welcome to pond.space, our first experiential software experiment

we are creating a living journal for growing the self 🪷

hi internet friend,

what is a metaphor for your mind?

this is the question that my artist friend Rhea asked one day and here is her poetic response to it. 🌾

you see, in her world, her mind feels like a pond.

it is a body of water that sometimes gets murky, overgrown, and mushy with its tangled weeds. it is a living, breathing ecosystem of many happenings—fluid and ever-changing, with all of its ripples and fluctuations that come with changing weather.

and with each act of inner work, she tends to her pond, creating space and clarity within it.

mind as pond

coincidentally, my partner and i have been creating a digital space also named pond.

pond.space is a digital journal for unfolding the self and it is thanks to Rhea¹ that i know see this digital pond as a representation of my mind.

and while many parts of it are still WIP, pond.space is now a functional product with two active daily users—and this post is an open celebration of that and invitation to you to play in it.²³

whether it stays a home-cooked app⁴ for two, or unfolds into something a wider family of friends uses—we intend to keep growing this little pond and the mission that it cherishes.

huggingly,
svitlana and andre

1. Thank you Rhea for helping me see what the digital pond of ours represents to me!

2. It’s a local-first journal—you own your data. all entries are saved only on your device. we can’t see what you write, even if we tried.

3. If you are curious, we have a cozy Telegram space for collective figuring and gentle updates.

4. Thank you Maggie Appleton for expanding our imagination into thinking that apps don’t have to be big unicorns! They can be cooked by us for us, just like a cozy dinner at home. See her writing about this here.