God is change and so must we

Little Deaths/Little Delights, Full Moon Edition

Hello hello hellooo!! This has been a wacky week both online and offline. I got the “Biden dropped out” text in the middle of writing this and I almost dropped my laptop. First presidential dropout via Twitter?

I feel like I’ve lived a thousand lives since moving to the city and I’m gearing up to live a thousand more in the coming weeks. Been cartwheeling my way through a mix of emotions, mostly positive now. I came across this quote while reading up on tonight’s full moon and it stuck:

God is change, and so must we - Parable of the Sower, Octavia E. Butler 

Good, right? Deaths and delights below.   

LITTLE DEATHS

• The Pixar Formula - I watched this thoughtful video essay from my friend-in-law Mariano that breaks down the storytelling formula trapping Pixar rn. Somehow I ended up back at the whole predictability vs randomness thing and I have a question for the room: do you guys ever feel like there’s a little storytelling algorithm in your heads dictating your output? 

• Application processes with >2 interviews - Why??  

• Spotify AI DJ - I’m done, I’m done, I’m done! I can’t take it anymore. I’m listening to the same 50 songs over and over again. 

LITTLE DELIGHTS

• Cap full moon - Apparently the Capricorn full moon is tonight? Night of endings, allegedly? Hmmmmmmmmm 

• Staring contests - 👀⚡️

• Neighborhood friends - Sometimes I pretend I’m a little game character and life gets fun. I met a man with a pet parrot and made friends with my produce guy who I had previously been calling Mr. Produce Man, so it’s nice to put a real name to the face. 

FROM THE HOT LITERATI DIGITAL UNIVERSE

• BOOK CLUB ˋ°•*⁀➷ We'll be reading Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl by Lawlor. Week 0 starts next week. Instructions to sign up here

• FYODOR POP UP ˋ°•*⁀➷ We had our first pop up shop in SoHo yesterday. Shop the digital version here

FROM THE HOT LITERATI IRL UNIVERSE

• MORE BOOK INSPIRED CLOTHING ˋ°•*⁀➷ Our friends at LAAMS on the Lower East Side of New York dropped this collection. Listen to the audio below for more. If you swing by, tell them Hot Literati sent you.