Archive - Emma's Substack

Eclipse Wishlist

Happy solar eclipse :)) How wonderful for us all to have a spring day to begin the rest of our lives on. See y'all in 2045 for another one (hopefully…

Apr 9, 2024 •

March 2024

Mid-semester check-in: creative processes, collecting, ways of knowing, and (most importantly) ways of playing.

Mar 14, 2024 •

February 2024

Weekday Birthday

I’m 23!! And 23 on a Wednesday feels strange in its normalcy. I think this is a year for realizing big simple revelations, kicking it off with a comic…

Feb 29, 2024 •

The Built Environment

I'm writing poems on substack instead of turning the content I want to write about into fiction! What else is new. Anyway, this will be in a short…

Feb 20, 2024 •

A Series of Pieces of Music that Developed my Consciousness

The medium defines the method, which rings particularly true when it comes to memory-making

Feb 11, 2024 •

January 2024

Zoning Ordinance for Home

I'm greeting the new semester with just some jotting on the things I wish I had all in one time and place.

Jan 22, 2024 •

Notes from the Field no. 8

What a much needed trip home and a break from everything. Here’s a comic on quilting and home.

Jan 10, 2024 •

December 2023

No Regrets, Coyote

Old Friends, Adapting Creative Habits to Survive, and Finstas as Skewed Archives

Dec 5, 2023 •

November 2023

Throwback: Parasitic Form Exercise

Second post! Old one from my college experimental fiction class. Played around with the eternally preteen Magic Treehouse characters in it. I still work…

Nov 19, 2023 •

Behind the Scenes of Fever Dream: November

Belated post (expect another one-- thanks to Mike, who has challenged me to get back into writing more), but I wanted to show my process for making my…

Nov 19, 2023 •

Notes from the Field #5

Forgive the late post— not much content-wise, but when the weather changes the birder in me loves to think of feathers and how warm we could keep…

Nov 7, 2023 •

October 2023

Notes from the Field #4

On overflow, impact, and shadow puppets. I’ve loved Drawtober and I will miss having motivation to keep up these navel-gazey comics :))

Oct 24, 2023 •

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