{"podcast":{"title":"The Nuance Diaries","slug":"the-nuance-diaries-7119430","podcast_index_feed_id":7119430,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/1646872.rss","website_url":"https://thenuancediaries.substack.com/podcast","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/1646872/d261d626912eca102e8a79ca09de2e70.jpg","author":"Alexa Juanita Jordan","episode_count":59,"summary":"You know those texts that are reserved for the group chat? That's the kind of vibe you'll find here. Consider my vulnerability a permission slip for yours.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-29T04:19:15.401476+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nuance-diaries-7119430"},"episode":{"title":"I have something completely new to share","slug":"i-have-something-completely-new-to-share","published_at":"2026-01-22T11:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nuance-diaries-7119430/i-have-something-completely-new-to-share","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nuance-diaries-7119430","url":"https://thenuancediaries.substack.com/p/i-have-something-completely-new-to","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/185348838/a1b0e43bfc3554d10e22f745687eb5d3.mp3","summary":"I’m so ‘scited*. I’m ‘scited to share this new thing I made. *Scared and excited, as Glennon Doyle would say. More excited than scared, though. When I thought about posting on Instagram, threads, and even TikTok, I felt more scared than excited. And so, I’ve decided to share this with you, and only you, first. What is this? What’s she sharing? Cards. Custom, handcrafted cards. Created by me, with new oil pastels, and an old Emily Brontë quote (Head to substack to see them!) At first, I thought that this new/old passion would be just for me. It was both fun and necessary to rediscover my love of creating visual art, alone at my kitchen table (which is now smudged with new vibrant colors daily). As my new pieces quickly accumulated (and the space on my refrigerator dwindled), I started to think about what kind of art I could make and easily share with my friends. And then I thought — what if I tried designing cards that I could send people? I love shopping for unique, thoughtful cards. What if I looked up some quotes to integrate into these cards? A little context behind this design choice. While many people enjoy sketching with a pencil first and then filling in their drawings with the colorful oil pastels, I’m mostly intrigued by how to blend the colors and create rich, complex, layered, textured backgrounds. It’s never just blue, but blueish green purple. Not just purple, but purplish turquoise, midnight blue. I love the endless ways the colors dance together. I love finding out what happens when you add just a touch of pink or a hint of light blue. Or what it looks (and feels) like to blend diagonally, then horizontally. I like experimenting with how hard or light to press into the page. I love holding something in my hands that I’ve created from scratch. It’s a diff…","meta_description":"I’m so ‘scited*. I’m ‘scited to share this new thing I made. *Scared and excited, as Glennon Doyle would say. More excited than scared, though. When I tho…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":347,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-nuance-diaries-7119430/episodes/i-have-something-completely-new-to-share/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nuance-diaries-7119430/i-have-something-completely-new-to-share.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}