theoretically autumn 🍂
welcome back to my experiment in sharing, sans social media 🔮 if it’s not for you, there’s a way to unsubscribe at the bottom.
I’m writing this fall newsletter to you from the warm spring weather in Australia. my friend, I hope that you are well, and finding some coziness or some sunshine (depending on your hemisphere).
big update ⭐
For over a year now I’ve been working with Tallen Gabriel on a way to combine my photography with their poetry. Next month, we’re releasing our book “how the light gets in”!
I’d love for you to pre-order a copy 🩵
action item 📮
if you’d like a holiday card please share your address here 🎄
in the air bubbles of my melted mind 🫠
interesting
[Book] The Light Eaters - a deep dive on what’s happening around plant intelligence 🪴
[Article] The Canary - a fascinating read from Michael Lewis about civil service achievements, specifically Chris Mark’s work on mine safety
[TV] Pachinko - a gorgeous adaptation of the book, worth watching just for the opening credits
lighthearted
[TV] Nobody Wants This - cute, charming, witty, it’s not The Good Place but it feels like a continuation of that line of thinking for Kristen Bell
[Movie] The Fall Guy - a perfect plane movie (dramatic, funny, you know everything will work out in the end), and Hannah Waddingham is fantastic
[Blog] The Secret Inside One Million Checkboxes - a charming/wholesome story about how people will make memes and secret clubs out of anything, even a grid of checkboxes
on grief
[Movie] His Three Daughters - shot on 35mm film and feels a little like watching the world through a blanket, in the ways that some days/times do
[Book] Intermezzo - the experience of reading a Sally Rooney book reminds me of something my friend Christopher said about his work, about wanting people to spend more time feeling than thinking. this despite how much time her characters spend overthinking things.
[Blog] A collective grief - Zoe Branch’s post-election thoughts about identity and not wanting to run away
[Music] Claire Ozmun’s EP Dying in the Wool - grief isn’t the only emotion that this album works for, but it soothes in a gritty/sweet way that has me listening on repeat
upcoming plans
on the calendar
grab a ticket and I’ll see you there:
[Syd] November 15: CSE Reunion
[NYC] December 1: Swept Away (matinee - excited to see Adrian Enscoe up there!)
[NYC] December 4: Life & Trust (immersive theater)
[NYC] December 12: “how the light gets in” book release party
[NYC] December 14: True Love Forever (more immersive theater)
[NYC] December 21: Winter solstice party
unscheduled in NYC
let’s make a plan together:
Cult of Love (excited to see Christopher Sears in this!)
Sleep No More (looks like it will be actually closing Jan 5 - let’s go!)
The Tenement Museum’s food tour (Saturdays)
on the horizon
after a few big travel years, we’re trying to reduce how much we’re flying. for 2025 we’re thinking about visiting:
south carolina (in the spring)
cape cod (in the summer)
nevada (in the fall)
photo diary
talk to you in 2025
let me know if our paths cross. I’d be delighted to hear what you’re up to, or what you’re reading, or how you’re doing 😊
much love,
beth