on the lettering exercise saying that it...

Strange Animals 11jan2019: Someone’s Gonna Miss Their Bus

January 11, 2019

I got a few rather heartwarming replies on the last newsletters, so it’s pretty clear that I have the best readers. Here’s the second one just under the...

Strange Animals 04jan2019: Begin As You Mean to Go On

January 4, 2019

Here we are on fourth day of the new year. I thought I’d send this out on the first day of the year, but come on, after the [insert level of debauchery here]...

Strange Animals 11dec2018: Time Has No Meaning

December 11, 2018

It’s been a while since I sent one of these. In fact, the draft of this in my Ulysses* was titled 26sep2018, when I started writing it on the banks of the...

Strange Animals 19sep2018: Hello from Out of Town

September 19, 2018

Short one this time, because I’m on vacation, and goddammit I’m going to avoid as much work as I possibly can. I’m writing this as I sit with a pint of red...

Strange Animals 30aug2018: Counting Up

August 30, 2018

Back after an entirely unplanned hiatus. In my drafts, this thing originally said ‘03aug2018’, so that’s how late I am with this. (Speaking of, how the fuck...

Strange Animals 25jul2018: Snip-Snip

July 25, 2018

I’ve missed the last couple of editions for various reasons, but as previously indicated, I absolutely intend to get these out once a week on average, so...