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Apr 14, 2022Liked by Carson Ellis

Hi! I'm Sam from Nyack, NY. I'm into music, illustration, gardening, making things, and vintage shopping.

Excited to follow along on a non-instagram platform, where there's a bit more space to expand ideas (or not!) and it doesn't have that drugified-scrolling energy. Huzzah!

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Apr 14, 2022Liked by Carson Ellis

Hi! I'm Emily. I'm 26, I live in Dallas by myself but want a collie. I train service dogs for a non-profit organization, I love alien movies, one of my favorite foods is ice cream, and I love to read contemporary romance novels.

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Apr 14, 2022Liked by Carson Ellis

Hi Carson! I’m Corinne. I’m an illustrator too, and a graphic designer full time. I love making things and playing bass and singing in my band Queasy. You’re a huge inspiration to me, so this is exciting!

I personally love the name Slowpoke just as it is. You didn’t ask, but I’m telling you anyway. Snails are one of my favorite creatures and for a long time I couldn’t pinpoint why. Then I realized it’s because I value their slowness, their intentionality, their extremely chill vibes. I always felt like I was ‘behind’ in some way, and I’m learning to reframe slowness as a beautiful thing. Thanks for all you do- excited to read more! X

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I love this project! It feels like such a treat to get to know the life behind an I artist I love so much :)

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Hello! I'm Gabriel Matesanz. I'm an illustrator who used to live with his mother just south of Portland, now in NYC.

Personally, I would love to see more of the kinds of work that inspire you like what you've shared above. I once heard a statistic that people spend an average of 4-5 seconds in front of paintings at museums (if they stop), so I'm trying to practice staring at images for longer.

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Hi Carson, I'm a high school librarian and an artist. I would really like to write and illustrate children's books, a goal I am finally (yet slowly) working towards. I am definitely a slowpoke and a perfectionist and I would love to hear more about how you manage that in your career.

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Apr 14, 2022Liked by Carson Ellis

Hi Carson! I’m Jenny an artist, knitter, amateur gardener and mom in Seattle!

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Hi! I am Heather and I live in Portland, OR (although will be moving to an acre just outside of Portland soon) where I too hope to be an amateur gardener and the keeper of animals. I am a homeschooling mama and a Waldorf handwork teacher in training. I have big dreams of offering healing and centering handwork classes to all the homeschooling kiddos around! I'm so excited to connect here!

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Apr 14, 2022Liked by Carson Ellis

Hi! I am Heather and I live in Portland, OR (although will be moving to an acre just outside of Portland soon) where I too hope to be an amateur gardener and the keeper of animals. I am a homeschooling mama and a Waldorf handwork teacher in training. I have big dreams of offering healing and centering handwork classes to all the homeschooling kiddos around! I'm so excited to connect here!

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Apr 14, 2022Liked by Carson Ellis

Hi, I'm Abby, a graphic designer and mom from San Diego, CA (more specifically a small coastal town called Encinitas). I love the name Slowpoke and the step away from social media (even the once-beloved Instagram, which felt more intimate back in the day). As easy and accessible as digital access is, I do love the idea of a physical paper, and I'd totally pay for hand-stamped newsletter, just to get something beautiful and sunny in the mail. I was a stamp collector as a kid, and I still get giddy when the post office releases gorgeous stamps (Like Elise Gravel's message monsters—have you seen them? They're delightful and come with extra stickers you can use to decorate the monsters!) I'm currently contemplating starting a small and free community magazine for kids called Oh, goodie! My logical brain says there's a reason free community kids mags aren't really a thing but my gut says, what's the harm in just putting it out there? Plus, extra bonus if I can get kids writing letters and postcards—how cool would it be to write them back and use those awesome Message Monsters stamps?

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Hi Carson, I’m Sara and I AM a farmer! I live in beautiful Vermont with my little family, on our vegetable and beef farm. Come visit sometime.

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Hey Carson! I'm Sara, I live in Minneapolis and we have a mutual friend (Sam!!). I'm looking forward to reading Slowpoke, and I'd love to learn more about those un-named hens... :-) Thanks for sharing with us!

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Hi Everyone! I'm Kristin from Madison, WI. My interest in drawing cartoons/appreciation for Carson's style brings me here. I draw them for fun, as gifts, and sometimes as part of my job as an educator. I am also a card-carrying member of the crooked nose club. My current weird project is watching every Nicolas Cage movie ever made and it's going well - over 30 in! I live in a tiny house with my husband who is a giant who owns a board game store and also a dog who is a giant. Speaking of giants, I drew the D&D party Colin was in for the twitch stream and he used my goofy cartoon as his avatar and it made everybody laugh (and that's why I like to draw)!

I'm super excited to see what comes up here. I miss the days of Livejournal vs. Facebook/Instagram. Scrolling both makes me sad/distracted more than happy these days.

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Apr 14, 2022Liked by Carson Ellis

Hi Carson, what a treat to read Slowpoke!

Im at Lake Tahoe Nevada, artist, curator and contemporary art gallery director. Looking forward to reading more!!!!

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Apr 14, 2022Liked by Carson Ellis

Hi Carson, I'm Maki. I love your newsletter! This format is great. So much easier to read and enjoy compared to Patreon. Looking forward to more!

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