First poetic crowdsourced artifact of 2026.
Added 2026-01-01 03:57:08 +0000 UTCThis morning, the first day of 2026, I left my family behind in the dawn hours and went down to the water to send off to sea the ash-pile of wishes and nightmares that the children had burned to a quiet crisp at midnight.
Post here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/147072897?utm_campaign=postshare_creator
At around 7:30am NZ time I went live for the patrons - for whoever happened to be there, online, to witness the moment - and as I wandered into the ephemeral sea, Amanda WouldGo grabbed this screenshot.
I was going to delete the entire live - and I did - but the fact that she grabbed and sent me this perfect little artifact is the most beautiful new poem of the new story of the new year.
Here I go again, into the wild, into the voyage, with my community there to catch the spark.
2026, I already love you.
The ash of 2025 has been dispersed all through the ocean now, lost to time.
Sheβs everywhere.
We begin again.
Iβll see you all soon.
I am only gradually starting to understand how important all 24,000 of you are to me. And I thought I already knew.
Xx
Comments
It was so nice to be there with you. Happy New Year to everyone β€οΈ
Rebecca Ryan
2026-01-02 08:33:15 +0000 UTCLove to you, Sadie.
Amanda Palmer
2026-01-01 19:58:42 +0000 UTCHappy New Year, all! Very glad to be a part of this 24,000. Keeping the kindness, compassion, and creativity going, you are. I feel Amanda's and the children's ash pile nourishing the oceans and the Earth. Matter and energy changing hands, nothing ever destroyed. It's a 10 year, is 2026. Time to leave the past and make room for some big, positive changes in the collective. Let's go!
Joanne Sprott
2026-01-01 17:41:25 +0000 UTCπ π
marciπ¦
2026-01-01 15:32:45 +0000 UTC[padded cell emoji]
Craig Baker
2026-01-01 14:40:06 +0000 UTCwhat a weird fucking year dude π³ π« π€©
Anna Foden
2026-01-01 10:43:26 +0000 UTCI was sad to miss that one, I was engaged in a busy, not too frantic day, and had my ringer off when you did the live, missing it by ~40 minutes. Progress, work, interpersonal dynamics, maybe some art tomorrow .. start the new year on that note. It's been one fuck of a ride, you made a hell of a difference in my ability to survive this one *as has everyone here in this beautiful space* I remember so well, meeting at the '24 Ig as the world was about to go dark, the DD show at roadrunner just before it did, and my sense of dread and determination at the outset of '25. We are resisting, we are making art and supporting each other, we are marking the casualties and not forgetting. I did research this week, have spring projects in mind, the arrow of time carries us along. I'm wishing I was there, not unhappy to be here.
Sadie
2026-01-01 04:57:09 +0000 UTCAnd we are still coming to understand, all 24,000 of us, just how important you are, to us. You matter. Your Art matters. That we so matter to you, matters, so.
Dea
2026-01-01 04:17:06 +0000 UTCLet the whole of 2026 be a refrain-filled poem.
Amanda WouldGo
2026-01-01 04:15:21 +0000 UTC2026 - your 18th year in my life. My love for you could vote! May there be poetry everywhere you go. π©·
Angel Rosen
2026-01-01 04:11:45 +0000 UTCHappy New Year to everyone!
Coriander Wolfgang Rainbeaux
2026-01-01 04:04:00 +0000 UTC
