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Splash No. 139 - Letter on Letters

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Subscribe Past Issues RSS Translate View this email in your browser A Letter on Letters Many moons ago, when saving the USPS was the most important thing on Instagram stories, I acquired several books of stamps, convinced that my small sticky purchase would single-handedly save snail mail. With those stamps, I planned to write letters to my friends. I gathered addresses of friends across the country, organized them into a spreadsheet, and laid everything out perfectly! And five months later (a few weeks ago), I realized that I had only sent out a single letter. Recently, I decided to return to my letter writing practice, in hopes of stopping the spats of writer’s block that I had been encountering recently. And write I did! Over the course of a week, I wrote four letters, letting my mind go, in a stream of consciousness that I can’t imagine made any sense. I was able to write more freely and more easily than in any other form. Rather than having to imagine a diverse audience for

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