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Câest fini !
Merci Ă tous les auteurs, Ă Richard Berman et Ă Laetitia Benat.
(photo Takeshi Miyamoto)
J'ai semĂ© du blĂ© rouge de Bordeaux. La grotte ornĂ©e de la Madeleine. Une grande bambouseraie abandonnĂ©e. J'ai fabriquĂ© un mĂ©tier Ă tisser. Le niveau de l'Aveyron est trĂšs bas. Une buse a mangĂ© notre poule rose-noire. Les kakis mĂ»rissent. Les tulipes sortent. Au milieu des galles de chĂȘnes, il y a une petite larve. La lumiĂšre orange du soleil sur les feuilles de chĂȘnes noirs. Des tas de terre de taupe. Il fait trĂšs doux. Les bougies de la sainte Lucie. CĂ©lestine a fait une boisson avec des violettes. J'ai plantĂ© deux marcotages de figuier. Beaucoup de chasseurs. Nous avons dĂ©jeunĂ© dehors autour d'un feu. Notre cheval prĂ©fĂšre le foin du causse au foin de la plaine. J'ai fait des boutons en buis, en genĂ©vrier, en prunier et en nerprun. Des dĂ©corations en peaux de clĂ©mentines. L'herbe continue de pousser. Naissance des premiers agneaux. Une guirlande de baies. Une salamandre terrestre sur la marche en pierre. Jean-Yves m'a offert une tronçonneuse. Nous avons trouvĂ© deux arbres bonsaĂŻs dans les bois. Les poules pondent toujours. J'ai coupĂ© du bois mort. Du lichen indigo sur une branche morte. De la laine de brebis accrochĂ©e aux arbres. Il n'a pas plu au mois de dĂ©cembre.
EMILIE RAMBOZ, 31 notes â DĂ©cembre 2015
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AMIT BERLOWITZ, La mer Morte (ou âmer de Lothâ ou âmer de Selâ) â fin dĂ©cembre 2015
LAETITIA BENAT, DESSINS â dĂ©cembre 2015

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Mardi 29 décembre | Elizabeth Underwood | Here I Am
FIRE CREATING LIFE
Every Christmas Eve, stretching north from Lutcher for miles, on the levee that follows the Mississippi river, a wild performance for Saint Nicholas occurs in Louisiana. Because in these wetlands he travels by a pirogue pulled by gators and gigantic bonfires must be lit to ensure his safe passage. These arenât acoustic-guitar-playing campfires, those pale in comparison. In typical Louisiana fashion, any excuse to create a spectacle is grabbed by the horns and rode right into the ground. Â
All throughout December, local families devote their resources to building immense wooden teepee pyres high on the levee path. Not just teepees, either. Iâve seen an effigy of a car with driver to honor the father that died in a crash that year. One year, a family built an actual-size fire truck to salute the townâs striking firemen (who thankfully resolved their issues in time for these roaring fires to be lit). Last year, there was a Black Lives Matter structure, a wooden man with an afro and his fist raised to the sky. The construction of these giant structures is meticulous â everything is built solidly so it burns safely, plus a familyâs reputation can hinge on how evenly and long their pyre burns. Making something so complicated just to destroy it is another example of how folks in Louisiana gracefully ritualize the cycle of life and death. And like all the other public rituals that are a part of our culture, itâs a bona-fide family affair.
The pyres get lit at 7 p.m. and are stuffed with fireworks that explode at some unpredictable moment. Lawn chairs and grills are pulled out â the adults cooking and drinking while kids sled the levee on broken-down boxes, running themselves ragged. A calliope player pumps out off-key carols. Thereâs homemade corndogs and gator on a stick for sale. The houses that run along the River Road practice an ages-old open-door tradition, where strangers are welcome to fix a plate and celebrate. On the river the steamboat, Mississippi Queen is drifting, strung with white lights, her holiday revelers carousing as the river runs gold with fire. The fires are wicked hot and burning low. Teenage boys shoot off bottle rockets, girls laugh with sparklers, every single face lit up with the feral joy that blooms out of those pyres to lick you clean, to go to sleep, to usher in another Christmas in the absolute best place on earth you could ever be.Â
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JULIAN GATTO, FOREVER #6 (Textility) â Brooklyn, December 2015.
In his paper The textility of making, anthropologist Tim Ingold argues against the hylomorphic model of making: the division, established very early on (Aristotle), between matter and form, whereas matter is understood as the passive recipient of a form that has been thought out, rationally, in advance.
