Community Happy Birthday, Splimm: One Year into the Experiment Art by Sierra Rivers Hollister One year ago today, we published our first piece on Splimm.com. This was an idea years in development and rushed into existence by a new sense of urgency – the realization that we had to DO SOMETHING, even if it wasn’t fully formed. We needed to put something good into the world at that moment. Since then Splimm has been an experiment in relentlessly envisioning the world as other than it is. As better than it is, more gentle, more truthful, more compassionate, more capable of holding us in all our beautiful diversity. Experiments are tricky because they’re unpredictable – maybe you have a hypothesis but you don’t know the outcome when you start. In large part you operate on faith, and on hope. It is hope that keeps us going when we’re out of words, out of energy, and out of money – hope that we’re giving people something they need, hope that together we can overcome our limited perspectives and resources. Hope that if we keep showing up and doing the work, we’ll make a mark. Hope that what we can imagine, we can create. We have deep gratitude for everyone who has lifted us up and prodded us along down this path for the past twelve months as this project has taken shape, and for all the days and weeks before that when it was a gestating concept. Your strength, wisdom, and support have been invaluable. This anniversary feels not so much like an accomplishment achieved, but a record of our endurance. Which is EXACTLY like parenting. Happy 1st Birthday, Splimm. Please don’t turn into an asshole like the other toddlers. Art by Sierra Rivers Hollister Share this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)MoreClick to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Splimm Team Jenn Lauder is a media maker, content creator, community builder, and marketing strategist in the cannabis space. Se has a decade of experience as a progressive, anti-bias educator in independent and public schools and spent five years at nonprofits offering services and advocacy for children and families. Jenn is half of the founding team of Weekend Review Kit, a cannabis review and lifestyle site; has written for numerous print and online media outlets; and directs marketing and advocacy efforts for an herbal products company. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Wesleyan University and attended graduate school at Harvard University and Goddard College. Of Jenn’s many jobs, her favorite is being a mama to her nine-year-old daughter. Share This Previous ArticleStillwater’s Clockwork Instant Coffee: Cannabis in a Cup Next ArticleIs Your Thanksgiving Turkey on Weed? How To Spot the Signs November 10, 2017