ใฐ๏ธ๐ฟ๐ editor + creative strategist + flower grower + writer of Dark Properties newsletter. SUBSCRIBE ๐โ https://xitter.cf/t.co/x0eyW6LzQt // ๐ป ๐ ๐ท ใฐ
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. @enckj explains how people can avoid the pervasive material polluting our bodies and environment in @willak's latest newsletter: dark.properties/plastic-purgโฆ
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"She sees the details. She observes with wonder. I, on the other hand, am constantly adjusting my lens. Or not looking at all."
Cheri Lucas Rowlands reflects on 2024 and revisits #longreads by @the_jennitaur, Robin Wall Kimmerer, @willak, @TheUniverse, @ferrisjabr, @BenjiSJones, and @JarodAnderson:
longreads.com/2024/12/12/a-yโฆ
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'Anyone whoโs ever agreed to showcase their creative work in public knows the feelings that tend to accompany such opportunities. While still abstract and far-off, the commitment feels motivating and exciting. But as the date draws closer, some stress inevitably creeps in. You begin to notice every little thing that seems โwrongโ with whatever it is youโve agreed to share, and time starts to feel like a countdown timer thatโs ticking away the days youโve got left to whip your sh*t into shape. But sometimesโas is the case with my gardenโyou just canโt. And for me, thatโs been a great lesson.'
The creative process, delightfully described by @willak. What if messiness ๐ช๐ด freedom?
dark.properties/garden-tour/
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I recently got to talk to @willak for the series โEcologies of Entanglementโ about why Iโm obsessed with moth camouflage, pollinator relationships as a form of ecological cognition, how technical systems can be living systems, and more! Interview now on @AREdotNA, check it out ๐ฆ
New on Are.na Editorial**
Willa Kรถerner (@willak) interviews Austin Wade Smith (@_newcubes_) on subverting technological infrastructures to steward symbiotic relationships with the more-than-human world.
Link below โ
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"At some point I think weโll fully realize that whatโs happening in the natural world is more computationally efficient, inventive, and resilient than anything we could create from silicon."
@willak @TheUniverse @AREdotNA #longreads
dark.properties/from-siliconโฆ
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New on Are.na Editorial**
Introducing Ecologies of Entanglement, a new series from Are.na and Dark Properties that collapses natural ecologies and networked technologies into one future-defining tangle.
are.na/editorial/introducingโฆ
Dark Properties is a newsletter by writer, gardener, and friend of Are.na Willa Kรถerner (@willak) that connects personal and planetary ecologies.
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This gem of a document was published in 2018 and initiated by @willak
We are very pleased that this is still being discovered and still resonates
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Anyone up for a Solidarity Summer reading club?
Thereโs so much material I want to dive into and talk about
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What do plants know? In anticipation of Zoรซ Schlanger (@zoeschlanger)โs forthcoming book, The Light Eatersโout next month from @HarperCollinsโWilla Kรถerner (@willak) sat down with the author to discuss the collective, connective intelligence of plants. pioneerworks.org/broadcast/zโฆ
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the great unlearning
loved this dispatch from Dark Properties
dark.properties/jungwon-kim/
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"(โฆ) generative art has now escaped its very small community, and it's entered into a much larger world. In doing so, it's gotten wrapped up and tied in with cryptocurrencies and NFTs, and while I don't think it needed to be that way, that's how it happened. While these new economies allowed generative art to grow, I wonder, how does that affect the mediumโs future? In which ways has it enabled the space, and in which ways has it damaged the space?"
โ Casey @REAS in conversation with Willa Kรถerner (@willak)
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"Dark times call for bright ideas."
Dark Properties is an ecosystems-focused editorial project from FWB's long-time editorial lead @willak
Announcing โพ dark.properties โฝ โ
A new ecosystems-focused editorial project, written & curated by me. Sent as a weekly-ish newsletter.
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"It's my strong belief that a community shouldn't have a singular leader or CEO forever."
As FWB mayor @alexzhang__ prepares to pass the torch next week, he speaks w/ contributor @willak to share key learnings from the roleโ fwb.help/editorial/a-mayor-sโฆ
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Fall is the season I return to this gem every year from @willak
willakoerner.com/project/digโฆ
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not that there is a coherent answer, but usually there's some vision of a better lifestyle with new technology. This time it's, your life and subconscious will be automated, leaving you free to ???
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THE POWER OF ACTUALLY DOING SOMETHING INSTEAD OF JUST THINKING ABOUT DOING IT
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Are there (or is anyone working on) tools for deep fakes recognition?
If not, right now is a great moment to start until we roll into 2024, just sayin.
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Had a lovely chat with my friends @stenkirsten and @willak that covers some interesting territory.
"If you spend too much time having fun and making chaos, then nobody does the dishes, you know? But then if it's all about making rules and plans, it's like, 'Why are we here?'"
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@willak chats with generative artists @pixlpa and @stenkirsten aboutโฆ
โบ๏ธ risk tolerance
โบ๏ธ creating with code
โบ๏ธ the impulse to explore variability
thx to @Highlight_xyz for bringing us together <3
READโ fwb.help/editorial/on-buildiโฆ
