Dear Reader…
Welcome to our very 2nd newsletter! We are so happy you’re here. :) Get PUMPED! We are working very hard to finalize our debut print issue of SplashLand Magazine - which will be published in early June. A huge thank you to everyone who submitted work to us! We are beyond excited to bring SplashLand from our w.e.r.l.d. into yours. STAY TUNED!!
Matter Matters (An excerpt)
By: Clara Drimmer
OK, reader - you asked for it! That’s right - it’s my turn to share unsolicited thoughts about our collective experience as we march through space and time. Let me begin by saying that something I love about working on SplashLand is having a vehicle to express confusion about the state of the world. Not in the sense of how things are “going”, but in the sense of matter, of the way we move in, out and through our many worlds. Whether in the form of liquids, solids, gas, or another thing (?).
Here’s an example of one relatively flat form/state of being we take on: when I check Find My Friends - everyone's a little dot moving rhythmically - or staying very still - across the surface of the Apple plane. We’re all moving, or not moving, at a similar pace. We’re all 2D in that little pocket map. Sleeping, walking, talking loudly, watching TV, we are with each other and we are without each other. Like players in a game of Clue, we’re all physically in one place or another. You and I both know that Find My Friends only paints the foggiest picture of our movements through space and time. We know the possibility of existing in only one single world at a time is a pipe dream. Versed as we are in connection, we move in and out of space countless times a day with little thought or effort, and we almost never stay in one place.
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What's happening in our W.E.R.L.D. <3
What Sydnie is:
Wearing: Cheetah print vest over blazer
Eating: Rice
Reading: On Giving Up by: Adam Phillips
Listening to: "Shove It" by: Santigold
Doing: Posting on my instagram story
What Sarah is:
Wearing: Cotton underwear
Eating: Sorghum
Reading: Ur mind
Listening to: "Candy Rain" by: Soul For Real (one million times until i’m so so sick of it, help)
Doing: Recreating Lee Lozano’s Grass Piece
What Clara is:
Wearing: The same pair of jeans for ~ 6 days straight
Eating: Leftover charoset
Reading: Comments sections of random facebook posts (it’s a wild world out there)
Listening to: Habibi!
Doing: Brushing my teeth for the full 2 minutes
What Veda is:
Wearing: A single tooth gem
Eating: Chocolate hazelnut & almond butter
Reading: Lesbian fiction
Listening to: A femme screamo playlist an ex made me
Doing: Holding a baby
What Rylee is:
Wearing: Sarah’s old sweatshirt from Captiva, FL
Eating: Egg casserole
Reading: Old diary entries
Listening to: The fire alarm
Doing: Too much
THANK YOU FOR READING!
xoxo
SplashLand
