Welcome to Sentient Scrolling

The First Week: Awareness, Intentions, and TikTok Reflections

Welcome to Sentient Scrolling <3

Imagine this newsletter has arrived in your physical mailbox, tucked in an envelope embellished with hand drawn vines and flowers. Slip your fingertip under a corner flap and rip the seam until you can see a piece of paper covered on both sides with my handwriting, messy and perhaps stained with tea rings. This is the spirit of Sentient Scrolling. (If you’re not sure what Sentient Scrolling is, you can find out here).

About a week ago I received a letter from a friend. The envelope had journeyed from the cold northeast down to Florida. Opening it was such a pleasure— I read my friend’s words several times over, my eyes following the lines of her handwriting, imagining her sitting in a coffee shop or at home, looking out a window or people watching. There’s something so intimate about reading someone’s handwriting. This wasn’t always true, but with the rise of technology and screens I feel like handwriting has become sacred, revealing. Tracing a finger ov…