Hi, my name is XinYi and this is Love Letters from a Creative Chimera: a newsletter & microblog capturing things, people, and ideas that have made me fall absolutely in love with life over and over again. This podcast is the audio companion where I read my letters out loud for those who prefer to listen rather than read. Read the original letters on http://creativechimera.substack.com!
Love Letters ✨💌 From A Creative Chimera
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Hi, my name is XinYi and this is Love Letters from a Creative Chimera: a newsletter & microblog capturing things, people, and ideas that have made me fall absolutely in love with life over and over again. This podcast is the audio companion where I read my letters out loud for those who prefer to listen rather than read. Read the original letters on http://creativechimera.substack.com!
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July 2, 2021
Love Letters ✨💌 EP05 - To: YOU - a small little reminder that your existence is important and an inspiration. Love, @creative.chimera
<p>Hey! You’ve got mail! This is letter number 5 of <strong>Love Letters from a Creative Chimera</strong>: a newsletter & microblog capturing things, people, and ideas that have made me fall absolutely in love with life over and over again. My name is XinYi and this podcast is where I read my letters for those who prefer to consume their content through audio rather than reading.</p> <p>I feel really strongly about this particular topic and letter so, without any further delays…</p> <p><strong>dearest reader,</strong></p> <blockquote>Your existence is important.<br> By being simply who you are without any further explanation or expectation, <strong>you validate someone else’s life.<br> </strong></blockquote> <p>This idea came to me when I saw a friend write about her personal dissatisfaction with her work. When compared to others, she didn’t feel as if she used her platform, voice, and art productively to spark conversations on social activism or rally change. And while I admired and fully supported her newfound aspiration for standing up, I also wanted her to know… she didn’t need to feel that her existing body of work (which consisted of warm paintings and tender photographs inspired and captured through her travels and unique cultural background) were meaningless by comparison.</p> <p>Because they aren’t.</p> <p>By simply being herself, exploring her interests, and creating joy, she is living proof that a person with any parallels to her story can live a beautiful life. And as someone who shares her narrative of an Asian upbringing, a passion for creating art, as well as a love for travel and cultural immersion, when I see her gifts to the world depicting any of these shared elements, it makes me feel connected to her (and, by extension, humanity) and deeply understood.</p> <p>But even if our lives did not eclipse each other’s as perfectly, some part of <strong>your</strong> story would still resonate with mine (and vice versa)! Because there exists a universal empathy for trauma and strife, just as there exists a universal familiarity for feelings of love (whether it is for something — a hobby, a place, a culture, or an idea — or for someone — platonically or romantically).</p> <p>This letter isn’t meant to discourage you from improving or developing yourself. Rather, if it is human nature to cycle between forgetting and remembering, this is your reminder:</p> <p>Your existence validates someone else’s, and you are an inspiration.</p> <p><strong>love,</strong></p> <p>a very forgetful & chaotic creative chimera</p> <p>ps. Yes, this letter was also supposed to double as a reminder to myself. :’)</p> <p>The reason why I feel so strongly about this topic is because I feel that by simply being good to ourselves and taking care of and protecting our mental health, we naturally generate more good energy. And that good energy is infectious so if you’re happy, you’ll probably uplift those around you. And if they’re uplifted, the energy keeps being passed forward. Everything they say about being able to produce your best work when you’re filled with joy — I 100% believe in it and hence why I feel like the greatest charity we can provide to the world is self development and self improvement. </p> <p>If this resonates with you, please reach out on instagram @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/creative.chimera/">creative.chimera</a> or visit my website at <a href="https://desktop.creative-chimera.com/">https://desktop.creative-chimera.com</a>! Let’s keep in touch!</p>
July 1, 2021
Love Letters ✨💌 EP04 - To: #BigKidEnergy - Remembering the Ultimate Joy of Play. Love, @creative.chimera
<p>Welcome back to letter number 4 of <strong>Love Letters from a Creative Chimera</strong>: a newsletter & microblog capturing things, people, and ideas that have made me fall absolutely in love with life over and over again. My name is XinYi and this podcast is where I read my letters for those who prefer to consume their content through audio rather than reading off a screen.</p> <p>About two summers back, I met my gemini twin flame and it sparked the beginning of a most wholesome friendship. A friendship so pure it reminded of the friendships you make in childhood, and that’s what inspired the whole concept behind what I’m about to explain. So here we go!</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>dearest elusive & illustrious #bigkidenergy,</strong></p> <p>Two summers ago I met my twin flame & gemini brother. ❤️🔥</p> <p>He lived so effortlessly outside the rules of society (e.g. foregoing a career as a graphic designer to pursue alternative possibilities for living), the inner rebel in me on-looked with such veracious admiration that our friendship inspired a renaissance of my childhood spirit: living without anxiety for the future, entertaining every curiosity with reckless innocence, and pursuing passions with the purest gush of sincerity that can only be described as the ultimate joy of play. ✨</p> <p>I think one of my greatest tragedy of growing up has been the repeated exposure to other people’s dreams & ideologies of success. I’ve wasted so much energy compensating for the trauma that I’ve inherited (due to a mix of America’s hustle culture shaken with an Asian upbringing) — brainwashed into a tiresome state of permanent dissatisfaction in the endless pursuit of perfection. And the worse part? I didn’t even personally care for the things I worried about! 