Sunflower Seed Packet
Sunflower Seed Packet
A New Publication from Naive Yearly and Are.na
Dear reader
Orange trees guard our street. They are the sour type, so no one eats them. Instead, they are left hanging, dotting our street with orange as an impressionist painting. These weeks, white speckles are emerging too: tiny buds, almost flowers, but not quite yet.
Uno likes trees. Monday, as we walked to his kindergarten, it was the naked fig tree he spotted. »Look, Dad. The fig tree,« he said, pointing with his right arm. »Yes, it’s the fig tree. It doesn’t have any leaves,« I confirmed. To which Uno responded: »Don’t worry, Dad. There are new figs and leaves and branches in the soil. They will grow out when it is summer.«
One thing that did bloom this week was a publication with the talks from Naive Yearly. It was a surreal moment to see the publication online. I started writing Naive Weekly five years ago, and little did I know that it would grow into an annual gathering that would grow into an online publication featuring contributions from eight of my favorite internet people: Chia Amisola, Benjamin Earl, Maya Man, Marty Bell, Alice Yuan Zhang, Tiana Dueck, Elliott Cost, and Laurel Schwulst. As icing on the cake, the publication is edited and designed by Meg Miller and Charles Broskoski, two people I admire deeply for their ability to spot, articulate, and sustain wonder.
You can read my foreword and experience the publication here: https://naive-yearly.are.na/
To make Naive Yearly again, I’ll need help. Maybe from you? I’ll need a place for us to gather, for ways to pay the speakers, and hands in the field. I dream of making it nomadic: to travel from node to node, city to city, and open more doors for the quiet, odd, and poetic web. Because once you spot it, you can’t stop seeing it, even if it is bare at the moment.
With care
Kristoffer
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Field notes
1.
Meg Miller wrote a lovely introduction to the Naive Yearly and Are.na Publication. I was touched to read how many of my decisions she noticed, from making the breaks the same length as the talks and welcoming essayistic talks instead of portfolio reviews.
2.
I’m obsessed with James Taylor-Foster’s portfolio website.
3.
Reports from unknown places is a daily weather report delivered as life philosophy. I connected with February 14th, 2024:
»We report: one day, at sunset, we started marching towards the horizon with the sincere (naive, but sincere) hope to make it last longer. We quickly had to stop in our tracks when we came upon a body of water. Tonight, we would walk into the sea if we had to; to make this last.«
4.
1568 words dedicated to two dancing gifs, thank you internet.
5.
Downpour expands what games are — and who can make them. Try a few linked games, and you’ll understand what I mean.
6.
I’ve added Silly Hacks, XOXO 2024, Casual Islands LA, Stupid Hackathon, and other online and offline events to the Poetic Web Calendar.
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Thank you for reading. You are always welcome to write me at kristoffer@naiveweekly.com. Last email was sent to 2868 inboxes. Logo by Dreams™. Photograph by Ana Šantl.