A public good.
seeds & shoots has no ads, no subscriptions, no sponsors and no revenue. Nobody pays to read it, and nobody can make money from it. It is something being built and looked after for as long as it needs to exist.
principles
Principles
What seeds & shoots is, and how we behave. Read this before you say yes.
What this is
Given freely.
Everything here is voluntary. You choose a prompt, sit with it, and respond in whatever form fits: two lines, two pages, a drawing, a song, your voice. Nobody is paid, pushed, or tricked into showing up. What you give stays yours, and you can take it back whenever you like.
Like a park.
Spread a blanket, bring a picnic, play whatever you like, and tidy up after yourself so the next person has room. There is no expert here and no authority. Each piece is one person's perspective at one moment.
How we behave
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No chasing attention.
No followers, no scores. The magazine is calm on purpose.
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Private by default.
No accounts. Nothing that identifies you is tracked. What you save or finish stays in your own browser, and the garden counts that something happened, never who did it.
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Different readings are welcome.
People will see the same seed differently. That is the point.
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I tend the garden.
I'm Zaheer, the editor. I pick and plant a few seeds, help bring the harvest in, and spread a table for friends to enjoy it. I don't edit your voice, and online, everyone who contributes is included.
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Your words are yours.
Nothing is published, changed or shared without your say-so, and you can take a piece back at any time.