Reasons to Stay Alive

Times are hard. Brains are harder. We’re feeling it, and y’all probably are too.

Joe’s been doing a series on our Instagram called “reasons to stay alive.” It’s fun, a great glimpse behind the curtain of Microcosmic happenings, sometimes it’s serious, and it makes a great list.

If you want to easily scroll through, check out the reels tab on our Instagram page.

Or, if you’re a list person like us, here are the reasons we’ve found thusfar, just in case you need it too:

• Trolling the spammers
• Pride! And Pride flags!
• Friends. And making things other people find value in.
• Weird art experiments (and free payphones)
• Allies (especially right now, oof)
• More cool public art
• MOAR ART
• Yard sales (note from Abby: my entire reason for being)
• When you get that letter from a pen pal where they tell you how much you and your work means to them
• Baristas and book recs
• Supportive friends and unfucking

Still looking for a reason to get out of bed and keep kicking ass? We’ve got a book for you.