A Year On Substack (Part 2)

Words Of Wisdom On The Rollercoaster...So Far

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 more—a space for creative rebirth and personal reflection.

After years of only writing emails—during my corporate days/daze/phase—Substack helped me stretch my writing wings again.

Over the past twelve months, I’ve chronicled the end of one chapter—Collide Press becoming a one-man band—and the beginning of another—the rollercoaster ride of becoming a content creator and curator.

Who said “old dogs” can’t learn new tricks?

If you didn’t 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 change—some 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 “old dogs” have reached out about starting—or restarting—their 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.”
Steven Soderbergh

“Nobody knows anything…. Not one person…knows for a certainty what's going to work. Every time out it's a guess and, if you're lucky, an educated one.”
William Goldman

To me, the “secret” is relatively simple:
If you have a creative itch, scratch it.

What’s the worst that could happen?
You might fail, but at least you tried.

And what’s the best that could happen?
You might succeed…beyond your wildest dreams.

I’m currently living—depending on the day—somewhere 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 we’re busy doing other stuff.

Stay tuned for tomorrow’s Part 3, where I'll reflect on what's next for me on Substack.

Thank you for being a friend…and a subscriber!
Clint 🌈✌️

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ON THIS DAY = JANUARY 23

BIRTHDAYS

• 1737 = John Hancock = American general and politician

• 1832 = Édouard Manet = French painter

• 1881 = Luisa Casati = Italian aristocrat and patron of the arts 🌈

• 1889 = Franklin Pangborn = American actor 🌈

• 1898 = Randolph Scott = American actor 🌈

• 190 = Dan Duryea = American actor and singer

• 1910 = Irene Sharaff = American costume designer 🌈

• 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 “Material Girl” 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

• National Handwriting Day

• National Pie Day

PORTRAIT + QUOTE OF THE DAY

“I'm a great believer in fate.
I think things happen in spite of, and despite, yourself.”
Randolph Scott

ON SUBSTACK + YOUTUBE

• NSFW + Pioneers + Pride + SFW

ON YOUTUBE

• Playlists + Streams + Videos

MORE FROM COLLIDE PRESS
Bluesky + Ko-Fi + Linktree + Shop
+ Storefront + Threadless + YouTube