Iterative Unfolding

Welcome to the first members-only newsletter! To be reprised on an irregular basis — whenever I feel justified popping up in your inbox, basically. This also constitutes the first non-zine [drum roll plz] eXcLuSiVe CoNtEnT for members 🎉 A momentous occasion! (If I do say so myself, which I do.)

Thank you so much, by the way. My plan is to make you look like a goddam genius for getting in the on the ground floor. Not in the MLM way, of course — nor the VC way. My desired vibe is more Gertrude Stein à Paris ☺️ The point is, I couldn't do it without you!

Today's email justification: I posted the digital version of Clandestine Motives. If you want a backup, grab the zipped pages (450.9 megabytes). And read the prelude if you haven't already!

Prelude to Clandestine Motives

The nature of conspiracy, is it benevolent or malign? In any case it comprises partitioning; an endeavor to set apart. A new cell spawned with bespoke blueprint.

Sonya SupposedlySonya Mann

Clandestine Motives

Joy in secret and the joy of secrets; hidden sanctuary and the horror of its exposure; cards held close to the chest for reasons that are nobody else’s business, but here take a peek anyway 👀

Sonya SupposedlySonya Mann

In other good news, today I ordered the print copies of Adornment! (Yeah, I just went with the theme being the name.) A week late, because knowing about the planning fallacy doesn't make me any less subject to it. Or maybe it makes me a bit less subject to it? But not enough.

On the other hand, the planning fallacy might be advantageous — if I realized how long it would take to finish each project, would I ever start any of them?!

Jokes aside, I actually am getting faster. Life has been (and continues to be) a lengthy, gradual "learning the ropes" process with respect to my own mind. The better I understand myself, the better I can tailor my approach to achieving a given objective based on my personal strengths and weaknesses. And the effective tweaks compound over time!

Anyway. Last but not least, remember how I said that succulents grow by emerging from themselves? Mine are on a roll:

Aaand that's all for now! Talk soon — the next accessible-to-everybody-but-enabled-by-you newsletter will arrive in a day or two.

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