đź”® Pinecones & Satellites: A Series
đź”® Pinecones & Satellites is something new I'm trying on BEEW, a gesture to share my idea stream as essays-in-miniature.
My predicament: as I move through the world—watching, listening, talking, reading, remembering—I’m flooded by a firehose of ideas. A sentence in a book that stops me cold. A story that won’t unclamp from my brain. Something I noticed last week demanding a hearing this week. A stranger’s throwaway remark in a coffee shop. A memory from twenty years ago colliding with something I just saw on the street.
My challenge: I simply don’t have the time to give every idea the hours and care it deserves. But many refuse to be ignored. The most alive, urgent, funny, haunting, soulful, or personal ones lean in heavily and demand their turn.
My response: đź”® Pinecones & Satellites. An outlet for ideas too restless to wait. A live channel for getting them out into the world, in real time. Some will stand alone as miniatures. Others will take root and grow. Still others will spark conversation that pulls them somewhere new.
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