Liz Braswell's Messy Desk

SUBWOOLFER IS TOTALLY YLVIS #givethatfoxabanana #eurovision2022 #subwoolfer #ylvis #whatdidthefoxeat https://www.instagram.com/p/CdvX_8AL9uN/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Reading this now. And finding Maugham trite, misogynistic even beyond the author’s time and place, and lacking any stylistic oomph. Does anyone care to counterpoint or suggest what I might have missed? Or is this really just a middling fun yarn that could definitely be improved with some aliens or the undead? #wsomersetmaugham #quoteclassicsquote https://www.instagram.com/p/Cdqz-efLCLz/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Multiverse of Madness is the absolute greatest MCU movie ever. Fight me. (I’ll win because I have a boomstick, you primitive screwheads) #groovy #samraimiforthewin #doctorstrangeinthemultiverseofmadness https://www.instagram.com/p/CdmT5YdL7JN/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

The weather here is damp and drippy and none too warm. Transporting me away from all this is a super fun trip to an (as yet) imaginary Disney resort, where sun, cosplay, and romance abound…Preorder now! Srsly. It checks allll the armchair vacay boxes. #summer #dreaming #magickingdom https://www.instagram.com/p/CdJCrUdrb23/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

The anthem of the day is Dreams So Real by Metric. Get angry, despair—but keep going. Shut up and carry on, the scream becomes a yawn. https://www.instagram.com/p/CdGMFinrpec/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

For the last time, people! MTG stands for MAGIC THE GATHERING. Nothing else. Stop ruining my feeds and/or getting my hopes up that there’s something actually wonderful in the news. (at Shadowmoor) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cc8jPeQrntF/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

My 12 year old daughter and I switch off songs on the commute. I’ll let you guess who chose what. #degustibusnondisputandumest https://www.instagram.com/p/Cc5RKYHrvmy/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

This is a plate of delicious looking bonbons. This is my daughter almost puking when it turns out they are actually brussels sprouts dipped in chocolate. #aprilfools #iamthequeen (at Brooklyn, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cb2yVpkLAVE/?utm_medium=tumblr

Some go to the Whitney Biennial for the art; I go for the creative writing.    Ok, ok, I go for the art too.  But also to enjoy the translucent pane of bubblegum that language is stretched to in artist statements and  signage.    (And no, I am not some anti-intellectual, anti-art peasant; I belong to three museums and am the tireless missionary of culture for my family, endlessly dragging them to exhibitions to forcibly broaden their minds.  I really, really like Miró.)   But the words!    “Liminal” was a good one for a couple of years.  Its literary use in galleries and museums seemed to be “an excuse for the artist to pair up two completely different things and claim the piece connected them somehow,” as opposed to the more traditional “threshold, or occupying space near or around a threshold.”  If you furrow your brow and try really hard you might see how the original and new definition could be connected, evolutionarily, but the OED certainly wouldn’t approve.   (Poor old “liminal” also achieves another new and unneeded definition through popular memes, which seems to be “scary and abandoned.”  Sigh.)   If you go to the Biennial, take it from me: go early in the day and in comfortable shoes.  And feel free to memorize a few phrases below that will help make the experience more comprehensible and pleasant.  Or rather: it might invoke a presence of uneasy equilibrium at your site-specific, analogue encounter with real and imagined liminal spaces.   You’re welcome.   “Manipulated everyday objects” = I played with things in my apartment.   “Reimagined though placement” = Then I put the things over there instead of here.  It looked cool.   “Situates their practice in dialogue” = I am looking for an excuse to mention these super hot, push-button issues.  I *totally* think about them while I paint when I’m not thinking about lunch.   “Series of physical interventions” = See “Every day objects, manipulated.” https://www.instagram.com/p/Cbz2Eccrffv/?utm_medium=tumblr

My son turns 16 this week. I could write a book about all the feels…and maybe I will, some day. For now I will bake him a cake. #cakefortraveler #genshinimpact #birthdaycake (at Teyvat) https://www.instagram.com/p/CbfVVWyrlnv/?utm_medium=tumblr

Writing outside today…I can’t decide if the fuzzy sheaths of the slowly blooming magnolia above me look like wolf ears or the adorably chunky hind legs of a marsupial. #wherethewildthingsare (at Greenpoint) https://www.instagram.com/p/CbXh8E6LQ2t/?utm_medium=tumblr

So…Aloy is all about the French tuck. Huh. #quietlyleavesroomandadjustsshirt #horizonforbiddenwest #horizonzerodawn https://www.instagram.com/p/CaxZyLgrzRy/?utm_medium=tumblr

I mean, everyone’s doin it… #wordle #adventureofthedancingmen #readabook https://www.instagram.com/p/CaUridiLkYm/?utm_medium=tumblr

I’m reading from THESE BOOKS (and eating ice cream) at Ample Hills Gowanus tomorrow night 2/15 at 7 pm! Also reading is my old friend @davidalanmack and David Fisher. Buy tix here! https://bit.ly/36d9jbM #stuffedthebook #whatoncewasmine #stuffies (at Ample Hills Gowanus) https://www.instagram.com/p/CZ9qJ6Xrg1t/?utm_medium=tumblr

If you like ice cream and my books, come to Ample Hills Gowanus on Tuesday where I and my old friend Dave Mack and new friend David Fisher will be reading! (And eating ice cream.) https://amplehills.com/events/rooftop-readings (at Ample Hills Gowanus) https://www.instagram.com/p/CZzO61PrJQn/?utm_medium=tumblr

I know, it’s been a while since I posted. It’s been a hard fall and winter for so many reasons. But today it’s snowing, I have a nice wood fire going, and an entire day to devour a book. #skywardinn #aliyawhiteley https://www.instagram.com/p/CZUxhyhLmh7/?utm_medium=tumblr

Help me, internet hive mind: I was given an @adafruit flora (and Gemma) and is there really no way to upload code to it from an iOS device‽ #wearablelectronics #microcontroller #etextiles #micropython #arduino https://www.instagram.com/p/CYPny4yLkqc/?utm_medium=tumblr