Art Work

Why it’s on the list: The photographer on the working life of making things — reached via a passage about writing letters honestly enough to be embarrassed by them later.

Where I saw it: @mhdempsey on X, December 16, 2025, quoting the book’s passage on letter-writing: “your letters in all their searing honesty will stand for you for all time.”

Connections

• Republic of Letters — correspondence as a form with its own standards.
• Creativity — the craft-life side rather than the inspiration side.
• Michael Dempsey — the post that surfaced the passage.