😖 I’d just been told for so long that I needed to stress over these things (productivity, fame, material status, and excessive wealth), that I actually began to believe it.</p> <p>Then there was my gemini twin brother — blatantly ignoring these pre-prescribed routes to success, digging into his own soul to seek a path more aligned with his standards of integrity and interests. He embraced what I’ve now come to call #bigkidenergy (#BKE)!</p> <blockquote>What exactly is <strong>#BKE</strong><strong>?<br> <br> </strong>the force that drives you into a state of flow<br> <br> a sense of connectedness (either with oneself or someone else)<br> <br> living with ease (I once heard that success can be defined as “doing what you said you’d do with ease”)<br> <br> a healthy dose of boredom (the kind that inspires creativity)<br> <br> neophilia: an inquisitiveness for the unknown<br> <br> recognizing risks but taking them anyways<br> <br> a willingness to learn</blockquote> <p>[full letter can be read <a href="https://creativechimera.substack.com/publish/post/37641471">here</a>]</p> <p>I don’t have anything extra to add to this letter this time. I’d love to hear if this concept of #bigkidenergy resonates with you and how you’re practicing it in your everyday life! As always, you can reach out on instagram @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/creative.chimera/">creative.chimera</a> or visit my website at <a href="https://desktop.creative-chimera.com/">https://desktop.creative-chimera.com</a>! Hope to hear from you soon!</p>
June 27, 2021
Love Letters ✨💌 EP03 - To: Chicago - How a 5 week in stay in Chi Town made me fall in love with life again! Love, @creative.chimera
Hi! You’ve got mail! 💌 This is letter number 3 of Love Letters from a Creative Chimera: a newsletter & microblog capturing things, people, and ideas that have made me fall absolutely in love with life over and over again. My name is XinYi and this podcast is where I read my letters for those who prefer to consume their content through audio rather than reading off a screen. So in May of 2021 (just last month, if you’re listening in real time), I temporarily moved from Dallas to Chicago for 5 weeks to challenge myself to see if I was truly as adaptable as I believed myself to be. And the result? Well… you’re about to find out. 🌬 dearest windy city, Today I depart from Chicago after 5 weeks of a whirlwind of 10k+ steps/days, trudging through every imaginable spectrum of bone-chilling rainstorms to sweltering hot summers, fanatic sprinting to catch trains and buses, arranging hangouts with newfound friends, and nursing my sore throat post one too many indulgently deep and thought provoking conversations while hopelessly losing track of time… and I feel so much joy and so much hope, I could almost stay… almost. But I’m a neophiliac, and I’m drawn to change. Having been fortunate enough to travel as much as I have, I’ve come to accept that most cities are more or less the same — what makes them special and memorable are the people I meet. So here are just a few, in the order that I met them: [ 💌 full letter found on creativechimera.substack.com!] And of course, special shout out to the hubs for coming through at the end of the 3rd week so that we could do all the typical tourism things one normally does in Chi town together (the Cloud Gate/Bean at Millennium Park, the Riverwalk and Navy Pier, Lincoln Park Zoo, North Beach for views of the skyline, strolling the 606…). Chicago felt comfortable before his arrival, but having his company made Chicago feel, at last, like home. So, thank you, Chicago; thank you for a series of unexpectedly good weather (the weatherman kept promising gloomy and overcast skies but your unpredictability continually surprised me with sunny afternoons), continually wholesome conversations, and scars around my ankles from endless urban hikes. I won’t miss how how you dried out my eyes with your blustery forecast nor the shady night rides home on the train, but I’ll still miss you all the same. love, nowhere girl in Colorado If you’re wondering how I managed to find all these people to connect with, most of them were found from Asian Creative Network, a Facebook group I was invited to years back. I queried for the word “Chicago” up to 3 years back and just direct messaged everyone who has ever mentioned the word Chicago in a post or comment. I told them that I had just moved to Chicago and wanted some local recommendations of hidden gems! Of course, with the way that Facebook messenger is set up, getting a request from someone who isn’t already your friend is a little hidden so I expected the response rate to be a bit lower simply from this particular UX design. Because I personally don’t even use Facebook that much, for those who responded and was able to sustain a short but interesting conversation, I asked them to stay in touch through text. From there, I offered to meet up in person if they felt comfortable (given the COVID situation) and was equally interested! One of my fatal character flaws is that I’m an infamous snail mail replier which basically means I suck at keeping in contact digitally. So quality time is imperative for maintaining meaningful friendships for me. That’s why I preferred to meet these new friends if I could! Again, please please please check out any and all of these friends if you have the curiosity! If you’d like a personal introduction to any of them, feel free to message me @creative.chimera on instagram or comment on the original letter on creativechimera.substack.com! Until next time! Website @ https://desktop.creative-chimera.com
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