Time Capsule #13: CALLING FOR RICE RECIPES, poem about nuance, and Kowloon 20 years ago

Don't be shy and drop something in the time capsule!

Welcome to my Time Capsule project, where I save and reshare old pieces of writing, art and other creations. The purpose behind this project is so that created pieces don’t live and die by the algorithm, and live on continually to be enjoyed by others without forcing creators to be on the hamster wheel of creation.

Will you join me? You can drop anything in the time capsule, but this week, I’m calling for your favourite rice-based recipes.

Hi, I’m Lucy Dan (she/her) and this week, I’m rewatching Elementary¹, started 3 of 6 new episodes of Black Mirror², and sharpened my knives. The thing about sharpening knives is that you don’t notice how bad it’s gotten because it’s gradual, but then you sharpen them and then everything works more smoothly. I imagine self-care for ourselves is similar. Even if we are not knives.³

Nuance

I may advocate
for nuance,
but you don’t get
to manipulate that commitment
to ask me
to forgive violence
I’ve experienced
as a child,
from an adult.

As much as I see nuance,
as much as I advocate
for seeing the grey,

I beg
of you
to stop pushing me
towards defending
my own aggressor’s stance
at the expense of my own.

Why?

I spent over two decades
defending that stance,
protecting an adult
as a child,
rather than having
been protected
by an adult
for being a child.

I spent over two decades
empathizing and trying my best
to support where resources were absent,
but you mustn’t forget
that I wasn’t an adult then,
and I had to embody a set of nuances
far beyond what a child should have encountered.

How cruel it is to use this
as a “gotcha” moment to say
“oh but, you aren’t truly always embracing nuance”
by locking into the one mechanism
that kept me in an abusive situation
for more than two decades,
when again and again
I could have escaped
had I not been pressured
to embrace the nuance
you’re asking me
to hold
for someone
who never
returned the favour.

Time Capsule

• What twt:AllLifeDesigns1 loves about being a teacher: You get to know the kids as individuals. They’re all very unique and have a ton to offer everyone. It’s really fun to see them grow up to when they come back to visit.

• aliens visit earth

• commissions from twt:konekoyash

• hand-butter-churner

• egg

• a normal day in Kowloon 20 years ago

• What twt:Zoanne_art loves about art!: I guess making art that can tell stories with my little gremlin ocs Im randomly inspired to make (there's a million other things too but that one is like the simplest most enjoyable part for me I think)

From Last Week

1. I’m continually amazed by their ability to develop characters, and the depth of the experience described surrounding Sherlock’s addiction. Out of all of the versions of Sherlock Holmes I’ve seen (e.g., BBC, Enola Holmes series), the addiction is but a footnote; and Sherlock is described as being able to dabble as a mind-enhancing practice without it stumbling over the threshold into addiction. Elementary Sherlock, however, is human. He is smart, he has strong senses; but he is human, subject to human feelings, human experiences, human flaws.

2. Episode 1 was a strong start to a comeback! Episode 2 was 2 eerie 4 me, but really well done. Episode 3 was far too slow and really fucked up. It’s Black Mirror, after all!

3. Unless, of course, you are sentient knife, in which case hi.