Laurel Schwulst

🌸🌸 Hi everyone, Happy almost summer! This season, we are excited to begin announcing some classes — “Sense to Sense” is an online writing and publishing class about translation and the senses. Over five weeks, participants will engage in readings and discussion about the five senses and explore what it means to carry sensations over into written form. How can a fragrance become a poem? What are the different ways to write an image, or to document a sound? Ursula Le Guin says all writing is a form of translation, from the perceptual into language. Renee Gladman notes, “Translation is amazing, because it presumes there is something that needs to be carried from one place to another. But where is that thing?” We’ll look toward the senses to expand our use of language, to break us out of writing ruts, and to strengthen our voices. By the end of class, we’ll collect and publish some of our writings into a printed publication. Since the class is online, we’ll experiment with the constraints of being in different locations to produce something physical that travels and unites us. This class is taught by Meg Miller & Laurel Schwulst and takes place virtually over Zoom for two consecutive days of the week (Sunday & Monday) for five weeks. *** This class meets virtually for ten sessions over the course of five weeks. Sessions happen on Sunday evenings (7-8pm EST) for reading discussion, and Monday evenings (7-9pm EST) for exercises, sharing work, and publication making. Specific dates: 7.5, 7.6, 7.12, 7.13, 7.19, 7.20, 7.26, 7.27, 8.2, 8.3. As maybe some of you know, we ran this class last summer in NYC, and it was so much fun. We are curious to explore it as an online version. We invite anyone interested to apply to Sense to Sense. Applications are due on Monday, June 15, 2026 at 11:59pm EST. More info about Sense to Sense: https://ultralight.school/classes/sense-to-sense-summer2026 (Link in bio) Does that make sense? Please write us with any questions: [email protected]. 🌸🌸 Teachers: @meggmillerr , @roombaghost School: @library_of_light

june and friends in the big apple and beyond 🍎🌌

on occasion of the first are.na community newspaper, i am offering: ** are.na pairing service ** connects people on are.na based on compatible interests and a special je ne sais quoi. pairing could be for friendship, romance, creative partnership, and/or even simply a nice conversation. anyone interested can fill out a form (linked in bio) answering some questions to provide some context as to why they’re interested in pairing and pay the $20 fee, by april 1, 2026. after this, i will make pairings over email. thanks! thanks to meg miller and are.na for supporting. thanks to shea fitzpatrick and many other amazing people i’ve encountered through are.na for inspiration. and thanks to min guhong for video production! @aredotna

Hi everyone! On occasion of the first Are.na Community Newspaper, I am offering: ** Are.na Pairing Service ** connects people on Are.na based on compatible interests and a special je ne sais quoi. Pairing could be for friendship, romance, creative partnership, and/or even simply a nice conversation. Anyone interested can fill out a form (linked in my bio), answering some questions to provide some context as to why they’re interested in pairing and pay the $20 fee, by April 1st. After this, I will make pairings over email. Thanks! Thanks to @aredotna and @meggmillerr for supporting! And to @sheafitz and many other beautiful spirits I’ve met through Are.na over the years for inspiration. ** Also for anyone who might be new to Are.na or my enthusiasm for it, it’s a rare place and tool online that has somehow been incredibly woven into my practice for the last decade and more. I originally joined in 2012 and realized it was the perfect tool for my teaching practice which started in 2013. The platform is completely member supported, which makes it much different in values and feeling than something like Instagram, to say the least. It’s also run by a small team of people I know personally, and if anyone is curious to learn more of its history you can look up an interview I did with Charles Broskoski on @thecreativeindependent . Anyways, I am grateful to have met some of my most important collaborators through Are.na over this time. If we are going to use platforms, we might as well try to spend most time on ones that feel most in tune 🌟🌟

another St. Louis @aredotna  meetup [more info below] & another poster by me & @roombaghost ** sunny cyanotype to a very inky risograph **

