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Asocial Media

I make things and leave them places (a Little Free Library or a local coffee shop or a local French bakery or stashed amongst the books at a local bookstore) for other people to find. I don’t know what happens after that. It adds a sense of mystery and intrigue.

Color photo of some hand-made books on a table.
Parts for some hand-made books — pages, covers, and glue.

I create things I need to create. I guess in some sense I make things for somebody else, though not for some specific somebody else. For me, creating something and leaving it in the world completes the process. The dopamine rush comes from making and leaving, not from some affirmation or condemnation in the form of likes or dislikes, follows or unfollows, thumbs up or thumbs down.

Color photo of a few handmade books on a table, two are open.
Recently finished hand-made books, soon to be left somewhere.

I guess I would call this a type of a-social media.