I make things because I enjoy making them. I share them when I have a sense that those things are exactly the sort that would inspire me had I not made them myself. This is not the way to build a large audience, to achieve fame, or to amass wealth. But it is the way to be seen (a very different thing from being validated) that also creates a way for someone else.
The best thing that could happen when I share something online is for someone else to experience it and think, “If he can do that, then I can.”

• Christipher Butler

Hat-tip to @Annie for finding this wonderful essay.

Starting the new year with a fresh take on the shoegaze genre. Really loving this whole album. Alvvays - Blue Rev

Underwater world

I really tried to like the Arc browser but I’m just over it. In my opinion, they haven’t “reinvented” anything about the actual web browser. It’s just extra layers of utilities on top of the same tracking-hungry Chrome engine.
I’m going back to the simplicity of Safari.

🎼 Should all the lyrics be forgot
and never brought to mind?
Should all the lyrics be forgot
to old lang syne?
🎶

Happy New Year everyone!