Witch’s Brew
Witch’s Brew Trump’s Effect on My Reading Habits George Saunders published CivilWarLand in Bad Decline in 1966. My world should …
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To Signify: A Tincture of Pink
“Adults and children huddle around a brazier, or coal fire, to hear ghost stories.” “A man, perhaps the …
Knowers Knowing What Can’t Be Known & Believers Believing What Can’t Be Known Either
This is a double post. The reason will become obvious. Knowers Knowing What Can’t Be Known I looked out …
How Can You Augment Reality?
‘Liberty Bell’ Tolls for Sites Where History Is Alive and Kicking, by Nancy Baker Cahill, via the New York Times How Can You …
Looking Up
TED Talk by Janet Eschelman, 9.5 minutes Looking Up I notice a strange kinship between the works of Janet Eschelman and Nancy Baker …
Every Other Week
Every Other Week So much time tending the website, so much less time creating the art. So I’m switching to a …
The Language of Distortion
Unsplash photo by Lopez Robin. DISTORTION Water is famously apt for distortion -- the merest bump starts ripples moving. My interest is mainly …
Ahem. Thoughts About Women in Art
Ahem. Thoughts About Women in Art I read an extensive interview with Anselm Kiefer that called him the best living artist. He’s among …
Reboot, the Abashed Blogger Said
Reboot, the abashed blogger said, looking red-faced and rather silly. I muffed my opportunity on Sunday to post new work in both the …
Kristallnacht, Babi Yar, Tulsa
Kristallnacht, Babi Yar, Tulsa miso – a combining form meaning “hate,” with the object of hatred specified by the following element: misogyny. …
Michael Hansmeyer and the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Michael Hansmeyer, Subdivided Cube 4, Computational Architecture 2009. (Note from blogger: watch the pores change.) Michael Hansmeyer and the Fourth Industrial Revolution The …
Less Art for More Art Savvy
Website Change by Sloan Nota (061220 11dd) Website Protocol Change (Less Art for More Art Savvy) Those of you following this website from …
White Humans
White Humans White Humans are Whites who identify as humans rather than as better-than-any-other-humans. Simple. I'm white as skim milk and secretly wish I could …
Gaea Here and Now
Rubberband Ball; free from PixelSquid. It's watermarked with a net but that suits me here. I've long been reaching for the perfect metaphor for …
“Careful, you know it’s not about black lives”
"Careful, You Know It's Not About Black Lives" Using free characters from PixelSquid. Yesterday I discovered a new form of digital media and my eyes …
How Materials Affect an Artist’s Art, pt 2
Violino Bicchiere Pipa Calamaio by Pablo Picasso, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=65820143 How Materials Affect an Artist's Art, pt 2 Say you’re an artist and you walk …
Death for No Damn Reason
photo by Nathan Dumlao, nathandumlaophotos.com Death for No Damn Reason When I saw white police taking a knee to protesters I almost let out …
How Materials Affect an Artist’s Art, pt 1
How Materials Affect an Artist's Art, pt 1 Shredded Graffiti (081518 35c). Based on photos from textures.com. It was only this year that …