zack
@freewriting.bsky.social
Writing with no outcome in mind 🌀
learning how the story can always change
1 year of nomad -> NC for the fall 🏠
https://www.zacknewbauer.com/writing
learning how the story can always change
1 year of nomad -> NC for the fall 🏠
https://www.zacknewbauer.com/writing
Made a song—played it back and realized it's old mcdonald had a farm 💗
eieio
Listen to eieio by Zack Newbauer #np on #SoundCloud
soundcloud.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Made a song—played it back and realized it's old mcdonald had a farm 💗
two new songs
Pacman & Spirit
Made two quick songs yesterday 👇
www.zacknewbauer.com
October 8, 2025 at 1:38 PM
two new songs
probably overstepping here but what about a stretching area at airports
September 7, 2025 at 11:29 AM
probably overstepping here but what about a stretching area at airports
September 6, 2025 at 1:52 AM
🌿 New on the blog:
Designing a therapy website that feels like you
A therapist’s site should feel like stepping into their office — calm, clear, and welcoming—with a vibe that matches that specific therapist.
Read more: www.zacknewbauer.com/post/designi...
#Therapy #WebDesign #Design
Designing a therapy website that feels like you
A therapist’s site should feel like stepping into their office — calm, clear, and welcoming—with a vibe that matches that specific therapist.
Read more: www.zacknewbauer.com/post/designi...
#Therapy #WebDesign #Design
Designing a Therapy Website That Feels Like You
When Logan Miles—a therapist in Tennessee—approached me about creating her website, she knew what many therapists know deep down: it was time to have a space online that reflected her practice.Like mo...
www.zacknewbauer.com
September 5, 2025 at 4:10 PM
🌿 New on the blog:
Designing a therapy website that feels like you
A therapist’s site should feel like stepping into their office — calm, clear, and welcoming—with a vibe that matches that specific therapist.
Read more: www.zacknewbauer.com/post/designi...
#Therapy #WebDesign #Design
Designing a therapy website that feels like you
A therapist’s site should feel like stepping into their office — calm, clear, and welcoming—with a vibe that matches that specific therapist.
Read more: www.zacknewbauer.com/post/designi...
#Therapy #WebDesign #Design
*scrolls through camera roll and remembers how good his life is*
August 31, 2025 at 4:23 PM
*scrolls through camera roll and remembers how good his life is*
I prevent myself from experiencing pleasure because
1) I might later have to say no
2) they might want to leave connection
First time having this thought.
Both of these outcomes are inevitable perhaps? But maybe too heartbreaking- until I learn I’m the stable thing dancing through this life.
1) I might later have to say no
2) they might want to leave connection
First time having this thought.
Both of these outcomes are inevitable perhaps? But maybe too heartbreaking- until I learn I’m the stable thing dancing through this life.
August 27, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I prevent myself from experiencing pleasure because
1) I might later have to say no
2) they might want to leave connection
First time having this thought.
Both of these outcomes are inevitable perhaps? But maybe too heartbreaking- until I learn I’m the stable thing dancing through this life.
1) I might later have to say no
2) they might want to leave connection
First time having this thought.
Both of these outcomes are inevitable perhaps? But maybe too heartbreaking- until I learn I’m the stable thing dancing through this life.
and how as it turns out nothing is perfect
that maybe for the rest of lives we’ll
find in the faces we look at
slight dissatisfaction
and then again in any other face
and thankfully finally
maybe we tire
give up that way
start asking for help
making do with what is already divine
#poetry
that maybe for the rest of lives we’ll
find in the faces we look at
slight dissatisfaction
and then again in any other face
and thankfully finally
maybe we tire
give up that way
start asking for help
making do with what is already divine
#poetry
Thinking about you
and how as it turns out nothing is perfect that maybe for the rest of lives we’ll find in the faces we look at slight dissatisfaction and then again in any other face and thankfully finally maybe we t...
www.zacknewbauer.com
August 21, 2025 at 9:13 PM
and how as it turns out nothing is perfect
that maybe for the rest of lives we’ll
find in the faces we look at
slight dissatisfaction
and then again in any other face
and thankfully finally
maybe we tire
give up that way
start asking for help
making do with what is already divine
#poetry
that maybe for the rest of lives we’ll
find in the faces we look at
slight dissatisfaction
and then again in any other face
and thankfully finally
maybe we tire
give up that way
start asking for help
making do with what is already divine
#poetry
and he’d then say
as he has said
i am rolling over
full #poem link that's old enough to finally share
as he has said
i am rolling over
full #poem link that's old enough to finally share
snow kid legend boy
snow kid legend boy the knot that pains for days isn’t from him only Also my dad when he went gone and back and gave up After pretending to come back i talked to the kid decades later under anyone any...
