The "Ask Amanda #1" live-from-home video. (Patreon)
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hallo loves!
time to watch me cry again, as usual. hey it's that kinda life right now.
so..Ask Amanda is going GREAT over on substack...and while it's a fuck ton more work than i expected, it's work i'm deeply enjoying. if you haven't subscribed yet, there's 3 more letters forthcoming, and it's FREE to sign up. here: https://amandapalmer.substack.com/
i'm just about to publish the next column (tomorrow morning!)....all about the pandemic, how to deal with the anti-vaxxers in your life, and how to find balance in the Time of Covid.
for now, i wanted to send you this video, native on patreon.
(you can also watch it HERE on substack, and share it around if you wanna. i also posted it to youtube here, and to facebook here if you wanna share it around).
it's a live reading of last's weeks Ask Amanda column ("I’m 39 and Dying of Cancer. How Do I Help the Love of My Life?"), filmed my ME on my PHONE from my kitchen and living room. i don't know why i thought it would take ten minutes. it's A FUCKING HOUR LONG.
o well!!
there are only THREE weeks/columns left in this Ask Amanda /substack experiment, and i decided to make this first-of-four video totally non=paywalled, so that i could also upload and send it to you guys, to give you a sense of what i'm up to. there are only about 150 paid subscribers over there (bringing in about $750 a month), which is by no means the kind of dough that it would take to support a project like this, pay for my 20 work hours, pay the artists and the copyeditors, and so forth...but like i keep saying, this is all just an experiment to see what works, how, where, when, what.
i HAD to create some sort of paywalled content for this month, so be it. i learned things.
i get emotional when i read my own writing, for one. i got all weepy.
if any of you here are paying that extra $5 to join along the ride for this month, i thank you, i know it's a little weird.
meanwhile....please subscribe to the column! IT IS FREE.
ooh and
here's a sneak peek at sarah beetsons' artwork for tomorrow....i die and cry at the beauty....
it's really really good.
xx
a
p.s. if it seems like i spend my life cross-posting content, you are not fucking far off the mark and i miss having a social media assistant like miss nothing else. does anyone in new zealand / auckland want a weird job for the next few months? ....really, i need someone. i am drowning. let me know in the comments. i need someone in particular for our upcoming feb 22nd studio day who already speaks very fluent facebook, twitter, instagram and - importantly - tiktok. let me know in the comments here and i'll hunt you down.