A New Year of Joy, Liberation & Futures Unfolding
Dispatch from the Bridge #1
Spring is here, and with it, the true beginning of the year.
I’ve been learning to embrace a more seasonal approach to life and work, so while January is still a time for goal-setting and winter hibernation/deep work, Spring is when things really come alive. The air shifts, the days stretch, and everything feels a little more possible.
I just returned from Trinidad & Tobago, my forever home and the home of Carnival, and the energy of it is still pulsing through my veins. If you’ve ever experienced it, you know: Carnival is not just a party. It’s a portal. A world-building exercise in joy and liberation, a space where people step outside the everyday and into something freer, something more expansive. For a few days, the weight of the world is lifted, and we get a glimpse of what it might feel like to live in a world designed for pleasure, for play, for belonging.
Jouvert/jouvay, the purest expression of the now glitzy and glamourous parade, is the official start of the Mas (read: masquerade), and for many, the official start of the new year.
That energy has stayed with me. And it’s made me think about futures of joy and liberation—what it means to design not just for resilience or survival, but for collective thriving. Too often, our conversations about the future get stuck in crisis mode. With political turmoil escalating in the US, Canada, and across the world, it feels like we’re constantly bracing for the next disaster, the next wave of instability. But what about futures where we don’t just make it through, but dance our way forward? What about futures where radical celebration is a tool for transformation?
So, as I step into this new year, I’m recommitting to something simple but important: showing up consistently here, writing these logs, sharing what I’m thinking, making, and questioning.
[The website newsletter will focus more on monthly news: upcoming events, workshops, opportunities to work together, etc.]
In the meantime, here you can expect from me:
🌍 Dispatch from the Bridge – Weekly personal reflections on the practice of worldbuilding and futures thinking.
📡 Dispatch from Other Dimensions – Monthly speculative dispatches from alternate realities, glimpses of futures that could be.
This space—this interdimensional portal—is a place to experiment, reflect, and build the future in real time. And I want you in the conversation.
What’s bringing you joy right now? What does a future of liberation look like to you? Drop a comment. Let’s make this a space where we dream loudly.
More soon,
Alicia