A Glow in the Consciousness: The Continuous Creative Act of Seeing Clearly
"Simply to look on anything... with the love that penetrates to its essence, is to widen the domain of being in the vastness of non-being."
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Animal Rights Activists Target New King Charles Portrait
The action was in protest of allegations against the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, where King Charles III is a patron.
The myth about cars that’s hurting cities. “In study after study in...
The myth about cars that’s hurting cities . “In study after study in city after city around the world, researchers have found that merchants exaggerate the share of patrons who arrive by car and undercount those who walk, bike, or ride transit.” 💬 Join the discussion on
Four Lost Pregnancies. Five Weeks of IVF Injections. One Storm.
"A couple spent years and tens of thousands of dollars trying to have a baby. Then Hurricane Ian hit."
Trans Artist on Parole After 30 Years in Men’s Prison
While incarcerated, Jamie Diaz has made waves through her artworks depicting lived experiences and imagined realities.
Holly Hughes’s Politics of Pleasure
The veteran performance artist spoke with Hyperallergic about camp, queerness, anti-porn discourse, and nurturing feminist community across generations.
Phoebe Helander Paints Objects in Time
Helander removes her art from the frozen time in which still life paintings exist and reminds us that the moment recreated has already come and gone.
Two Pioneering Photographers’ Versions of Femininity
A joint exhibition at London’s National Portrait Gallery makes clear the force of Francesca Woodman’s authorial voice and Julia Margaret Cameron’s radicality.
According to a new report from the FBI, murders, rapes, assaults, robberies,...
According to a new report from the FBI , murders, rapes, assaults, robberies, burglaries, and vehicle theft all dropped by double-digit percentages in the US during the first three months of 2024 (compared to Q1 2023). 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Rosana Paulino Threads Through Painful Histories
The Brazilian artist weaves together archives, family albums, and records of Black suffering to suture a history of Amefricanas .
The 2024 Drone Photos Awards
The nominees for the 2024 Drone Photos Awards have been announced; here are a few that caught my eye: Photos by (from top to bottom) Sheng Jiang, Roberto Hernandez, Silke Hullmann, and Hüseyin Karahan. Tags: best of · best of 2024 · drones · photography 💬 Join the
Mesmerizing Pixelated Motifs Emerge from Sci-Fi Narratives in Drawings by Matthew Craven
Neuromancer is one of the first science-fiction novels characterized as cyberpunk, a dystopic mix of rapidly advanced technologies and mass societal collapse. Written by William Gibson and published in 1984, the book has become a cult classic lauded for how it doesn’t reach
Sacha Greif recently made the decision to pause his excellent design site/newsletter...
Sacha Greif recently made the decision to pause his excellent design site/newsletter Sidebar . “Design content seems to have either dried up, or else been driven to platforms like Medium and Substack.” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Neutrinos “hold the keys to new physics” but are “driving scientists crazy”....
Neutrinos “hold the keys to new physics” but are “driving scientists crazy” . “Somehow, neutrinos went from just another random particle to becoming tiny monsters that require multi-billion-dollar facilities to understand.” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Backcountry biker Laura Killingbeck thoughtfully weighs in on the “man or bear?”...
Backcountry biker Laura Killingbeck thoughtfully weighs in on the “man or bear?” debate . “I’m literally a woman who left mankind behind to live in nature with bears. This is my actual life.” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Mineo Mizuno Explores Earth’s Fragile Ecosystem in New Sculpture at The Huntington
Crafted from fallen timber the artist gathered in the Sierra Nevada forests, this site-specific work is set in the botanical gardens at the Los Angeles institution.
The Delicate Art of Turning Your Parents Into Content
"Gen Z creators are learning the lessons of Scorsese and Akerman: putting mom and dad in your work brings pathos, complexity, and a certain frisson."
The Cookie Monster Alphabet
In case you or someone you know needs a little levity or pick-me-up today, might I suggest what might be the cutest thing that’s ever aired on television: a little girl named Joey and Kermit the Frog saying the alphabet. Tags: alphabet · Sesame Street · TV · video 💬 Join the
An in-depth look at the Etak Navigator, the first practical vehicle navigation...
An in-depth look at the Etak Navigator , the first practical vehicle navigation system from 1985. GPS wasn’t available then, so the Etak used something called “augmented dead reckoning” to determine the vehicle’s location. 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Tender Interactions Emerge from Wood in Fumiya Watanabe’s Delicate Sculptures
“My work is like a diary, like a poem,” says Fumiya Watanabe , who translates daily experiences and emotions into poignant wooden sculptures. Based in Gifu, Japan, the artist studied wood carving during university, then later with a master Inami artisan. Honing a technical
The View From Earth of Different Planets Replacing the Moon
What if Mars orbited the Earth at the same distance as the Moon…what would that look like? How about Neptune? Or Jupiter? Like this: See also what the Earth would look like with Saturn’s rings . (via @stevenstrogatz ) [This is a vintage post originally from Aug 2012.]
The Forthcoming ‘Racing for Thunder’ Chronicles Rammellzee’s Vibrant and Multi-Hyphenate Artistic Career
In the 1970s and 1980s, a ride on the New York City subway looked a lot different than it does today, famously coated in graffiti inside and out. One figure who has gained posthumous attention during the past few years is the creative polymath Rammellzee (1960-2010), whose
The “Coming to Apple TV+” reel shown at WWDC contains some tantalizing...
The “Coming to Apple TV+” reel shown at WWDC contains some tantalizing first-look clips from the second seasons of Severance and Silo. 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Three Bags Full, about a flock of whodunit-solving sheep, has been adapted...
Three Bags Full, about a flock of whodunit-solving sheep, has been adapted into a movie written by Craig Mazin (Chernobyl) and starring Hugh Jackman & Emma Thompson. The 2005 book went tiny-viral on Bluesky last year . 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Do plants have minds?
In the 1840s, the iconoclastic scientist Gustav Fechner made an inspired case for taking seriously the interior lives of plants - by Rachael Petersen Read at Aeon
Download Issues of “Weird Tales” (1923–1954): The Pioneering Pulp Horror Magazine Features Original Stories by Lovecraft, Bradbury & Many More
We live in an era of genre. Browse through TV shows of the last decade to see what I mean: Horror, sci-fi, fantasy, superheroes, futuristic dystopias…. Take a casual glance at the burgeoning global film franchises or merchandising empires. Where in earlier decades, horror and
What spoiled wrecks
There’s nothing wrong with abundance and joy. But being spoiled causes two real problems: As a community increases in wealth, the number of spoiled citizens increases as well. It’s often the acid that corrodes the magic that created the wealth in the first place. Whining is a
How a Bach Canon Works. Brilliant.
Brilliant. This moving manuscript depicts a single musical sequence played front to back and then back to front. Give the video a little time to unfold and enjoy.