✨🔵 Please join us this Saturday for another St. Louis Are.na Meetup, winter 2026 edition 🔵✨ Saturday, February 28, 2026 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Sam Fox Gallery 6128 Delmar Blvd, St. Louis Everyone is welcome! We’ll hang, talk about Are.na, share projects, etc. Coffee and croissants will be provided. Hosted by Bradley Spudich & Laurel Schwulst at Sam Fox Gallery ✨ @aredotna 🎑 @washu_samfoxgallery 🟠 @bspdch 🟢 @roombaghost *** What? We are organizing a meetup / gathering connected to Are.na. What’s Are.na? Are.na is a website, https://are.na, and many other things… The people who run Are.na describe it this way: ( 1 ) online software for saving and organizing the content that is important to you ( 2 ) a toolkit for assembling new worlds from the scraps of the old And people who use Are.na describe it as “playlists, but for ideas” or an “Internet memory palace.” For us, it’s how we have been cultivating some of our favorite ideas and perhaps more importantly, meeting some of our favorite people associated with them… *** When? Saturday, February 28, 2026 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Coffee and croissants at 11am. Starting at 11:15am, we’ll host some channel walkthroughs! *** Where? Sam Fox Gallery 6128 Delmar Blvd. St. Louis, MO 63112 *** Who? All are welcome. This event is hosted by @roombaghost  and @bspdch  and inspired by @aredotna , and kindly hosted in St. Louis by @washu_samfoxgallery . We are also thankful to @theluminaryarts  for hosting our first meetup last fall. *** Why? It will be fun to see who is curious about or uses Are.na in the St. Louis area... Also, it’s a great opportunity to get to know each other and our city! See you there and then! 🔵✨

happy new year and Q1 from me and june! 🌟💫

Hi everyone, We’re organizing another St. Louis Are.na Meetup, winter 2026 edition ~ ✨🔵 Please join us 🔵✨ Saturday, February 28, 2026 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Sam Fox Gallery 6128 Delmar Blvd, St. Louis Everyone is welcome! We’ll hang, talk about Are.na, share projects, etc. Coffee and croissants will be provided. Hosted by Bradley Spudich & Laurel Schwulst at Sam Fox Gallery ✨ @aredotna 🎑 @washu_samfoxgallery 🟠 @bspdch 🟢 @roombaghost *** What? We are organizing a meetup / gathering connected to Are.na. What’s Are.na? Are.na is a website, https://are.na, and many other things… The people who run Are.na describe it this way: ( 1 ) online software for saving and organizing the content that is important to you ( 2 ) a toolkit for assembling new worlds from the scraps of the old And people who use Are.na describe it as “playlists, but for ideas” or an “Internet memory palace.” For us, it’s how we have been cultivating some of our favorite ideas and perhaps more importantly, meeting some of our favorite people associated with them… *** When? Saturday, February 28, 2026 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Coffee and croissants at 11am. Starting at 11:15am, we’ll host some channel walkthroughs! *** Where? Sam Fox Gallery 6128 Delmar Blvd. St. Louis, MO 63112 *** Who? All are welcome. This event is hosted by @roombaghost and @bspdch and inspired by @aredotna , and kindly hosted in St. Louis by @washu_samfoxgallery . We are also thankful to @theluminaryarts for hosting our first meetup last fall. *** Why? It will be fun to see who is curious about or uses Are.na in the St. Louis area... Also, it’s a great opportunity to get to know each other and our city! See you there and then! 🔵✨

#profmode fall 2025 🍃✨⚡️

We’re closing out this year’s Interjection Calendar with a selection of perfume reviews (poems) by Perfume Area. This year’s Calendar has been guest edited by Racheal Crowther. Read in link in bio 🔗 Perfume Area is a fragrance review project written and directed by Sydney Shen (b. 1989) and Laurel Schwulst (b. 1988). Each review is a “prose pocket world,” lyrical and written in second person, like a tour through an imagined landscape. Image Description: A series of screenshots stating — ‘Fall/Winter 2025’ by Perfume Area, including a selection of text from the Interjection Calendar.