The alternative he proposes to the latter binary is an ontology based on the convergence of materials and forces: the world understood as a mesh or weave where âmaterials of all sorts, energized by cosmic forces and with variable properties, mix and meld with one another in the generation of things.â
Throughout this series I have tried to approach this way of making, intuitively looking for ways to witness how these convergences come about. My studio became less populated with âfinished piecesâ and more of an array of materials and tools dispersed all over the floor, tables, walls, ready to be played with (the studio caught up in the linen as a ghost, by the way, belongs to my studio partner Sarah Mattes). So, even though FOREVER is over, it feels more like a beginning than an ending.
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OLIVIER KERVERN, SAISONS SENTIMENTALES â dĂ©cembre 2015.
Samedi 26 décembre | Stephen Sprott | Maybe All This
I was so happy when, at long last, I could stand just for a minute or so and get my bearings. It was confusing because I felt like my body was on its own, somewhere behind me. If I thought about moving my hips forward a bit, they went backwards by mistake. Too much movement in any direction would send me crashing into the floor. I was a little surprised at how heavy I am. On my feet, it's not a great effort to hold my body up but, with my hands pressing down beneath me, I can feel, up close, the unwavering demand that gravity makes on things. Were the floorboards to give a little bit, I could plunge straight through them, down through the cellar and into whatever dark hole lies beneath. I would plunge head-first. My poor head. It would not have to contemplate such an event were it not stuck underneath me like this, dethroned, lost in a rush of blood. But it's a good lesson for the head, to get a sense of what it's like down there and to see how hard the feet and the legs have been working all this time. And what a nice chance for the lower limbs to show that they can be the head and keep the body from tipping over. You can pull yourself up with your legs. It defies reason for there is nothing they can grasp. But somehow it happens! It must be some new joy at getting to pull when always they must push. I regret that there have been so many years in my life before doing this but from now on I can tip myself over every day. How else can I get the mind to cede some control? Suspended, it can't ignore the weight of its body and the weight that the senses give to thoughts that would otherwise float out lifeless, chemical, like invisible plumes through an inverted world.
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TAKASHI HOMMA, FICTION DIARY â December 2015.
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Mercredi 23 décembre | Mathilde Girard | à Présent
IMAGE EN MANQUE (Ă propos du dernier spectacle dâAngĂ©lica Liddell : Primera Carta de San Pablo A Los Corintios Cantata BWV 4, Christ lag in Todesbanden. Oh, Charles !)
Le souvenir est imprĂ©cis. Il faut revenir en arriĂšre, attraper ce qui est en train de fuir ou ce qui nâa pas Ă©tĂ© vu, alors. Câest un vendredi soir, au théùtre de lâOdĂ©on. La situation est la mĂȘme qui dâautres fois nous a rĂ©unies une amie et moi dans ce lieu, pour une cĂ©rĂ©monie oĂč la scĂšne est ouverte aux paroles dâune femme et Ă la cruautĂ©. Câest ce que nous venons chercher. Ce qui est su, pressenti. La tension accompagne les premiers gestes du rituel théùtral â lĂ oĂč il faut sâasseoir, tout devant. Je suis dĂ©jĂ trop prĂšs. Quelque chose est redoutĂ© mais je ne sais pas quoi, si ça vient du dedans de moi, ou de ce qui va se dĂ©rouler au devant.
Jâai oubliĂ© les premiers dĂ©placements. On dirait quâil ne se passe rien. Je cherche Ă me repĂ©rer, jâattends quâon me dise, que le silence soit rompu.
Les autres fois, la conduite Ă©tait claire. Cette femme sâest donnĂ© une scĂšne pour exister, pour mettre en jeu ce quâelle est qui lui est insupportable. Elle a fait un mythe de son dĂ©goĂ»t, et câest un accĂšs â un accĂšs pour le public, pour lâautre Ă qui elle sâadresse. Je lâai rencontrĂ©e par le dĂ©sespoir revendiquĂ©, et Ă ce point-là ça provoque un soulagement qui sâexplique mal, qui vient sans doute de cette façon de vouloir le pire en lâavouant pour chacun, de lâexaucer. LâexpĂ©rience, si on veut, est cathartique â et câest peut-ĂȘtre tout.
