[~solderpunk] re: been a long time

been a long time

reading your update made me feel kinda fuzzy inside. i've been contemplating something similar. well, i guess similar to what i understand about your resolutions from what i've read here! anyway the little i've stepped away from being online has been rewarding, but similarly unsettling to me. i think i will have to go further to get where i want to go. formats like this are better for me. letters to the void~~

> I have decided that it's worth a shot trying to build mostly things like environmental sensors or instruments for measuring various natural phenomena, especially things which change slowly over very long timescales: slow electronics, or the nearest thing to it I can imagine, with a liberal helping of amateur science.

ohmygod solderpunk! SO MUCH YES i love this.

your soundsystem sounds fun! i miss playing my records. my system fell into disrepair during a really difficult part of my life, but i think i ought to prioritize restoring it. that sounds like a lovely time. been ages since i listened to a record wow.

i hope you are well ^^

i've been trying to work myself up to doing a hip hop act. music practice mostly so far. idk if you like rap or not, but there's a link here of a cover that i did uwu

gemini://sunshinegardens.org/~xj9/arconite/

i'll go unplugged for the time being playing flamenco and rumba guitar and singing or rapping. around the same topics that usually concern me, walkaway stuff. i think a different format is needed to express my visions. i want to be part of a cultural dialogue and i feel that art is where i can do that in a healthy way. i think the internet gives us something like a sense of connection. that feels good. it isn't good to mistake the two i don't think.

community has to have your back. it can be hard to do that online, but that's not a bad thing. sharing ideas is so very powerful even with its limits. the internet is such a trippy thing to use. i'm glad we crossed paths though ;) what an era to live though, having the internet more or less thrust upon us. i'm glad that Fate led us here. you are an inspiration to me friend.

safe journey <3