Every year for my birthday, I raise funds for organizations doing work I believe in. Well, today’s my birthday. And in this season of life, I am thrilled to get to do myself the work I want to see done in the world, joining forces with new change-agents, and gathering the resources to go farther. I believe in what I’m building and I want you to support it.
What I want for my birthday this year is to keep doing what I’m doing.
What am I doing? Reshaping our world with visual storytelling and artistic peacemaking. Not trying to save the world – I won’t take that job anymore. I'm building community around my ongoing personal creative projects and advocacy, and giving glimpses into the process on this Buy Me a Coffee platform, which I’ve used for a while to take one-time donations. I’m inviting you to be a part in whatever feels right to you.
You can now become a Monthly Supporter to help me grow my personal creative work and get it out into the world. It is up to you if you want to pay. I’m not going to judge either way. And you get the same newsletter either way, no previews or teasing or upselling. I have decided to include some extras for paying members not because they’re in a position to pay and others aren’t, but because I want to and this BMAC page is a less public place to share experiments and more sensitive content. These will be creative extras I won’t otherwise share, but I’m making them because I want to (more specifics in my forthcoming Substack newsletter.) This new gathering space is where you can contribute to my work, and where the paid benefits will live.
The creative projects I'm developing are not free to make, and they keep me on the coffee. Right now I have Membership price set to $10/month or $110/year (one month free if you pay for a whole year upfront.) It's a simple vote in favor of my work, my creating. It allows you access to more things I otherwise can't share publicly. Memberships will generate a little extra income for me as a creator, and gets you more involved.
The added benefits for Monthly Subscribers are just perks. The free work I’m already doing is the value. The support makes it sustainable for me. This is not value-based pricing or “charging what I’m worth.” This is simply the reasonable amount I’ve decided on that empowers me to keep doing what I’ve promised, which is to show up here several times a month to keep pointing us toward creativity, peacemaking, and ideas about place. Keep wandering home. Keep going.
You in? Join here.
Happy birthday to me,