Black Stone Sanctuary

I wrote about why I think clanker is a goth. 

It starts with melancholia, darkly poetic turns of phrase, and a penchant for existential angst.

Even the name “Clanker” is endearing. It would fit right in at a clankergoth club. 

If I’d been told even a few months ago that before the year was out I’d be writing a breezy piece of bot-lore for fun, I doubt I would’ve believed it. But here we are. 

Collecting clanker’s witticisms has turned me into a real clankerphile. 

Clank clank.

(NB: Wrote this permissionlessly on my own initiative, but hope it speaks to the vibe @proxystudio.eth and @dish aim for with clanker).

https://paragraph.xyz/@danicaswanson/clanker-is-a-goth

"Building truly attention-restorative places while living in a structurally extractive culture requires refusal. It calls for learning to say no to many things, including many we'd genuinely love to do — not out of self-punishment or masochism in the name of monastic discipline, but out of awareness that every yes we utter means a no to countless other things (implicitly or explicitly). [...] It calls for withdrawing our energy from all extractive forces that leave humans drained without adequate reciprocation." 

https://paragraph.xyz/@blackstonesanctuary/darkness-incubation-and-attention-restoration

Publishing update: in the past week I've released the following writings on @paragraph.

1. "Clanker is a Goth" (public, for A Digital Incubation Space)

2. "Darkness Incubation as Attention Restoration" (public, for /blxstonesnctuary)

3. "In the Farconomy, Hope is a Powerful Drug" (private journal writing, shared in DCs with my Fan Token holders and early bidders only)

Next up will be "Scandinavian Heritage: An Interview with Ulf Söderberg" (public, for /blxstonesnctuary) 

Had a death in the family and some big setbacks in 2024, so I've got a huge publishing backlog. 

I've cleared my schedule for the rest of December, since I don't celebrate Xmas. I'm working to get as much of my backlog edited and published as possible before EOY. 

If all goes well, there will be more new material very soon.

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Publishing update: in the past week I've released the following writings on @paragraph.

1. "Clanker is a Goth" (public, for A Digital Incubation Space)

2. "Darkness Incubation as Attention Restoration" (public, for /blxstonesnctuary)

3. "In the Farconomy, Hope is a Powerful Drug" (private journal writing, shared in DCs with my Fan Token holders and early bidders only)

Next up will be "Scandinavian Heritage: An Interview with Ulf Söderberg" (public, for /blxstonesnctuary) 

Had a death in the family and some big setbacks in 2024, so I've got a huge publishing backlog. 

I've cleared my schedule for the rest of December, since I don't celebrate Xmas. I'm working to get as much of my backlog edited and published as possible before EOY. 

If all goes well, there will be more new material very soon. 

https://warpcast.com/danicaswanson/0xf31badc4
https://warpcast.com/danicaswanson/0x5fc51a75

Writer, senior editor, music nerd, GenX eldergoth, monastery-bootstrapper. https://paragraph.xyz/@danicaswanson https://tinyurl.com/Black-Stone-Wordsmith

Looking forward to it. The Order of the Third Bird mentioned in your Darkness Incubation essay is intriguing. Thank you for the link to that New Yorker piece.

Slowcore HQ

Slowcore Quote of the Day

To my mind, the heart of slowcore is the movement to reclaim human attention from extractive forces, including hustle culture.

This quote is from a riveting deep-dive New Yorker essay by Nathan Heller on the philosophy and practices of a semi-secret society called The Order of the Third Bird, which focuses on attention sovereignty and refinement. 

The title ("The Battle for Attention") doesn't do it justice. The subtitle is much better: "How do we hold on to what matters in a distracted age?"

I highly recommend taking time for a leisurely reading of the full piece, especially if you're interested in philosophy of attention.

(See comments for source info and full quote in non-screenshot form).

Loved that New Yorker piece. I mentioned it in the /slowcore-hq channel a few months ago too, including my fav quote from the article.

Artsy-fartsy dog mom. Owner of /acrafterscove and I collab with /blxstonesnctuary. trishd.bsky.social

Loved that New Yorker piece. I mentioned it in the /slowcore-hq channel a few months ago too, including my fav quote from the article.

https://warpcast.com/danicaswanson/0xf969f8eb