Fieldnotes
Shayne TravissNarrative reflections on presence, creativity, love, grief, and becoming; written at a human pace, from inside real life.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 116 | Founded | a year ago | Last Issue | 5 days ago |
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People of Orphalese,
There is a book that sits behind the counter.
The Prophet.
It has lived there long enough that I don’t really think of it as a book anymore. More like another object in the room. Something I occasionally reach for between making coffee, t...
Tell Your Stories. But Whose Story Are You Telling?
There is an Anne Lamott quote that seems to travel around the internet with remarkable stamina.
“Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better.”
It’s usually attributed to Bird by Bird...
Self-Agreement Asks,
I’ve been thinking about agreement.
Not whether people agree with me. I’ve largely made peace with the fact that some won’t.
Something quieter than that.
Whether I agree with myself.
It’s such a simple question that I almost missed it,...
In the Space Between Everyone Else’s Boxes
I don’t know if I’ve ever been…
gay enough.
Or perhaps…
I’ve just never been very good at joining clubs.
I’ve spent most of my life in the space between everyone else’s boxes.
Too gay for the straight guys.
Not gay enough for the gays...
Not Written for Me. Written with Me.
A funny thing happened after I published my last essay.
Substack (Pangram) analyzed it.
100% AI.
I stared at it for a second.
Then I laughed.
Not because I thought it was absurd.
Actually…
because I thought it was fascinating.
The m...
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