Ingrid Burrington @lifewinning@witches.town

(The project is about land reclamation and special economic zones, I am pretty psyched)

Hmm. I've spent about two hours more on this application than I planned to and I'm not done with it, so I think it's safe to say this is not going to happen. BUT I know have an idea for a far more manageable project that maybe actually makes sense for me to do. So...not a total waste of time?

But also I need money and space and things to be able to do the work? And I think of all the mediocre work that happens because someone's confident enough to write a proposal to begin with.

I find applying for things is about figuring out projects I actually want to do more than whether I get the cool thing or not. Like, I'm pretty sure this is a really rad project but I probably need 2 more years of work to prove I can do it.

Rapidly realizing I am writing a proposal for a project that would be great for like, the Dredge Research Collaborative, but not necessarily me? Ugh.

@gzt thank you, witch stranger

Writing an extremely long shot fellowship application as form of professional development and/or procrastination

Now they're comparing the building to Medusa which I find very rude tbh

E for effort

This is almost exactly what I expected tbh

Well

I didn't think my expectations could be lower

Props to the older woman in a hoodie with the words "CHAOS" and "MAGIC" running down the sleeves

And there's a man in a tinfoil wizard hat with a horn. Fine.

And thinking about why this seems less compelling than, say, Yerbamala Collective. The callous answer is "they're anonymous and queer/nonbinary and this whole thing screams cishet white dudes." Maybe also a question of who/what this ritual will actually center? I think about this a lot in my own practice, idk.

Heading to this event: http://www.truth-out.org/speakout/item/40134-an-exorcism-in-downtown-manhattan

Pretty sure it's going to be a shitshow. Whole vibe seems to treat chaos magick more as justification for intellectual laziness than intentional practice. But maybe I am just being very cynical?

NYC witches: there's a midnight screening of Purple Rain happening at IFC Center tonight. Possibly auspicious grounds for an IRL witch convening?

@yhancik ("those" being "branches", sorry not enough caffeine yet)

@yhancik not yet, but I am thinking those will be useful for debating how to cut/rearrange things.