Hello readers 🤎
I’m here to give a huge thank you for continuing to join me here in this container. I’ve been coming to this space for (almost) 9 months now. Wow. I’ve found that allowing myself to come here every day has been such a blessing. It’s been a huge pivot from so many other spaces I’ve shared work in and around.
This practice began as a way for me to create work outside of a fast-paced, exploitative platform. Now that I’ve completely dismantled the way I engage with social media (and will continue to do so), I have completely dismantled the way I view art-making and consumption. I am finding that I need more financial support to commit in the ways I would like to in this container.
I’m finding a desire to show up here more. I’m finding a desire to play. I will record myself reading each writing to you. This opens up an added layer of accessibility. It also means that I get to face my fear of hearing my voice and fucking up in audio and being like “welp, that’s just how it goes.”
I also highly recommend using the app. The app never makes me feel rushed. It allows for slow reading, slow listening, and honest discourse. I absolutely cherish listening to the work of writers, quilters, tarot readers, and abolitionists in the app.
I will continue to share public announcements about my practice and offerings freely. However, the personal writings and audio recordings and anything else that may unfold will live within a paid subscription.
I am asking for $6 a month for these writings that take me coming to this practice every day. Perhaps you may look at it like buying me a cup of coffee each month. With enough of these paid subscriptions, I will be able to cover my basic financial needs each month. This will allow me the ability to show up in this space and in my art practice with a greater level of intention. This level of support allows me to show up for communities in more abundant ways moving forward.
I am able to financially support the work of LIVING AND BREATHING artists every month this way. It feels revolutionary in a lot of ways. I’d love to offer that option to you so that I, too, may be supported in this slow practice. These seemingly small but recurring donations add up. Many hands have the ability to make a big difference.
There is a tier marked “if you have privilege” where you may create a yearly subscription above $60. This can be a number that feels accessible to you if you carry privilege in your body and day-to-day.
If the subscription plan feels inaccessible to you, please email me at meredithannewhite9@gmail.com. We will figure that out together. The reason this space has continued to hold me is because of y’all.
I am really so grateful. I cannot thank y’all enough for being here. It allows me the consistent space to shed the performative layers I’ve built around my queer and neurodivergent body. I’d like to continue to do so, and now I’m asking openly for that financial support here.
Until next writing,
(and bilbo sitting next to me)