Mais ce soir câest autre chose. Quand elle entre en scĂšne dâabord je suis rassurĂ©e mais Ă mesure que je lâĂ©coute une absence se dessine dont je ne peux me reprĂ©senter les contours. Il y a des rĂ©fĂ©rents, un texte, celui des grandes mystiques, de Saint Paul â il y a Dieu. Et avec Dieu, lâimage et lâabsence. En suivant le long rĂ©cit de la dĂ©claration, du chĂątiment dĂ©libĂ©rĂ©, de lâamour et de lâabnĂ©gation, la douleur se manifeste comme une image en manque. Celui quâelle attend fait rĂ©sonner lâintĂ©rieur. Il est la raison de tous ses orifices, de toutes les pĂ©nĂ©trations : il est le manque qui donne le sens de tous les manques. Câest lui qui dicte le texte, qui Ă©crit la lettre. Elle se charge, elle, de rĂ©aliser le vĆu quâil ne formule pas, et de faire parler son dĂ©sir jusquâau plus lointain rabaissement. Il faut quâelle sâĂ©loigne beaucoup dâelle-mĂȘme, quâelle se blesse et quâelle se dĂ©chire pour quâil commence Ă venir, il faut que toutes les parois de son ĂȘtre lui soient consacrĂ©es. Les images du supplice sont un appel â mais rien ne rĂ©pond. Plus elles sont cruelles, plus le vide est profond. Il est possible alors dâatteindre la folie mentale, de se mĂȘler aux voix de ces femmes qui appellent et attendent, qui en deviennent mauvaises Ă force dâaimer attendre. La tĂȘte sâenflamme, mais le calme revient quand les voix se taisent pour laisser place Ă la scĂšne, aux autres corps, aux seuls corps incarnĂ©s. Une autre violence se dĂ©ploie, alors, dans lâinterruption des voix. La violence des actes rĂ©els et de ceux, potentiels, qui les suivent et quâon anticipe en pensĂ©e. Un homme qui est comme le Christ a le corps recouvert dâor et peut-ĂȘtre quâil respire mal â on lâimagine. Une femme venue du derriĂšre de la scĂšne joue son propre rĂŽle : elle est infirmiĂšre. Elle prend le bras dorĂ© de lâhomme, dĂ©gage la veine et y enfonce lâaiguille dâune seringue. La prise de sang commence. Il sâĂ©coule dans une petite poche qui sera renversĂ©e, plus tard, sur un tissu blanc. Ce que la Sainte sâinflige, ce quâelle endure est maintenant agi sur ce corps dont mon regard doit prendre soin, doit accueillir. Je nâai pas pu tout regarder. Encore une fois jâai dĂ» fermer les yeux, comme une enfant, reculer devant la douleur rĂ©elle tandis que ma pensĂ©e pouvait soutenir celle qui Ă©tait dite, reprĂ©sentĂ©e par les mots, lâinstant dâavant. Je me demande ce qui fait que ma pensĂ©e prend le devant sur des perceptions inadmissibles. Je me demande ce qui dĂ©cide de cette force de la reprĂ©sentation et de cette impuissance du regard, qui vacille, devant la rĂ©alitĂ©. Je voudrais intervenir et demander lâarrĂȘt du spectacle. Il nây a pas de coĂŻncidence entre la possibilitĂ© de la douleur psychique et celle de la douleur agie. Elles semblent sâexclure lâune lâautre, ici. Dâabord lâimage manque, et quand elle apparaĂźt elle se retire Ă nouveau dans la puissance de lâacte â en fait il nây a jamais dâimage. Lâimage dont AngĂ©lica Liddell cherche la trace ne cesse dâĂ©chapper aux mots et de se briser dans les actes. Ou plutĂŽt : elle veut la mettre en manque. Câest sa façon dâaimer.
Quelques minutes aprĂšs la fin du spectacle, jâapprenais que des attentats avaient lieu dans lâest de Paris. Lâhistoire de cette nuit est Ă la fois singuliĂšre Ă chacun, et collective. Elle sâĂ©crit au futur antĂ©rieur quand on y a survĂ©cu et quâon la regarde depuis lâavenir: nous aurons Ă©tĂ© ensemble, ce soir-lĂ . Si le spectacle Ă©tait Ă la mesure de lâĂ©vĂ©nement qui allait faire exploser la vie au-dehors de la salle, rien ne justifie cependant que lâon puisse les associer â rien ne justifie les coĂŻncidences, et câest mĂȘme un danger pour la pensĂ©e, cette croyance que le hasard commande. Pourtant on reconnaĂźt ce besoin de lier les choses les unes aux autres, de les expliquer les unes par les autres et mĂȘme â une fois nâest pas coutume â de se mettre Ă la place de son prochain parce quâil est mort lĂ oĂč jâaurais pu ĂȘtre (câest lâautre temps dâĂ©criture de lâĂ©vĂ©nement : le conditionnel). Ce dĂ©sir de sâidentifier, ce transfert, la tragĂ©die les assurait â elle les dĂ©voilait, les faisait vivre, et les rĂ©solvait au bĂ©nĂ©fice de la vie politique. Si quelque chose de cette expĂ©rience est empĂȘchĂ©, arrĂȘtĂ©, parce que les hommes ont dĂ» se rĂ©soudre Ă ne rien pouvoir rĂ©soudre, câest encore cela qui traverse parfois les Ćuvres, les performances, les vies qui nous dĂ©rangent : quand elles nous montrent ce que nous pourrions ĂȘtre ou ce qui est condamnĂ© ; quand elles nous parlent de notre mort. Et câest toujours cette identification, cette possibilitĂ© dâĂȘtre â petite ou grande, bĂȘte ou rĂ©flĂ©chie â vers laquelle nous tendons pour nous repĂ©rer.
