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Designer’s Guide to Surfaces and Finishes, 1984

Prince (1989)

An abortion is way more responsible than birthing a child you're not ready for.

— -Andrea Dworkin “Letters from a War Zone" 

Frederick Engels, The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State

Throne room at the Palace of Knossos, Crete

Kinuko Y. Craft

'The Prayers of the Potuans at the Feast of the Unfathomable God'. Nicolai Abildgaard. 1785.

patterns left by woodworms on driftwood

art parallels jeremy lipking, federico zandomeneghi, serge marshennikov, allan douglas davidson, svetlana tartakovska

This is a very old Islamic tradition, still alive in parts of Turkey. When a white blanket of snow covers everything - people go to the tops of mountains peaks and scatter seeds and food for the birds through the snowing season so as not to let the birds die of starvation. This deed was started by the Muslim caliph Umar bin Abdul Aziz and is narrated in various books of history and quoted as “Go and spread seeds on the tops of mountains - may the birds not die of starvation in a Muslim country.”

“You’re a slut and a whore for the algorithm. I couldn’t do it anymore. You can never feed it enough. You start out making art, and hoping that the door will open. You’re looking for that viral moment so it opens up the door and you can do the thing full time. But you start to compromise just to get the door to open: guessing what it wants, debasing yourself, alienating yourself. Until you’re not even in service to your art anymore. You’re in service to the algorithm. Deep down every artist just wants to be seen. Everyone does. And that’s how it controls you. The algorithm makes you behave in a certain way, create in a certain way, in exchange for being seen. And if something can change what you do, it can change who you are. And I didn’t sign up for that. I didn’t sign up to become a content creator. Art was supposed to be a way for me to be in search of, in service to, in community with. It was my ministry. Art was supposed to be my ministry.”

But unfortunately, my father's health is deteriorating and he needs a new bladder and must be evacuated before it's too late.