[introductions] whoever you are, no matter how lonely

[kaberett]

Quoted from liv, the inventor:

If you would like to, please comment to this post, and I'll introduce you to everybody else by giving a reason why I think you're great. Some people I know better than others, so I can't promise all my introductions will exactly encapsulate why someone might want to get to know you. You're also welcome to comment to someone else's thread and ask for a specific introduction to that person; I know some people are more confident than others about just jumping in and introducing themselves to a stranger. I am also happy to matchmake if you would like that; ask me for a recommendation of a personal journal and / or community from my circles.

And of course, feel free to repost this game in your own journal, if you think it would be a good way to make connections between some of your people. I think this could go quite well if it spreads a few hops away from here, but also worth doing even if no-one picks it up.

Tagged "love meme" because, well, in its way it is, just taken slightly skew; post prompted by the presence of a beloved colleague & collaborator.

Comments

[rysmiel]

I'd be very happy to participate.

[kaberett]

rysmiel is someone I know via liv, though I'd been admiring them for years before that from afar, online, because they were one of the first people I met who insisted on gender-neutral pronouns being used for them - way before I had realised that what I was actually feeling was wistfulness.

They're a writer -- seriously, how do I know so many amazing wordsmiths, this is kind of ridiculous -- and a software type, but the thing I am most grateful to them for is their ability to make space -- to think, to talk, to listen. They have a knack for asking exactly the right questions; they're very careful about boundaries and respect, and extremely thoughtful in all ways, really; and, like liv, they challenge me to think and to be more.

And when I am scared of e-mail and of reaching out to people, they write to me anyway, and every single time they reassure me that I don't have to respond. The people who make me feel unquestionably safe are few and far between, but this one manages it.