Dear reader,
I’m Sky Fusco. Some people call me Lordcowboy. I live in a trailer on California’s central coast. I love drawing and writing. I also love wearing hats and being alone.
I create things and share them with heavy regularity on Instagram @lordcowboy and in my online shop.
I’m also a benevolent, grateful Internet Caretaker. I think the internet is beautiful/terrible, and that we (sensitive baddies, analog girlies, artistic creatures of the night) need help navigating it. I host a weekly online support group, TUNE IN, DROP OUT for freaks like me. Struggling with screen time? Does feeling perceived impact your sense of self and your creative practice? Is self-promotion and monetizing your art making you feel insane? You can sit with us! Read more about it here.
The love letters in Unsupervised make frequent stops at topics like relationships, personal histories, living in community, navigating the digital Anthropocene as an artist, creativity, addiction, self-actualization, and shadow integration.
Join me as I publicly learn to love myself and make art while unlearning three decades of internalized misogyny. More fun than it sounds, romance themes abound. It ain’t much, but it’s honest work.
A note on subscriptions: The love that I bring to my writing doesn’t depend on whether I get paid for it or not. Contributions from my paid subscribers make up a huge portion of my income — money that would be difficult not to have — but the reason some of my letters live behind a paywall is to maintain a sense of privacy, even if I’m kidding myself.
There are three things I control here: the writing, the value I place on it, and when I decide to share it. I don’t make promises about my writing. I write at my own pace.
The paid tiers to Unsupervised are accessible. I’d love to set the monthly paid subscription to $3 a month, but unfortunately Substack has a $5 minimum. An upfront annual subscription is $40.
The founding membership plan is set at $100, which includes access to all of my letters, a free print or poster from my website every year valued at $60 USD or less (USA shipping only), and a $25 discount on a one-on-one creative coaching session with me.
As Chris La Tray said, “I believe the people who value my writing also understand the concept that paying for something you value and can afford is a kind of mutual aid. The rewards come from the universe, not from anything additional you’ll get here.”
Thank you for coming. Thank you for staying.
Write me a letter: P.O. Box 803 Cayucos, CA 93430
Ways to support me:
Shop prints and posters on my website.
A one-time contribution to my PayPal Hello@lordcowboy.com which goes towards maintaining my brick & mortar studio/commercial space, ROCK SHOP.
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