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2017 repost ~ Hang in there

#tbt June 2017, Seattle. Choices, choices. (We've been told that this one is still up...)

🔥🐴FORMS OF LONGING VALENTINE'S/LUNAR NEW YEAR FLASH SALE! ❤️ If Valentine's left you yearning, or you're wondering how to start this new year 🐎🧧~ The Form of Longing (Form WNT-1S) is a seven-step process for naming, identifying, and processing your want, craving, or desire. Embossed with the Department of Emotional Labor logo in the corner, now printed on 80lb cardstock. On sale until March 3, 2026: $13.69 for 3 Forms, comes in an official Department of Emotional Labor stamped envelope. L1nk above / shipping in March 2026 (The full @weirdsideprojects shop will briefly reopen in mid 2026). 🍓Tag someone who understands longing or needs to understand it~ art direction: @benmillion hand model: @victoriagraphicarray

HI I EXTENDED THE @weirdsideprojects shop until Dec 31, 2025 because y'all are FULL OF LONGING and completely SMASHED my previous one-day sales record??? *SHOP IS OPEN NOW UNTIL DECEMBER 31, 2025 FOR PREORDERS ONLY, WITH ALL ORDERS SHIPPING IN JANUARY 2026* The shop has projects for longing, but also reminders for gentle encouragement, exploring the creative process, letting go, and starting over (and again). Street signs, postcards, stickers, and even more forms: shop.weirdsideprojects.com 📦 US shipping 🇺🇸 + I have now added shipping to Canada 🇨🇦! I'll update other countries for international shipping next year, please comment below with your country or email me through the shop contact link (no DMs, they're getting lost) if you want an individual quote and I'll figure it out in January~ 👋 also hi to the 1k+ new followers and big thanks to everyone who has bought my work, shared it IRL or online, or bumped it up the algorithm - it's just me here, I really appreciate it. Thanks for supporting living artists while we're still here, I'm gonna go lie down now. The Forms of Longing are just a preview for the eventual return of the Department of Emotional Labor (2019) in 2026. The Department of Emotional Labor thanks you for your support in this time.

I made a new Form of Longing, a seven-step process for naming, identifying, and processing your want, craving, or desire—helping you either take the first step towards it or perhaps make peace with its absence. Hand-embossed with the logo as another official release from the Department of Emotional Labor. There are a handful of Forms of Longing still in my Weird Side Projects online shop (the surprise bestseller this round, despite me not posting), and if you get the set of 5 forms they come in a custom DoEL envelope. The shop closes for the holiday season on T̶u̶e̶s̶d̶a̶y̶,̶ ̶D̶e̶c̶ ̶1̶6̶,̶ ̶2̶0̶2̶5̶ [EDIT: extended until Dec 31, 2025 for preorders shipping in Jan 2026!] at shop.weirdsideprojects.com // 🖇️ in ☣️ NYC folks: You can also buy individual forms at @tempest.gallery in Ridgewood ~ 𝙏𝙀𝙈𝙋𝙀𝙎𝙏 1642 Weirfield St. Ridgewood, NY 11385 Gallery Hours: Wed-Sat 1-6pm 🏢 Also, a quiet announcement that the Department of Emotional Labor (2019, cut short by 2020) will be evolving and returning in 2026. The Department thanks you for your patience in this time.

Thanks so much to @no_proscenium / @kathrynyu for featuring my work in their 2025 Gift Guide! Have you ever worked on a creative project for a long time, and realized you can't continue anymore? Maybe it's too expensive to finish, not fun anymore, or the moment has passed. The Unfinished Projects Release Form walks you through the process of letting go of your unfinished creative project, but still acknowledge that your time and effort mattered. Comes in booklets of 10. INSTRUCTIONS: After filling out, keep the bottom form. Destroy the top form. You are now free. P.S. if you need a little more guidance in your creative decision-making, check out the Project Impasse Toolkit, a (very) limited edition collaboration with my friend @kellianderson On sale until Dec 16, 2025! . . . . . . #GiftGuide2025 #CreativeProcess #artobject

