Archive - Gentle Company

Questions that Mary Oliver's Drunk Cousin asks at dinner

A very fun (slightly unhinged) Q&A with the internet's bestie Lyndsay Rush

Jun 15 • Jess Janz and Lyndsay Rush

May 2026

Turns out I've been THIS GIRL since forever.

Drawing a through-line (with crayons and gel pens)

May 11 • Jess Janz

Monday Prompts: the novel of your life.

‘Sentence’ by Tadeusz Dabrowski

May 4 • Jess Janz

Nothing is finished and that is the point.

Introducing: Work In Progress

May 2 • Jess Janz

April 2026

Am I a buzzkill for joy?

Examining small delights like our lives depend on it.

Apr 22 • Jess Janz

Monday prompts: 'it's still too early to trust the season.'

notes on The Spring Of Deception

Apr 1 • Jess Janz

March 2026

My book comes out in July. Can anyone please tell me how I'm supposed to feel about that?

Thoughts on the artist spiral that accompanies the precipice of a Big Big Project (yikes).

Mar 28 • Jess Janz

You're invited to write with me in April.

a 30-day writing residency to inspire fresh ideas.

Mar 24 • Jess Janz

Monday prompts: I want you to last.

Soon: thirty days of writing prompts in April

Mar 23 • Jess Janz

What I know about a writing practice.

And I want to write with you.

Mar 6 • Jess Janz

February 2026

We become what we practice.

On ritual; on monotony; on reverence.

Feb 18 • Jess Janz

We're only human (thank god).

This is all we need to be.

Feb 10 • Jess Janz