Note to Readers II

TFP takes a two-week summer vacation, and recommends the magical Deborah J. Stein.

Jun 27, 2023

∙ Paid

Last week I wrote a note to readers saying it’s natural and good and necessary to take time off, maybe even sit still and be silent for awhile, and listen to the voices around you. The voice I’m listening to this week is Deborah Stein’s, a magical painter, writer, and—lucky for me—a dear friend. Her Substack, Sometimes a Ghost, haunts me in all the best ways. Her mind and heart are like her paintings and writing—honest, joyful, heartbreaking, and miraculous. I can’t get enough of everything she does. Check out one of my favorite posts below. Go head. Get haunted too. —MJ

Sometimes a Ghost

The Art of Beginning

You know, I make these classes, I made a summer full of them, and I begin these stories and I make these paintings and I lovingly collect strange specimens for future doings and there seems to be this idea that I seem to know what I’m doing. Do people actually work like that, knowing what they’re doing…

2 years ago · 11 likes · 2 comments · Deborah J. Stein

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