I'd Like to Send You A Thank-You Gift!
Dear Friends,
It is the season of gratitude, and I am feeling deeply grateful to all of you. As readers you have given me the abundant gift of your attention and encouragement, transforming my writing and my life. In this challenging moment, I feel the importance of friendship, community, and connection more than ever.
In appreciation, I want to send you a return gift! I’d like to send you something tactile and material, something that makes its way through the mail: a postcard spell for anyone reading this, and copy of Free Words with special thanks for anyone who is a paid subscriber.
— Sal
Free Words for my Generous Paid Subscribers
I am grateful beyond words for the support and encouragement of my paid subscribers. Nothing I write has been behind a paywall, so I have been particularly moved by your open-hearted generosity.
I’ve been thinking of ways to express my thanks. Let me send you a copy of my book, Free Words. It’s something you can’t buy anywhere—it can only be found in the wild or offered as a gift.
All you need to do is email me with your postal address (I won’t use this for anything else). Since most of you are reading this as an email, you can simply reply and it will reach me. If you are reading in the app or prefer, you can find me at: salrandolph [at] substack.com.
If you are a founding member (extra thank-you!) I’ll send you two, one to keep and one to give away.
If you’re not a paid subscriber yet, you can upgrade any time before the end of November and I’ll include you in my trips to the post office.
A Spell for Any Reader
Not long ago I wrote a spell for all of us, a kind of prayer or incantation. Just now I’ve made it into a postcard and I’d love to send this postcard-spell to anyone reading this.
As above, all you need to do is give me your postal address (I won’t use this for anything else).You can simply reply to this email or write me at: salrandolph [at] substack.com.
As a reader, you are my inspiration. Thank you!
How are you doing these days? What are you feeling grateful for?
Further adventures and new ways of seeing can be found in my book, The Uses of Art.
Artist Sal Randolph’s THE USES OF ART is a memoir of transformative encounters with works of art, inviting readers into new methods of looking that are both liberating and emboldening.
Dazzlingly original, ferociously intelligent.
— Michael Cunningham
A joyful, dazzling treasure-box of a book.
— Bonnie Friedman
Here’s a guide, to waking up, over and over again.
— Roshi Pat Enkyo O’Hara
so kind and thoughtful.