The Ominous Fog
A newsletter by L.V. Hartley / WOLF PIT MACHINE
NEW STUFF: The Latest from Yours Truly
** I got accepted for GNV Zine Fest! Come find my table at the Gainesville Civic Media Center on March 9 from 12-16pm! Hopefully I'll have a bunch of new stuff by then both in terms of zines & merch.
** I created a Discord server as an offshoot of this newsletter (sort of) with the intention of forming a creative community for the sake of improving one's craft, finding collaboration, & more! You can join here!
UN-POSTED: Thoughts to be Purged
** By some standards I'm rather intelligent. One standard I fail in is whatever you classify me registering for another graphic design class swearing it will be different as a Devoted Graphic Design Hater & ending up having to drop it (at least there's no consequences for me doing so!)
** Since deciding that I will quit most social media (I say deciding as I haven't stopped scrolling here & there), I'm immediately doing better about capturing my thoughts & messaging people directly that I know aren't overburdened. Too early to say if anything will stick or if this was a Good Move, but I'm totally optimistic! Now I must ask if anyone posts something online they personally want me to see, shamelessly send it to me directly.
** One year ago today I was in the throes of a massive depressive episode that would last for an unrelenting handful of months. I've joked that if I was meaner to myself I'd make a "Virgin vs. Chad" meme about my past vs. current self since now I'm doing more or less the best I've ever done & have never been this capable of pushing through the rough patches. I'm being productive, feeling fulfilled, wildly optimistic, & generally just in love with being alive. I feel beyond capable! Life isn't devoid of any problems, but they're all manageable. I no longer struggle as much with past issues like anticipatory grief, time wasting anxiety, inability to use my alone time properly, etc.
** I haven't been as productive with zines this month as I'm working on three major zines at the moment (one being the 400+ page monster). I feared for a moment that I lost my touch, but it's more that I have bigger project that I'm centering my focus on. I'm beyond excited for my second planned month of zines in April (I want to do a daily zine month every 6 months) which I'm confident I can make work despite the fact that I will be out of state for half of it! It just means I have to get extra creative with my zines.
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