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Shawna Tavsky
@smtavsky.bsky.social
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I’m interested in how perception shapes experience — in art, in creative work, and in daily life.

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Shawna Tavsky @smtavsky.bsky.social · Jan 30
Asemic writing/art for me, I discovered, is a way for me to express my relationship to a barrier I navigate in communicating and being in the world. #audhd #art #language any other fans of #asemic writing/art here? Would love to connect. #asemicwriting
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The latest:
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#essay #substack #justbe
Better — a word that can keep us from ourselves
It can shape our expectations, our self-worth, and the way we understand growth.
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November 23, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Wildflowers in my home. 🌱 #flowers #photography #visualdiary
October 17, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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Second little post on #substack It’s been nice to write like this. Near zero audience but still nice! 🙃 less #socialmedia feel.

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Unsilencing
Breathing truth into being.
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October 2, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Portraits lately 🤍🎶
#bnwphotography
October 2, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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NOVEL DIARIES
My naked first draft - creative process reflections.
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September 24, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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No idea what I’m doing but doing it anyway! Fragments of a story in the making #writing Might be a book one day. For now it’s a #creativeprocess, a discovery, a little torment, and a lot of joy. #thewomaninthefilm #fiction
September 21, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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Monochromatic play in morning light.
#mindfulness #light #bnw #leaves
August 27, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Shades of #blue #urban #nature #art #photography
August 18, 2025 at 4:55 AM
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“My silences had not protected me. Your silence will not protect you…” Audre Lorde
A recent contemplation on the feeling of safety in silence…how it becomes a form of self-erasure—an invisibility. #audhd #unmasking #writing

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Unsilencing; truth into being.  – Shawna Tavsky
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August 10, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Portrait session the other day 🤍
#bnwphotography #stories #bnw
August 1, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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I visited Rwanda years ago and failed to share the stories. I had no words. It feels good to be published, and good to share a story now of something in me from that visit. Sadly, it felt relevant to write in the quietness of a world watching bombs explode in another genocide… #stories #writing
July 17, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Where the sea meets the sky… I’m in love. #bnwphotography #seascape #sky #love #writing
June 5, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Happy news - my #shortstory “Untold Stories” is now published in Beyond Words Magazine. :) #creativewriting #indiemag

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May 8, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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Analogue desk. 🎶🤍 yes!
jameskennedy.bsky.social James Kennedy ✊️ @jameskennedy.bsky.social · Mar 5
James Watt of Brewdog told me on my podcast how he has 2 desks - one digital & one analogue. The former is for emails, texts & getting stuff done. The latter is device free and is for free, undisturbed creative thought. I love this idea! Here's my analogue desk. What's on yours?
#wednesdaywisdom
April 2, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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Felt good to lose myself in some creation this weekend… #portrait #art #mexicocity #studio #women
March 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Nearly 200 children are among those killed by Israel in Gaza over the last three days since the powerful U.S. ally broke a cease-fire agreement and began a massive bombing campaign with the blessing of the Trump administration.
Over 500 People Killed and 900 Wounded Since Israel Broke Gaza Ceasefire
Israel has launched new ground operations in the north of Gaza and continues its ongoing blockade.
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March 20, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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“Can the hungry go on a hunger strike? Non-violence is a piece of theatre. You need an audience. What can you do when you have no audience? People have the right to resist annihilation." Arundhati Roy.

#quote #arundhatiroy #humanrights
March 20, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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Recent portraits. Sessions are very personal experiences. Stories held inside are often shared, sometimes with words, often not. 🤍

#portrait #cdmx #bnwportrait #studio #photography #stories
March 19, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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The world feels so deeply broken.
#flowers #freepalestine #love
March 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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My cat, pissed off :)
#monday #cat #bnwphotography
March 17, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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The feeling of…
#naturephotography #blackandwhite
#photography
#walks
March 16, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Cracked floor of a dried up part of a reservoir in southern Spain (drone image).

#aerialphotography
#dronedreamer
#dronephoto
#dronephotography
#djimini3pro
#djimini3prophotography
March 14, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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A meaningful conversation on womanhood was my day. We laughed, cried, raged...
The day, and the marches where I am, are painted purple #cdmx
Jacarandas are in bloom.
#friendships #diadelamujer #womensday #m8
March 8, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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“Autonomy from men is autonomy from capital that uses men’s power to discipline us.” —Silvia Federici

Happy International Women’s Day!

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Every Woman Is a Working Woman - Boston Review
Silvia Federici interviewed by Jill Richards.
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March 8, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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#Portraiture
A favorite from a few years ago. Playful meaningful moments in studio. Feels like #poetry
#photography #art #movement
March 5, 2025 at 1:42 AM