We believe in fantasy. We believe in value. We believe in free housing and free food. We believe in money used creatively and worlds without waste. We are here to do because doing must be done.
We are not interested in reputation worship. We act on behalf of those who want to share their creations but do not want to become content. We are all leaning on the ruins of empire. We are individuals who have committed to discovering something new amidst these constraints.
We believe one way to refuse the dogmatic lies of churches and men is to innovate. To practice. To do because we can. We do not believe in fitting in. We have found that even the most alternative brands expect their constituents to blend into the dominant culture. We do not seek advertisement and frown upon the world that requires it.
We are not at peace with our highly inadequate American circumstances. The perfumes and machineries of capital prevent us from peace. Because of this, we enjoy our anonymity. But we do not wish to mystify and obfuscate. That is the empire's job. Instead, we believe in protection. We believe in earning trust. We believe in enchantment. Capitalism has killed our loved ones. Capitalism has killed our loved ones' loved ones. Through this lens, we act.
"Enchantment is not the same as mystification. One is the ordinary magic of all that exists existing for its own sake, the other an insidious con. Mystification blurs the simple facts of the shared world to prevent us from changing it." Anne Boyer, The Undying
Because we plan to share our data and our notebooks, there is room for error and ego and profitable temptations. Only if we find that our contributions to the "art world" bring more logic to our sickbeds will we continue to share our findings.
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Our greatest motivators for this entity come from the worlds and worldbuilders we have encountered along the way. This includes
DoDIY.org, Kate Schapira and her
Climate Anxiety Counseling, two webmasters who were generous enough to give us HTML feedback when this website was in its earliest stages: Jacob Berendes at
Fujichia and
Jake McKelvie,
The Mules,
Gossip's Web,
tilde.team, and The Dream Mami's
Worldbuilding School.
We give extensive thanks to Cassie Lopez, who has been hosting us on their servers since 2019.