Archive - Tomatokind Magazine

I’ve been loving this since I was 5

(but somehow I just realized it) You too??

Aug 19 • Vanessa Li

Come join me in Oakland!

Published on Tips From Dead People • Aug 18

Creative Opportunities: Beer, DIY writer's residency, events production, arts education, early-career dance training, & more

Inspo for creative doing/being every week

Aug 13 • Vanessa Li

August Stories & Creative Happenings

Another full month of interviews, IRL gatherings, guest contributors, Substack lives, & more!

Aug 7 • Vanessa Li

The Embodied Wisdom of My-Five-Year-Old-Hula-Hooping-Self by Nicole Rangel

Guest post by holistic educator & papermaker Nicole Rangel

Aug 6 • Vanessa Li and nicole rangel

Opportunities: storytelling production, living histories of food, tour manager, & lots of permission to evolve

Inspo for creative doing/being every week

Aug 4 • Vanessa Li

Finding your why through getting uncomfortable, shifting tiny habits, & embracing your lived experience

LIVE with Styling Confidential’s Nicole Garfunkel

Aug 4 • Vanessa Li and Nicole Garfunkel

1:00:03

July 2026

Questions to reflect on the year and manifest the rest of 2026

Plus: tuning back into our childhood loves & auditing our daily routines

Jul 31 • Vanessa Li

Animation fellowship, culinary apprenticeship, arts residency network, paper studio, & touring stage manager

Inspo for creative doing/being every week

Jul 28 • Vanessa Li

Being a Beginner, Investing in Oneself, Practicing Visibility, & Remembering to Make Space for Joy

LIVE with Nicole Rangel and Gretchen Robards

Jul 23 • Vanessa Li, nicole rangel, and Gretchen

46:20

Community storyteller, public arts catalyst, ballet comms lead, & playhouse sound engineer

Inspo for creative doing/being every week

Jul 22 • Vanessa Li

The Practice of Becoming Visible by Sophie Davies

After years of championing other people’s stories, Sophie is learning what it means to finally share more of her own.

Jul 16 • Vanessa Li and CUPPA with Sophie Davies

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