belated welcome

to my subscribers and anyone else peeking in :)

Having started writing on Substack in the fuzz and throb of a winter of discontent, I somehow rudely by-passed the significance of the welcome page (it is in fact a miracle to have reached 151 - clearly very forgiving - subscribers, nevertheless.

Mistake now rectified, here is the text of my belated welcome to you all, whether already here with me or just popping in for a look:

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Yann Tiersenn, Naval (please click to play as part of your reading experience, if circumstances allow)

Dear Reader,

Since you have landed on my deck, hello!

Perhaps you are already established in your navigation path, captain with one or more expert perspectives, skilful sky-and-sea reading tools, a robust crew of followers.

Or perhaps you are just setting out your compass. Maybe, like me, you are discovering a voice that resonates more confidently in writing, or when ‘hyphenated’, unconstrained by tone, genre, theme.

Here, ‘Drawn from Life’ and searching ‘Beyond Beauty’, my words and images will braid some of the unexpected connections I encounter in instances of life, the arts and literature. Some may resonate with you, others may surprise. Many will slip quietly off-stage under the backwash of a quick scroll. Life.

Like sea-polished glass on a sandy shore, these serendipitous moments happen unexpectedly, translucent or opaque, colourful or monochrome (although, alas! most often green). But never the same.

So I promise neither an expert, nor a regular newsletter routine. My reflections, photographs and, when I dare post them, poems or paintings, will land subject to earthly elements and the music of the spheres. But always in the palm of your hand.

Thank you for joining my search for that fertile ground between our unique perspectives and varied modes of expression: I look forward to glimpses of your own story across the ‘Great Divide’ of these experiential, temporal, geographic and algorithmic boundaries between us. Let’s dissolve them all.

Estella