I’m trying out the “discussion thread” feature here on Substack, which sounds like a good way to connect, asynchronously, with my readers.
Two questions. Would you, dear reader, be interested in
a) me offering Mutations Q&A/discussion threads on a monthly basis, and
b) is there any interest in a paid subscriber area?
I run Patreon, of course, but perhaps there are some of you that actually prefer a more streamlined reading subscription format. It would also work well with my schedule this year. With Fragments manuscript writing and Integral Imprint publishing projects happening, asynchronous communication with my readers is preferable to live calls.
Either way, I want to say thank you for your ongoing support. You help me do what I do.
Now on to the January 2023 discussion prompt:
I’d like to imagine the possibility of a monthly discussion thread as being continuous with the Patreon calls. A salon for integrative, or “aperspectival” thinking, riffing, and relating.
An article I shared this week is very alive for me right now: what do moments of epochal crisis and transformation look like? They are more like distributed events than identifiable signifiers. But if our present, lived experience is what collapse looks like, then what about new beginnings?
Here I am mulling over ”thrutopian” possibilities for the present:
Jeremy, Yes! I find the current Mutations platform clumsy and the navigation is unintuitive and vexing. Often I bail out before finding what I want. SubStack has a greater facility to focus on themes and contribution threads. So....yes. And thank you for continuously exploring ways to grow our dialogues.
Great to hear, Nina. Yes, Mighty Networks is still working out the kinks, and Patreon isn’t very engagement-friendly. I think Substack’s format might lend itself to easy communication and a streamlined reader subscription flow. At least, it’s worth a shot!
The future closes, while the present opens. We close ourselves off from the anxiety of the future so we can focus on the now. The end of one thing and the beginning of another is emblematic of transition.
A beautiful insight to shift from the construct to the real.
Yes to both. That will make your schedule much easier as we all want to support you in your goals.
And yes, freed from denial and hope, we can discern what is relevant and get to work...
Veronica
Jeremy, Yes! I find the current Mutations platform clumsy and the navigation is unintuitive and vexing. Often I bail out before finding what I want. SubStack has a greater facility to focus on themes and contribution threads. So....yes. And thank you for continuously exploring ways to grow our dialogues.
Great to hear, Nina. Yes, Mighty Networks is still working out the kinks, and Patreon isn’t very engagement-friendly. I think Substack’s format might lend itself to easy communication and a streamlined reader subscription flow. At least, it’s worth a shot!
The future closes, while the present opens. We close ourselves off from the anxiety of the future so we can focus on the now. The end of one thing and the beginning of another is emblematic of transition.
A beautiful insight to shift from the construct to the real.
Small ‘we’
Freedom of thought is fluid.
Collapse is a car at the side of the road, trust is that of help will happen to fit our demands.
Routine is to put the engineers out to pasture, as the job is done.
Routine is to be devious with extractive gains using complexity.
Where as the child of a parent, does not sign up for lecture, quite the opposite, they laugh at this folly and seriousness.
A level of participation is at eye level, not a stage.
"Participation is at eye level" - another good way to say it.
We're here. We're in it. This is the 'thick present' Haraway talks about.
I’m still confused and/or don’t understand the difference between threads & chats on substack.
I think chats are literally chat box-style discussions, whereas this is a more classic discussion thread format.
Just caught up with this and perfect timing. I am not family enough yet to have an opinion on that front, but see my latest post for what I think: ONCE UPON A TIME IS NOW for a campaign to change the world: https://suzannetaylor.substack.com/p/once-upon-a-time-is-now-is-a-campaign?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email