Year: Four

Acetylene Eyes began on November 15th, 2012.

The initial motivation was one part I-already-spend-several-hours-a-week-browsing-Tumblr-so-why-the-hell-not-participate mixed with two parts each generalized existential frustration and creative stagnation.

There’s no way I could have imagined all the ways things would shift, morph and evolve over time; but, I’m reasonably proud of what I’ve bumblingly stumbled onto here. It’s a fucking metric shit ton of work to but it’s generally gratifying.

The past year featured 351 posts–five shy of a post a day. Granted, my schedule being what it is I primarily post on weekends. Going forward, my hope is to be able to reinstate a queue.

Also, I would really like to follow more blogs but at present I spend approximately two hours a day just keeping up with my dash. This has hampered my ability to branch out as I’d like to keep showcasing images that aren’t already in circulation among my follower base.

There are two ways to potentially rectify this: if we’re mutuals and you know a great blog, definitely pass it along. Also, I started a Patreon–if you like Acetylene Eyes, please consider supporting this project.

Lastly, I would like to thank several mutuals who have encouraged me, provided exceptionally well-curated/accurately sourced material on their blogs and who have advocated for me to the broader Tumblr-verse. I’m thinking specifically of @wyyoh, @sporeprint, @mrchill, @tanyadakin, @thebodyasconduit, @lisakimberly, @marissalynnla, @reverendbobbyanger and @msjanssen.