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August 16, 2025 at 4:37 PM
and he’d then say
as he has said
i am rolling over
full #poem link that's old enough to finally share
as he has said
i am rolling over
full #poem link that's old enough to finally share
to be able to distill something
for it to move
surely reduced in the process
from the unnamed experienced to the named
to have someone see some of it, maybe even a decent amount of it, seems like an amazing thing
for it to move
surely reduced in the process
from the unnamed experienced to the named
to have someone see some of it, maybe even a decent amount of it, seems like an amazing thing
August 16, 2025 at 4:28 PM
to be able to distill something
for it to move
surely reduced in the process
from the unnamed experienced to the named
to have someone see some of it, maybe even a decent amount of it, seems like an amazing thing
for it to move
surely reduced in the process
from the unnamed experienced to the named
to have someone see some of it, maybe even a decent amount of it, seems like an amazing thing
Gentle my guy
You’ve been looking for god
I will do my part
To love you
You see all the hoping
To be worth it
And as we pick up
That shoulder plate
And light comes to you
let it not be the next threatening thing
Gentle my guy
www.zacknewbauer.com/post/gentle-...
You’ve been looking for god
I will do my part
To love you
You see all the hoping
To be worth it
And as we pick up
That shoulder plate
And light comes to you
let it not be the next threatening thing
Gentle my guy
www.zacknewbauer.com/post/gentle-...
Gentle my guy
You’ve been looking for godI will do my partTo love youYou see all the hopingTo be worth itAnd as we pick upThat shoulder plateAnd light comes to youlet it not be the next threatening thingGentle my g...
www.zacknewbauer.com
August 15, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Gentle my guy
You’ve been looking for god
I will do my part
To love you
You see all the hoping
To be worth it
And as we pick up
That shoulder plate
And light comes to you
let it not be the next threatening thing
Gentle my guy
www.zacknewbauer.com/post/gentle-...
You’ve been looking for god
I will do my part
To love you
You see all the hoping
To be worth it
And as we pick up
That shoulder plate
And light comes to you
let it not be the next threatening thing
Gentle my guy
www.zacknewbauer.com/post/gentle-...
✅ Tahoe -> Salt Lake City
August 11, 2025 at 12:56 PM
✅ Tahoe -> Salt Lake City
This Pastor Thought Being Gay Was a Sin. Then His 15-Year-Old Came Out. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/o...
Opinion | This Pastor Thought Being Gay Was a Sin. Then His 15-Year-Old Came Out.
www.nytimes.com
August 6, 2025 at 3:32 PM
This Pastor Thought Being Gay Was a Sin. Then His 15-Year-Old Came Out. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/o...
Journaling in cursive is really doing something for me today
August 6, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Journaling in cursive is really doing something for me today
“I want to unfold.
I don’t want to stay folded anywhere,
because where I am folded,
there I am a lie.”
Feeling you today Rilke but damn how many folds are there 😮💨
I don’t want to stay folded anywhere,
because where I am folded,
there I am a lie.”
Feeling you today Rilke but damn how many folds are there 😮💨
August 5, 2025 at 4:33 PM
“I want to unfold.
I don’t want to stay folded anywhere,
because where I am folded,
there I am a lie.”
Feeling you today Rilke but damn how many folds are there 😮💨
I don’t want to stay folded anywhere,
because where I am folded,
there I am a lie.”
Feeling you today Rilke but damn how many folds are there 😮💨
“Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.”
Rilke 💟
Rilke 💟
August 5, 2025 at 4:29 PM
“Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.”
Rilke 💟
Rilke 💟
waking up can suck but I reckon that’s what we’re here to do
August 4, 2025 at 12:21 PM
waking up can suck but I reckon that’s what we’re here to do
“hard to stay motivated,
i picture a small parched body
laying on its side
i ask for nothing more from him for now
but when enough moisture in the air
collects on his lips
I will see him breathe and know it’s time”
Finding old poems and thinking, I think it’s time 🩵
i picture a small parched body
laying on its side
i ask for nothing more from him for now
but when enough moisture in the air
collects on his lips
I will see him breathe and know it’s time”
Finding old poems and thinking, I think it’s time 🩵
July 31, 2025 at 4:34 PM
“hard to stay motivated,
i picture a small parched body
laying on its side
i ask for nothing more from him for now
but when enough moisture in the air
collects on his lips
I will see him breathe and know it’s time”
Finding old poems and thinking, I think it’s time 🩵
i picture a small parched body
laying on its side
i ask for nothing more from him for now
but when enough moisture in the air
collects on his lips
I will see him breathe and know it’s time”
Finding old poems and thinking, I think it’s time 🩵
Deciding to learn together, in the middle of a breakup, I’m learning is incredibly powerful and helpful.
July 18, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Deciding to learn together, in the middle of a breakup, I’m learning is incredibly powerful and helpful.
All I’m saying is if you’ve been dating for over a year and you haven’t seen him cry, maybe that’s something to think about?
June 25, 2025 at 6:53 PM
All I’m saying is if you’ve been dating for over a year and you haven’t seen him cry, maybe that’s something to think about?
I live in SF
I did not see that coming.
I did not see that coming.
June 6, 2025 at 12:27 AM
I live in SF
I did not see that coming.
I did not see that coming.