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Mementos & Milestones

tyler constance // understated A cozy personal newsletter of creative projects and life updates. My unanticipated spring break nears its end. What I've been up to I accepted a new job at a financial tech company and begin next week. The job search process has never been appealing to me, but at...
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13 days ago • 4 min read
Christopher from Saves The Day sings to a crowd in Boston, MA
A shadowy picture of the local tearoom

Ethics & (Un)employment

tyler constance // understated A cozy personal newsletter of creative projects and life updates. What a ride. What I've been up to It’s been a wild few weeks! Elephant first, after six fulfilling years of working with startups and mid-sized companies at my agency, I was fired for my moral...
3 months ago • 5 min read
A plate at the Friendsgiving I hosted

Dinner & Deadites

tyler constance // understated I hosted Friendsgiving and watched The Evil Dead franchise. What I've been up to I’ve been thinking more about the concept of rehearsing retirement that I mentioned in my previous newsletter, and tried to articulate that further on my blog. I updated my Chi-fi post...
6 months ago • 2 min read

Leisure & Lollygagging

tyler constance // understated I took a full week off for the first time in three years. What I've been up to My late-October week off from work felt luxurious. I had a long list of things I wanted to do and I barely got to any of them. Expected, yet humbling all the same. I decided to frame my...
7 months ago • 3 min read
A black and white photo of a structure at the fairy village at Mackworth Island State Park

Llamas & Fairies

tyler constance // understated A trip to the museum and a visit to a local fairy village. What I've been up to A couple of weekends ago, Madeleine from a few newsletters ago had a rare Saturday free and invited me to spend it with her. We made a picnic to have on the East End and then brought...
8 months ago • 4 min read
4x6 prints scattered around a kyusu

Fletch & Murakami

Tyler Constance Balancing my joy of being enveloped in the autumn atmosphere and aesthetics with my apprehension at the unmistakable chill setting in. What I've been up to The prints I mentioned in the previous newsletter arrived—30ish 4x6s and three 12x18s (one of which is even in a frame now)...
8 months ago • 3 min read
A black and white portrait of Tyler's friend Madeleine at Two Lights State Park

Prints, Paintings, & Podcasts

Tyler Constance I had a four-day weekend and took advantage of every moment What I've been up to Since I had a half-finished roll of color film in one of my cameras from a few weeks ago, I had an excuse to photograph someone else last week. We went to Two Lights State Park, accidentally stayed 20...
9 months ago • 2 min read
A black and white photo of a my friend Sofia sitting on a bench in the Western Promenade

Matcha & Making Things

Tyler Constance I’m back doing Real Work at my job, but my creativity kick continues. What I've been up to I loaded some film last weekend for the first time in a year and made some portraits with a friend. It’ll probably take me a while to finish the rolls and get them processed and posted, but...
9 months ago • 3 min read

Peaks Island & Star Trek

Tyler Constance It’s been a little quieter at work recently, so I’ve had a lot more creative energy for personal projects at the end of the day. What I've been up to Historically, I write about one blog post a year, and last week I did two, which could be a good sign of things to come, or could...
10 months ago • 2 min read
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