Hey, I’m Milan and I write about relationships.
I write from the lens of a woman, creative, relationship coach, mother, divorcee now re-partnered, 1st generation Japanese-Vietnamese American, middle-class small-town girl, 5/1 Generator, and designer.
I operate on the premise that we’re in a relationship with everything — with ourselves and others, and our surroundings, above and below.
This newsletter is a place to explore the process of art, living, relationships, and being. I synthesize what I know, and I like to bridge the individual experience to the collective experience.
As is the micro, as is the macro.
Small is all.
As above, as below.
As within, as with-out.
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3-4 letters in your inbox a month:
a personal essay with my best thinking
a Channeled message without any thinking
a listicle of tasteful things I'm into lately
a Studio interview with a fellow creative
I also create things and thoughts and share them on Instagram @milanshimono, if you’d like to follow me there.
In whatever capacity you have at the moment, I hope you feel like you belong here. This container is broad because you are broad, and hear me when I say we have room for all of you.
Stay because you want to trust and listen to your own drumbeat AND be in good company with others.
Because you’re perfect AND you’re not done yet.
Because you’re open to me serving up new ideas.
