what is a digital world?
While this piece was originally written and shared within A Home for Creating’s member area, I am now choosing to gently repurpose it for my website universe — here’s why:
Because everything that I have created on the internet has been somewhat of a slow, ever-evolving experiment, I haven’t ever taken the time to think about the why behind some of projects, only that I knew I wanted to try something new, something different to what I had been doing before.
Which got me musing over the idea of: what am I creating and why am I wanting to create it?
Asking myself questions like: from which lens do I view these projects and experiments? What unexpected shapes have they taken? Is it possible to define something that is liminal — something that never reaches completion?
Even my offerings, both physical and digital, have evolved from something forced and controlled, to something much more fluid and in sync with my natural rhythm and pace.
And while I’m all for standing back and seeing where they go, I also am curious to give them a shape to land in, for now. A loosely structured definition that I can return to again and again.
That I can refine and expand and throw away entirely (if I wanted to).
So, here is my attempt at just that…
website universe in relation to a digital world
I think of my website as my digital universe: a wall-less container for all of my projects and offerings, I then think of the individual projects and offerings as the digital worlds that are in orbit around my website universe.
A Home for Creating is one of these orbiting worlds, and unlike my website universe, I can inhabit and set the parameters exactly to my liking — from how I'd like to interact with it, to when I choose to invite people in, just as I would invite someone into my physical home
My website universe is the public-facing portal — a freshly painted front door that opens onto various paths and their corresponding digital worlds
Each digital world has its own atmosphere, its own rules of gravity, its own seasons and rhythms and cycles — all of which are connected to our own seasons, rhythms, and cycles
Some worlds are meant for collaboration and community, task and project management, or daily systems and operations — while others are sacred spaces for solo exploration and experimentation
An example of my own digital world
A Home for Creating is somewhere that can be shaped and reshaped, built and rebuilt, designed and redesigned, expanding and contracting as I move through seasons of outward expression and inward incubation
It's a living archive of all of my past and current experiments, ideas, interests, emotions, resources, art, writing, findings, and pivots
It's where I can trace the threads between seemingly unrelated interests, and watch patterns emerge over time, letting them grow wild and organically, rather than being constructed all at once
Unlike more traditional brochures, portfolios, or social media profiles, this digital world holds space for the liminal — the half-formed thoughts and the projects that might never see completion.
Why this digital world? Why now?
The internet is a wonderful place, but it can also be a lot of other not so wonderful things, and it wasn't until I built A Home for Creating, that I realized just how disconnected I had become from my creative-self — just how much I longed for a digital space that fostered a deeper appreciation for being in the process-of, as well as support for more long-term creative exploration.
Somewhere with the capacity to hold every version of myself through every season of my creative life.
Without realizing it, building my own digital world had become an act of personal rebellion: reclaiming agency over my creative process and digital presence — my response to feeling fragmented across multiple platforms, each asking that I present a different version of myself.
A digital world is somewhere for
The multi-passionate, non-linear learners and thinkers, practicing witches, healers, mixed-genre readers, students, teachers, artists, writers, and makers of all kinds
Those who love to create and share, but often feel anxious and overwhelmed when creating and sharing on larger social platforms
Anyone looking for a safe place to self-express, take up space, and be themselves on the internet
Those who want to devote themselves to something — to bringing a project to life, giving it shape and substance, then continuing to tend to, build upon, and find joy when creating in the liminal
Those who have felt boxed in by traditional categories and labels, who resist being reduced to a single niche or identity
Anyone interested in documenting their creative journey — not for external validation, but for their own understanding and growth
A digital world can be built on
Whatever digital space you are most comfortable customizing, sharing from, and spending time in — some examples of programs that work well for my brain are: Notion & Anytype
A program, platform, or digital system that is accessible both online and off — a space that can be easily accessed and edited from your devices of choice
Platforms that prioritize flexibility and personal organization over virality and engagement metrics
Somewhere with the tools, systems, and features that feel like extensions of your way of thinking and learning
Spaces that can evolve with you — adding new features, restructuring, or completely transforming as your needs change
My ultimate goal being
I like to imagine a softer, quieter, more intentional internet where our attention is not as fragmented — where we spend more time traveling between and engaging with thoughtfully crafted digital spaces, than we do scrolling or comparing or telling ourselves we aren’t enough
Where visiting someone's digital world feels like being invited into their studio or creative sanctuary — a privilege and an intimate exchange
Where we can leave meaningful traces of our visits — thoughtful responses, connections made, ideas sparked — rather than just likes and fleeting reactions
Where we reimagine the internet as a constellation of personal worlds rather than dutifully following a few massive platforms with their own conflicting motivations
Where we build sustainability and spaciousness into how we show up online
Where we reclaim the early internet's promise of genuine connection and creative freedom, but with the wisdom and tools we have now
related projects & offerings
(other digital worlds)
A Home for Creating
Digital Worlds System Support
My Notion Universe