[EDIT: Extended for preorders only until Dec 31, 2025! Any orders placed Dec 17-31 will ship Jan 2026] Weird Side Projects Holiday Sale! Opening my @weirdsideprojects shop for the winter with gifts and reminders for gentle encouragement, letting go, and starting over (and again). This round includes a new Form of Longing from the Department of Emotional Labor, a mere handful of Project Impasse Toolkits, some discounted CAUTION sign seconds, along with the favorite street signs, forms, postcards, stickers, and more. Orders ship within 7 days from NYC (US shipping only) Shop closes December 16th, 2025 🔗 in bio · · · #supportsmallbiz #shopsmall #holidaygifts #artistsoninstagram #smallbatch #independentartist #designobjects #textbasedart #publicartprojects #nycartist

I'm giving an artist talk at WordHack next week! I'll be talking about the progress for Working Artist Board Game (my board game about being a working artist under capitalism), a new Form of Longing from the Department of Emotional Labor (currently on hiatus cause of staffing issues*), and other stories as objects / objects as stories. NYC IRL tickets: 🔗 in ☣️ (tix usually sell out!) (Will be livestreamed on Twitch for folks out of town, no ticket necessary) *I'm staffing issues, it's just me

"How's your little art hobby?" and more for Working Artist Board Game, my ongoing board game about being a working artist under capitalism. Having thoroughly Jumanji'd myself into my own game, in the last few playtests I overhauled the board design and actions per turn, added new mechanics such as Burnout and Day Job, and a lot more player-to-player interactions (the clear player favorite is that if you run into another player and *remember* to say "I like your work!" they gain Morale.) More details and BTS updates, research, and playtest invites are sent out in my private email list (sign up link above in bio)! Sending it out this week if you're on the list already~ 📸 3 from @thekatalysts from the playtests at @worldsinplay #WorkingArtistBoardGame

The Weird Side Projects shop is closing tomorrow - last chance to get any of these signs, stickers, forms, and more in the 10th Anniversary Sale! 🔗 shop.weirdsideprojects.com

Thanks to @designboom and @boingboing for featuring the Unfinished Projects Release Form - a permission slip for letting go of an incomplete creative project, but still acknowledge that your work and effort matters. INSTRUCTIONS: After filling out and signing, destroy the top form. Keep the bottom form. You are now free. To celebrate 10 years of Weird Side Projects, I'm releasing some new work in a special 10th anniversary sale! Shop now extended until June 21, 2025 🔗shop.weirdsideprojects.com 🔥new product photos by @alisonluntz

The ATTENTION: YOU ARE WONDERFUL AND DESERVE EVERY HAPPINESS sign is my favorite sign (and most popular) of the @weirdsideprojects signs! I first came up with the ATTENTION sign in July 2016, and then went around installing each one by myself around Seattle or when I traveled to different places. I define delight as the intersection of positive and unexpected, and this is something delightful I would want someone to come across in their city.  I did finally did a @kickstarter for the signs in 2018, and over 400 shipped signs later, I love seeing where other folks install it! Every time I see a photo of a sign out in the wild, I do a quick double-take - wait, I didn't install that one myself! And I didn’t have to! It makes me so happy that the project has grown and can be shared with so many other people. ✨ Here are just a few places the ATTENTION sign has ended up: 1) The sign I first installed in Minneapolis, MN (2017) 2) From Larry (Kickstarter backer) put up in Massachusetts (2019) 3) photo by @Normanscale , permanent official installation at @gravitycolumbus , Ohio (2019) 4) At @heimaostudio ‘s studio in Seattle (next to a lot of my other favorite artists!) 5) Briefly up at @houseofyesnyc (2024) 6) Sold in the @newmuseumstore , NYC (2019) 7/8) Featured spread in @psych_today , January/February 2022 issue 9) In a spread in @seattlemag (2017) 10) Bonus: when my install was mistaken for an official city of Minneapolis street sign (and then stayed up for 2+ years) Yes, the sign does last for at least 7 years outside (just like the manufacturer says)! (P.S. I love seeing photos of the signs if you ever want to DM or tag me!) 🪧To celebrate 10 years of Weird Side Projects, I'm releasing some new work in special 10th Anniversary sale! Shop open until May 31, 2025 🔗 • • • • • • #WeirdSideProjects #IndieArtist #StreetArtDaily #ShopSmall #SupportIndieArtists #SeattleArtist #PNWArtist #Seattle, #AprilSoetarman, #LimitedEditionArt #ArtStickers #StickerShop #ArtistsOfInstagram #NewYork #NewYorkArtist #aapiartist #asianamericanartist #writing #shortstories #aapimonth #smallbusiness #smallbusinessowner