Welcome to Permanent Daydream. Thank you for being here!
Permanent Daydream is an extension of a newsletter I launched in 2018, titled Ghosts in the Sunlight. You can read more on the meaning behind the title of both this Substack and that newsletter here:
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What would it mean to reside in the space of a daydream? It’s a question I’ve been asking myself since I wrote an essay about gardening for the most recent issue of Worms Magazine. In it, I reflect on gardening’s relationship to pleasure and extraction. I was inspired by Jamaica Kincaid’s excellent writing, particularly her writing about …
Each month I send out a letter, an essay on what’s capturing my attention at the moment. I’ve written about beauty, living in Hollywood, and the pleasures of spring. In each letter I also recommend exhibitions I’ve seen and am looking forward to.
As a subscriber you will also receive monthly Daydream Dispatches, interviews and features with artists, writers, and thinkers I admire:
Daydream Dispatch #1: Ikechukwu Sharpe
I remember the first moment I met Ikechukwu Sharpe. I was working reception in the lobby of the talent agency CAA. I was immediately struck by Ikechukwu’s energy—warm, engaged, present. We were both fresh out of college and new to Los Angeles. We became each other’s guide in the mailroom, and later, when we finally “got our desks” and graduated to being…
I hope that Permanent Daydream offers a moment of contemplation, reflection, and connection. That might mean connection to the self or to an idea that invigorates something in you. Whatever it is, I hope that it can be a channel, an experience that takes you into a different frequency or zone.
Here, we fantasize. Here, there is room for beauty, indulgence, and pleasure. Let’s daydream.
Profile image credit: Shelter (2023) by Danielle McKinney.
