our founder's formative reads, prompts to overcome creative blocks, and her favorite albums of 2024

clémence polès' january recs

Hi, if you are new here, my name is Clémence, I’m the founder and photographer of passerby. Every month I’ve been sharing some favorite finds in our monthly recs series, but after getting enough “post too long for email” alerts, I thought maybe it was time to separate this out and share a little more. In this new send, I’ll include a mix of my open tabs and what I’m listening to, watching, and enjoying — things I hope you’ll enjoy as well. I hope this update is welcomed and if you have any thoughts or ideas about what you’d like to see here, I’m all ears. Looking forward to experimenting a bit more in 2025.

prompts to overcome creative blocks

I recently came across Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt’s…