posted today
INK STILL WET
The Fool, borders inked
There is a dog in the tarot deck now. She walked in; she stays.
FORM 1 — THE DOOR · 4 PP · CREAM STOCK
RURAL NEW BRUNSWICK · est. on an eclipse
a public workbench, printed by hand
Kate Dole
DESIGNER · MYSTIC · BUILDER — SAME STONE
MONCTON, N.B.
rolled by hand, every visit — no two pulls alike
fully inked — good pull ✓
“EVERYTHING CAN BE AN ART.”
PLATES I–IV
FOLIO 2
Three faces, so far
Designer, mystic, builder — the three the light has reached. A stone has more faces than the light has found.
Designer
PLATE I — everything taken apart, labeled, and put back better
Mystic
PLATE II — the sky kept as a map, consulted often
Builder
PLATE III — the thing held up to the light, made by hand
[ light pending ]
PLATE IV — not yet lit. there are always more.
I design brands and products for people doing quiet, necessary work. I read tarot at the same table the wireframes get drawn on. On Friday afternoons I build an app that treats rest as a feature.
[ We’re all more than one thing.
— THE ONLY THESIS THIS SITE HAS · ROLLED BY HAND · GOOD PULL
THE BENCH — CURRENT MESS
FOLIO 3
What the work looks
the messy middle
2 days ago
INK STILL WET
745 tests, all green
Writing App Store words for an app that believes in rest.
6 days ago
Sourdough, hour 31 of 38
The house smells like a bakery having a religious experience.
the ink on each scrap dries over nine days, then it files itself
→ THE BENCH, in fullLETTERMAIL
FOLIO 4
The Hope Chest
Lettermail for the ones who kept the weird part of themselves through the professional years. One letter per new moon, thirteen a year. The moon handles distribution; I just meet the deadline.
THE HOPE CHEST
EST. SEPT 10 · NEW MOON
Unhidden in Plain Sight
Hey, weirdo — if you’ve been filing the strange, hopeful part of yourself under “later,” this is mail for that part.
ONE LETTER PER NEW MOON · NO SCHEDULE BUT THE SKY’S
POSTED — SEE YOU AT THE NEW MOON
kept in the chest, never sold · unsubscribe any moon
FROM THE FILES
FOLIO 5
Essays, dated by phase
Nothing here pretends to be finished. Every piece carries a phase glyph instead of a date, because ideas have weather. Compost is an honest fourth state.
SEED
An app that believes in rest
A hunch written down before it embarrasses itself.
WAXING
The client talks first
Fed weekly. Growing a spine and an outline.
FULL
Everything can be an art
As done as it’s going to get, which is a different thing from done.
COMPOST
Personal brand, 2019
More useful as soil than as a monument. It says so out loud.