I wanted to kill my Chimpmail account, because I never used it. It seemed to be just another chore. What to do instead? Everyone kept saying 'Go to Substack' and it really did seem like a new exciting thing that fit the bill. So I went to Substack, told my Chimpmail subscribers (which was the first email I'd sent for ages) to find me there, and then waited a week and killed the Chimpmail account. This is what I put in that first Substack: I suddenly realised that I invited my Mail Chimps to join me here without anything to offer you. Howdy! I’m hoping to get my blogging head back into play so that participating is more interesting than a mere newsletter subscription :) Here’s an image from my current exhibition with poet Melinda Smith (Corridors of Power, M16 Artspace in Canberra showing until 26 October). It’s a photo of the MV TAMPA, the ship that rescued asylum seekers from their sunken boat in 2001 and then sat anchored off Christmas Island until the Howard governme...