Cody's Newsletter

Friday Thread : Brag about yourself, podcasts, and documentaries

$ · January 12, 2024

Dearest readers I come to you today with a Friday Thread! I’ve missed these. Today I have not one but TWO questions :) Take a look at the archive if you’re...

Not looking away

$ · January 8, 2024

The discomfort of the in between

Season of perpetual hope

$ · January 1, 2024

I love to love

SOLSTICE SUPER SALE

December 21, 2023

The light returns + recorded classes and bonus for you

No Spectacle

December 18, 2023

When suddenly you know nothing

Making money as a writer, the comparison trap, and our divine calling

$ · December 13, 2023

Yes Yes Advice Column

Into the Mystic

December 11, 2023

25% off subscriptions and changes for Monday Monday

A year end list

$ · December 9, 2023

The first annual PAYING ATTENTION TO round up

Cultivating Creative Seasons with Jacqueline Suskin

December 6, 2023

This week on Common Shapes podcast, I’m deep in conversation with poet, teacher, and my dear friend, Jacqueline Suskin. Jacqueline is a poet and educator who...

Editing as dedication to unknowing

December 4, 2023

The leaves fall but the sun makes its way

The Value of Sharing Our Story

December 2, 2023

Writing the Personal starts tomorrow

How to Tell the Truth with Fariha Róisín

November 29, 2023

This week on Common Shapes podcast, I’m joined by my dear friend Fariha Róisín for a conversation at the intersections of writing, politics, care, and...

Painting the fire place

November 28, 2023

The risk of desiring more

The Importance of the Personal Essay

November 22, 2023

I’ve been writing personal essays for over a decade, and I believe that my personal essay practice allowed me to leave social media. So in today’s episode, I...

Waking up at 5:30am to write

November 20, 2023

Discipline and work

Leaving Instagram or Exiting the Portal of the Validation Loop

November 15, 2023

Welcome to season two of Common Shapes! Since last season, I took a big step in my life and logged out of Instagram for good. So in this episode, I’m going...

Writing the Personal

November 13, 2023

Coming together to study the form

Friday Thread : Art that motivates action

$ · November 10, 2023

What art is motivating you into action at this time? Visual art, plays, movies, podcasts, abstract paintings, biographies, anything you want to share I am...

Channeling new ideas

November 6, 2023

When inspiration runs dry

Wishing everyone else would step up to the plate

$ · November 3, 2023

Yes Yes Advice Column

The effort it takes to begin

November 1, 2023

Flexible Office begins tomorrow

The ghosts of love

October 30, 2023

Loneliness when the veil is thin

Standing in our values

October 23, 2023

Flexible Office, Hidden Gems of Marketing, and continued action

Friday Thread : Hope as an Action

$ · October 20, 2023

“The only recognizable feature of hope is action.” - Grace Paley Etel Adnan - Untitled, 2015 What is bringing you in and out of hope and hopelessness this...

May the option of freezing rapidly dissolve

$ · October 16, 2023

Time and space are not awarded to us, we must carve them out and protect them. The eclipse felt like destiny in that I went out dancing and went to four...

Shitty follow through and not taking action

$ · October 13, 2023

Yes Yes Advice Column

Blessings ripple out

October 9, 2023

What will the cosmos do?

Friday Thread : Becoming and Staying Radicalized

October 6, 2023

WHAT ACTIONS, STORIES, GROUPS, MOTIVATIONS KEEP YOU RADICAL? What books, podcast, documentaries, novels, movies keep your spirit alive with rage for movement...

Window Place

October 2, 2023

A new artist residency project and open call

Friday Thread : Social Media Addiction

September 29, 2023

HOW DO YOU HEAL FROM SOCIAL MEDIA ADDICTION? What practices or rules do you place on yourself so that you may be present in your life? Is it worth staying...

I quit Instagram

September 25, 2023

Leaving a practice behind

Deciding about grad school, seeing past loves, and the resistance to people pleasing

$ · September 21, 2023

Yes Yes Advice Column

I saw my breath today

September 19, 2023

Summer was cruel

Hiding my best writing

September 11, 2023

Where to put our work

Week Twelve : Recovering a Sense of Faith

$ · September 8, 2023

The Artist's Way Book Study

I am thirty five and alone

$ · September 7, 2023

My ex husband's wedding, SATC, and witnessing love

Not so book smart

September 4, 2023

Starting school again

Week Eleven : Recovering a Sense of Autonomy

$ · September 1, 2023

The Artist's Way Book Study

I grew a tomato

August 28, 2023

Miracles of time

Week Ten : Recovering a Sense of Self Protection

$ · August 25, 2023

The Artist's Way Book Study

Success on Substack

August 21, 2023

Craft a Subscription Newsletter Worth Reading

Week Nine : Recovering a Sense of Compassion

$ · August 18, 2023

The Artist's Way Book Study

May the leap from the top be swift

August 14, 2023

Coming out of retirement

Week Eight : Recovering a Sense of Strength

$ · August 12, 2023

The Artist's Way Book Study

Alone on the shore

August 7, 2023

Unapologetically me!

Week Seven : Recovering a Sense of Connection

$ · August 5, 2023

The Artist's Way Book Study

As the flowers find their names

July 31, 2023

The art of the diagnosis

Week Six : Recovering a Sense of Abundance

$ · July 28, 2023

The Artist's Way Book Study

The plants become themselves

July 25, 2023

When nothing is steady the plants stay true

Week Five : Recovering a Sense of Possibility

$ · July 21, 2023

The Artist's Way Book Study