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2 women,
1 friendship,
2 letters per week


An exploration of writing, conversation, collaboration, and curation.

Rog & Shinch a creative space for two

Jan 25
Jan 25 Week 17: Side Doors & Dark Theaters

Sarah Pearson

ON WORKING IN SOLITUDE, SLEEPING THROUGH ART, AND THE FAILURE OF WORDS

Jan 18
Jan 18 Week 16: Simulation & Self-Critique

Eva Rogers

On being generous with ourselves, appreciating our feet, and making the leap between “what” and “how”

Jan 11
Jan 11 Week 15: Unfinished & Alive

Sarah Pearson

ON PRACTICING OUR PUBLIC VOICES, PONDERING WHY WE READ, AND MOVING INTO HIGH GEAR

Jan 4
Jan 4 Week 14: Gears & Ballast

Eva Rogers

On moral obligations, how the gears fit together, and feeling the loss of all that we cannot read

Dec 28
Dec 28 Week 13: Puzzling & Longing

Sarah Pearson

On the question of what work matters, whether work that matters even matters, and pining for room to savor and reflect during the holidays

Dec 21
Dec 21 Week 12: Doing & Changing

Eva Rogers

On the “progress principle,” how we measure meaning, and the second hand in motion

Dec 14
Dec 14 Week 11: Fear & Rules

Sarah Pearson

On navigating systems that feel inhuman and the necessary role inhuman systems play in our world

Dec 7
Dec 7 Week 10: Memory & Flow

Eva Rogers

On data lost and found, new-old knowledge, and how to sleep

Nov 30
Nov 30 Week 9: Messy Selves & Whole Selves

Eva Rogers

On daily practices, steady progress, and learning from each other

Nov 23
Nov 23 Week 8: Genuine Screams & Erased Stories

Sarah Pearson

On the way death comes, the clunky tools we use to see and to live by, and the messiness of love.

Nov 16
Nov 16 Week 7: Caskets & Bifocals

Sarah Pearson

On building our own caskets and finding ways to accurately view our own places in this world

Nov 9
Nov 9 Week 6: Elections & Time-Shifts

Eva Rogers

On being there, rethinking our pace, and contemplating how the puzzle fits together

Nov 2
Nov 2 Week 5: Travel & Place

Sarah Pearson

ON “SIGHT-READING” A NEW CITY, THE COMFORT OF RITUAL, AND THE IMPACT OF PLACE ON HOW WE SEE

Oct 26
Oct 26 Week 4: Rage & Midwestern "Nice"

Sarah Pearson

On face-to-face interaction, smoothing our rough edges, and fighting feelings

Oct 19
Oct 19 Week 3: Layers & Patterns

Eva Rogers

On taking a fresh look, pushing aside a few layers, and turning the earth

Oct 12
Oct 12 Week 2: Time & Scale

Eva Rogers

On personal words, public words, and monologues between friends

Oct 5
Oct 5 Week 1: Anticipation & Complementarians

Sarah Pearson

On letter writing, newness, and coping with resignation

 

Rog & Shinch are a pair of ponderers testing a new way of communicating online. Rather than writing to everyone / no one, they are writing to each other — one letter each week— mass communication medium be damned. Feel free to peek in.

 

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