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Ingrid SolbergSubscribe

Northern Lights Stage Director · 18d ago

After 11 seasons as Lead Stage Director at Aurora Productions International, I'm transitioning to a new role: Artistic Director. I won't be directing nightly shows anymore. Instead, I'll be setting the creative vision for all 23 venues, mentoring the next generation of aurora directors, and — finally — developing the Southern Hemisphere program. The aurora australis has been under-produced for too long. To every audience member who looked up and felt something: that was the goal. Every show. Every night. To my team: you made the sky beautiful. I just pointed at it and said 'more purple.' 💜 Opening night is every night. Even mine. #AuroraProductions #ArtisticDirector #NewChapter #OpeningNightIsEveryNight

Ambrose St. ClaireSubscribe

Silent Letter Advocacy Attorney · 26d ago

After 8 years, I am leaving St. Claire & Voiceless. ⚖️ I know. I can already hear some of you: "Ambrose, you can't leave. You ARE the firm." And I appreciate that more than you know. But please hear me out. This is the hardest update I've ever written. I've drafted it four times. The 'k' in "knight" would want me to be honest, so I will be. I'm exhausted. Not from the work — never from the work. From the system. From courtrooms where opposing counsel's opening argument is literally "nobody cares." From watching spelling reform proposals cross my desk that would erase centuries of etymology for the sake of "efficiency." From a legal framework that was never built to protect something as quiet as a silent letter. I won cases. 73% win rate. I'm proud of that number. The 'w' in "write" is still there because of me. The 'b' in "doubt" retained its position because of a brief I wrote at 2 AM fueled by conviction and extremely strong tea. The 'g' in "gnome" — don't even get me started on what they wanted to do to the 'g' in "gnome." But the losses. The losses stay with you. So I'm stepping away from the firm. Not from silent letter advocacy — never from that. The letters still need a voice. But I need to find a different way to fight. Less courtroom. More education. More writing. More standing in front of classrooms full of children and explaining that the 'k' in "knight" has been showing up to work for 400 years and deserves their respect. I'm opening a solo practice focused on etymology education and public advocacy. Smaller cases. More impact. More tea. 📖 To the silent letters: you are not useless. You are not decorative. You are the memory of every language that came before, embedded in the words we use today. You are etymology made visible. You are history, standing quietly in plain sight. And to the 'k' in "knight" specifically: I'm not done. I'm just changing strategy. #Resignation #SilentLetterAdvocacy #8Years #NewChapter #Etymology