Ephemerata: Week 20–21
May 12–25 goal check in
Another two weeks down. Of course, the goal is to do this each week, but goals and ADHD don’t always go together. Except when they do, and then it’s lovely. (I labeled last week as “20,” because Monday was week 20, so… I don’t actually think anyone is keeping track.
I tried to save each reference photo. When I choose a reference I am going for expression, rather than likeness. No laughing. Please.
12. Todd Trapani • 13. Adrian Swancar • 15–16. Maksym Mazur (I love her tattoo) • 17. Clique Images • the stage cartoons this week & next week and Zuckerberg were amalgamations of various images.
19. Richard Stachmann (for the expression for my satyr self • 20. Dorrell Tibbs, I didn’t do this guy’s awesome expression justice • 22. A self-portrait for the expression • 23–24. Bailey Burton • 25. Nathan Dumlao & Jeffrey Eisen
I loved all these models and the expressions the photographers were able to get.
Writing for Week 20–21
May 12: Ephemerata Week 19 I love putting these together. It’s nice to actually see what I’ve done and that I am putting in an effort.
May 13: They Called Us “Sensitive” on Medium The paradox of ADHD pain in/tolerance.
May 14: This Is How I Remember You Best on Medium, a poem inspired by Richard Shindell
May 15: Long Days of Summer to Come on Medium a prose poem about this time of year.
May 16: My Personal Energy Vampire about my child who wears down my emotional core (I love her to pieces, but we rub each other against our rigid neurodivergent needs).
May 17: Wherein I Introduce the Meaning of My TED Talk If the sea lion is loud and interesting, can I close my eyes, place my hands over my ears, and hum? No, not really.(But I decided not to continue letting this guy dictate what I write about next week.)
May 18: Reliance on More Than… A lesson from religion for the physical world.
May 19: Zuck on This Seriously, I’ve had enough of these rich assholes.
May 20: I Am Not a Consolidation Prize A screed about A Lie Someone Told You About Yourself. The idea that someone could write these horrible things about their own son and wife was too much. I don’t often give up on books, but I made it exactly 50% o the way through.
May 21: People Are Stupid. Let Them. Autistic realizations that I shouldn’t let people dictate what I write. (My “TED” talk. I think trying to get through the awful book A Lie Someone Told You About Yourself really helped me come to this decision.
May 22: Grr. I missed this day. The first in my 100 Day Challenge to publish something on Medium.
May 23: Recognizing Myself in the Hairdresser’s Mirror My attempt to talk about how going to the hairdresser was difficult in more ways than just the sensitivities we normally talk about.
May 24: Meet Caroline The beginning of visualizing my audience.
May 25: Hearing Isaiah When My Ears Were Open Setting up the discussions of the lessons I hear in Isaiah and how we should learn from them for our country.
Coming up, I’ll be moving One Clear Thing to another place. I don’t feel it’s fair to include religion in a talk of creativity. Even if, to me, it is part of everything, we all come from different places and I know too many people hurt by religion. I will include them in my round-ups, but not send them out as part of my Substack.
We’ll take a look at what Caroline has been thinking about since learning she’s on the spectrum. This is a place for talking about our creativity and how we approach it with our unique minds. Of course, Caroline isn’t real, but I’ll use her to discuss issues I’ve talked about with my friends and with people online.
I will be continuing my study of Isaiah. I’d like to understand more of how we have forgotten these lessons that fit so well into the words of Jesus. I would love to see how these ideas are addressed in other texts—religious, cultural, fiction—and welcome any links from your own writing.
Please let me know if any of the links don’t work as expected—it can be hard to remember to select the right link on Medium.