Happy new year!

First piece of news is that it’s here!!!! The final update on my mini-essay experiment.

spencer chang 💫☂️🍥 (100/100) @spencerc99

we made it fam

I def recommend reading the last one as I take a bit longer to reflect on this experiment. To pull out a piece of gratitude from the thread above:

massive thank you to all who have engaged with the project whether providing feedback on the structure, used them as a launching point to be vulnerable and form connection, or spent precious time reading these raw thoughts.
it means more than you know ❤️

These last few explore different ways of owning data, thoughts on how to change your interpretation of time, and the idea of having a greater-than-life purpose in your life, inspired by Loki. I muse about what it takes to have quiet confidence, a poetic exploration of beginnings, and examine why creations feel so intimate.

Some more info copied from my website below:

100 - creations are intimacy portals

12.31.21 // 845 words

The final artifact in my 100 mini-essays experiment exploring the intimacy of creations and the value of sharing your mind with the world.

99 - beginnings

12.30.21 // 466 words

Exploring the concept of beginnings through a creative medium

98 - quiet confidence

12.29.21 // 472 words

Quiet confidence is when you’re able to naturally take your time, take up proper space, and be unapologetically yourself without putting down anyone else or manufacturing dependence.

97 - glorious purpose

12.27.21 // 549 words

I’m a strong believer that we create our own meaning—something can be meaningful for no other reason than the fact that we believe it so. In that sense, I think all of us have a glorious purpose in creating the change and meaning that we want to see in the world.

96 - reclaiming time

12.26.21 // 815 words

What if anyone could reclaim control of time for themselves? What does a world look like where we challenge Time for control but that power is free for anyone to seize rather than only the wealthy and powerful?

95 - ephemeral permanence: an exploration of the future of digital data

12.23.21 // 946 words

What if every object you created digitally was “owned” by you and stored permanently in a space private to you regardless of what the platform you created it on does with it?

View them all here

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creations are intimacy and my mini-essays are…