There was a period of time last year when I was really on a roll with my monthly zines. I really love to research and discover things, in fact I will go so far as say it is one of my gifts. I love sharing the things and I don’t believe in gatekeeping. I remember the first time someone in elementary school copied me, it made me so mad. Even at a young age I wanted to feel like an individual, to try to be original. My mom told me, “baby copying is the biggest form of flattery.” Now the road to accept this logic has not always been easy but the older I get the more at peace I feel with it all. There aren't many new ideas under the sun and as creatives we are of course always inspired be other creatives. Our job is to take make things feel fresh, our own. I think that early experience made it possible for me to be OK with sharing (and also possibly being the oldest of 4 kids) and helped me realized there is enough to go around. When it comes to knowledge I believe it should be shared. Whether that knowledge is on a technique, food discoveries, natural medicine, where to score the best brutalist candle holder or where to get the best pastry in Amsterdam ( that's Ulmus Bakerij), I believe it should be passed on. So back to the zines, I want to get back to a version of these. I want to share my finds with you all, it would be my pleasure. I think they will look a little different then they did before and they might even look different again 3 months from now. But for the foreseeable future you can find a monthly round up of finds here on my journal. Ok let's get into it.
Enjoy friends,
xx AR