Aujourdâhui, autant que dâimages nous manquons peut-ĂȘtre de reprĂ©sentants. Ă la conditionnalitĂ© identificatoire de ma prĂ©sence sur les lieux de lâattentat sâest ajoutĂ©e celle du vote pour un parti qui viendrait seconder ma voix. Dâune sĂ©quence Ă lâautre, il nâaura Ă©tĂ© question que dâune supplĂ©ance impossible et du recul de la mĂ©taphore.
Le souvenir du spectacle dâAngĂ©lica Liddell me revient comme la possibilitĂ© dâun renversement, dâune aggravation. Il sâagit moins, alors, de reprendre des forces au contact de la cruautĂ©, de se reconnaĂźtre en elle, que dâentrer dans lâinconnu qui ne cesse de se retirer.
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Yotsui-san travels all around Japan to hold workshops and classes on permacultural activity and landscape design. While he is at home, he is busy designing tools and doing farm work with his family. His wife, Chisato-san, supports his work and their children grow up learning something new from nature everyday. They are strong-willed but there is no austerity in their way of living. It was a pleasure to have had the opportunity to visit and interview such a heart-warming family.
On my way back from home, I looked up to see the clear autumn sky spread over the mountains. It gave me strength to prepare for the long winter of Yatsugatake. Â
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ALL PHOTOGRAPHS BY TATSUYASU WATANABE, TEXT BY ETSUKO MIYOSHI â November 2015, Yamanashi, Japan. Many thanks to Etsuko Miyoshi and Yujin Hataguchi for their help in doing this reportage, and to Shinji Yotsui, his wife Chisato, and their two sons, Kimito and Sora.
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A Typical Autumn day for Yotsui-san
7:00 Wake up. Sow seeds of wheat and cruciferous vegetables.
8:00 Breakfast.
9:00 Writing and design work.
12:00 Lunch.
13:00 Meeting with book editor. Writing work.
15:00 His children come back from school. Farm work with his children, and construction of tree-house in his garden.
19:00 Dinner.
20:00 Craft work. Repairing machinery. Internet.
1:00 Go to bed.
Yotsui-san has collected 4 kg of honey from the beehouse in their garden, using a manually operated centrifuge. It is their final honey yield this year, before preparing the bee hives for the long winter.
He also has been learning the art of tea ceremony (Ura-Senke) for 5 years. He has designed and made an original tea ceremony water jug out of wood, inspired by the form of an antique wooden shoyu (soy-sauce) presser.
Last month Yotsui-san organized a Tea Ceremony during his monthly open house, and served home-made honey to guests instead of traditional Wagashi (Japanese cakes).
Yotsui-san creates his own original âstyleâ by developing innovation out of the âTraditional Wayâ (Tao). Â
âOnko-Chishinâ is a word from the analects of Confucius: âAsk the âoldâ to discover the ânewââ, thus developing new ideas based on the study of the past.
Humanity has consistently developed new âtoolsâ as a means to enrich their livelihoods. Yotsui-san enjoys repairing antique tools and even creating his own original tools; adding improvements to the forms and structures of old tools which are an accumulation of knowledge through experience of our ancestors. His creative activity in everyday life gives richness to the often-monotone life in the countryside.
I have visited Yotsui-sanâs house throughout the seasons and there was a new discovery on every visit: he and his family have been consistently taking on new challenges to develop their life.

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This fall, for the fourth and last time, photographer Tatsuyasu Watanabe visited the house of Shinji Yotsui and his family in Yatsugatake (Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan). We will publish this series over the next four days.
The scarlet-tinged leaves have started to lose their color. Autumn is deepening toward the long winter of Yatsugatake. I walked on the crunchy fallen leaves on my way to Yotsui-sanâs house.
Yotsui-san and his family have been very busy harvesting soy-beans and planting leafy vegetables to eat during the winter. Yotsui-san was working hard to meet a deadline for the new permaculture picture book to be published soon. Nevertheless, he has welcomed me warmly into his house for the final interview of this series.
His wife, Chisato-san has prepared us lunch using vegetables freshly picked from their garden.
(Etsuko Miyoshi)
EMILIE RAMBOZ, CUISINE ORANGĂE 2/3 â DĂ©cembre 2015
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