☀️ Please join us for the first ever St. Louis Are.na Meetup! ☀️ Saturday, November 15, 2025 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. The Luminary 2701 Cherokee Street, St. Louis Everyone is welcome! We’ll hang, maybe take a walk down Cherokee Street if good weather, and share projects. Snacks will be provided. Hosted by Bradley Spudich & Laurel Schwulst at The Luminary 🌌 @aredotna ✨ @theluminaryarts 🪨 @bspdch 🍃 @laurel_world_time *** What? We are organizing a meetup / gathering connected to Are.na. What’s Are.na? Are.na is a website, https://are.na, and many other things… The people who run Are.na describe it this way: ( 1 ) online software for saving and organizing the content that is important to you ( 2 ) a toolkit for assembling new worlds from the scraps of the old And people who use Are.na describe it as “playlists, but for ideas” or an “Internet memory palace.” For us, it’s how we have been cultivating some of our favorite ideas and perhaps more importantly, meeting some of our favorite people associated with them… *** When? Saturday, November 15, 2025 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. *** Where? The Luminary 2701 Cherokee Street St. Louis, MO 63118 Our meetup will be indoors at The Luminary, so we can meet no matter the weather ☀️ Also starting at 2 p.m. at the Luminary is a special roundtable conversation about artist-run spaces and the role of the artist/curator! Feel free to stick around for that, and make sure to RSVP on The Luminary’s website! *** Who? All are welcome. This event is hosted by @laurel_world_time and @bspdch and inspired by @aredotna , and kindly hosted in St. Louis by @theluminaryarts . *** Why? It will be fun to see who is curious about or uses Are.na in the St. Louis area. Also, perhaps we can get to know The Luminary, our own city, and the wonderful people who inhabit it better… See you there and then! 🌾

if you’re in st. louis, you are very welcome to attend my talk at washu happening this thursday at 11:30am in the plant room (kuehner court) in weill hall ! 🍃 i’ll share about my teaching practice, ultralight school, and some other things… ⚡️💫🌟 see you then & there ✨ we are also planning on recording the talk for publishing afterwards in some way 🎑

(Update: Rain check! We paused this event due to inclement weather. We will be rescheduling this soon. Stay tuned!) Please join us for the first ever St. Louis Are.na Meetup! 🌾 Saturday, October 18, 2025 12 – 3 p.m. South End of the Arch Everyone is welcome! We’ll lounge in the grass, chat, and share projects. Snacks will be provided. Hosted by Bradley Spudich & Laurel Schwulst ✨ @aredotna 🪨 @bspdch 🍃 @st_laurel_official *** What? We are organizing a meetup / gathering connected to Are.na. What’s Are.na? Are.na is a website, https://are.na, and many other things… The people who run Are.na describe it this way: ( 1 ) online software for saving and organizing the content that is important to you ( 2 ) a toolkit for assembling new worlds from the scraps of the old And people who use Are.na describe it as “playlists, but for ideas” or an “Internet memory palace.” For us, it’s how we have been cultivating some of our favorite ideas and perhaps more importantly, meeting some of our favorite people associated with them… *** When? Saturday, October 18, 2025 12 – 3 p.m. *** Where? Gateway Arch National Park South End of the Arch Feel free to bring a picnic blanket! We’ll be lounging on the grass nearby the Arch. *** Who? All are welcome. Also, thanks to @pete.holohan and the WashU print shop for helping us print our fliers on the riso machine! This event is hosted by @st_laurel_official and @bspdch and inspired by @aredotna . *** Why? It will be fun to see who is curious about or uses Are.na in the St. Louis area. Also, perhaps we can explore and get to know the Arch, our own city, and the wonderful people who inhabit it better… See you there and then! 🌾