
Tomorrow marks one year since I started posting on Substack.
What began as a blog to help promote the Collide Press and Threadless shops has evolved into so much moreāa space for creative rebirth and personal reflection.
After years of only writing emailsāduring my corporate days/daze/phaseāSubstack helped me stretch my writing wings again.
Over the past twelve months, Iāve chronicled the end of one chapterāCollide Press becoming a one-man bandāand the beginning of anotherāthe rollercoaster ride of becoming a content creator and curator.
Who said āold dogsā canāt learn new tricks?
If you didnāt know, I founded Collide Press as a creative collective in 2022 with some friends and fellow LGBTQ creatives. For almost two years, we collaboratively created and curated art, design, and ephemera.
As the original Collide Press Crew left to work on other projects, I continued evolving our shared vision, on both Substack and YouTube.
This past year has been a whirlwind of changeāsome positive, some challenging, but all transformative. I'm deeply grateful for the supportive community that has cheered me on, both my IRL nears and dears and my online fans, followers, and friends.
Recently, a few fellow āold dogsā have reached out about startingāor restartingātheir own creativity journeys. Not that I know what much or what will work for anyone but (sometimes) myself, but I like to share two quotes that continue to inspire me and my creative processes and pursuits:
"Talent plus perseverance equals luck. Be ready when it happens.ā
Steven SoderberghāNobody knows anythingā¦. Not one personā¦knows for a certainty what's going to work. Every time out it's a guess and, if you're lucky, an educated one.ā
William Goldman
To me, the āsecretā is relatively simple:
If you have a creative itch, scratch it.
Whatās the worst that could happen?
You might fail, but at least you tried.
And whatās the best that could happen?
You might succeedā¦beyond your wildest dreams.
Iām currently livingādepending on the dayāsomewhere between those two extremes. But I am inching closer and closer to the latter by the day.
Dreams can and do come true. Usually when weāre busy doing other stuff.
Stay tuned for tomorrowās Part 3, where I'll reflect on what's next for me on Substack.
Thank you for being a friendā¦and a subscriber!
Clint šāļø
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ON THIS DAY = JANUARY 23
BIRTHDAYS
1737 = John Hancock = American general and politician
1832 = Ćdouard Manet = French painter
1881 = Luisa Casati = Italian aristocrat and patron of the arts š
1889 = Franklin Pangborn = American actor š
1898 = Randolph Scott = American actor š
190 = Dan Duryea = American actor and singer
1910 = Irene Sharaff = American costume designer š
1916 = David Douglas Duncan = American photographer and journalist
1919 = Ernie Kovacs = American actor and game show host
1920 = Walter Frederick Morrison = American Frisbee inventor
1922 = Leon Golub = American painter and academic
1923 = Walter M. Miller, Jr. = American soldier and author
1933 = Chita Rivera = American actor, singer, and dancer
1943 = Gil Gerard = American actor
1950 = Richard Dean Anderson = American actor, producer, and composer
1953 = Robin Zander = American singer-songwriter
1964 = Jonatha Brooke = American singer-songwriter
1964 = Mariska Hargitay = American actor and producer
EVENTS
1943 = Casablanca is released in theaters.
1976 = Police raid the Club Baths of Montreal on the eve of the Montreal Olympics. Thirteen people are arrested and charged as found-ins in a common bawdyhouse, a charge usually reserved for prostitution in Canada.
1977 = The ABC miniseries Roots premieres.
1983 = The A-Team premieres on NBC.
1985 = Madonna releases āMaterial Girlā as a single.
1986 = The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts its first members: Little Richard, Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, Fats Domino, The Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley.
HOLIDAYS + OBSERVANCES
PORTRAIT + QUOTE OF THE DAY
āI'm a great believer in fate.
I think things happen in spite of, and despite, yourself.ā
Randolph Scott
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My thanks for your posts and videos. They have been interesting, helpful, and at times downright inspiring. Not may sites are as open as you are about who you are and what you are thinking, and more importantly to us viewers the incredible content, written and videos, that you have offered to us to watch, enjoy, be inspired by and learn from. I always am excited when I get an email notifying me that you have content for me to read and links for more content from you.
I have confidence in you, Clint. Follow your intuition and gut feelings.