Pragmatic

I finally finished drawing my Artfight 2026 card! This year I’m going to be on Team Comedy and be a silly little guy.

Hiroshi Nagai's paintings need sunglasses to look at.

They look like how it feels to walk across a parking lot on a 98° summer day without a speck of shade in sight.

They look like heaven but also like you'd burn your bare feet on the ground.

Even when you can see shade you know it's not enough and the minute you step out you'll be burnt to a crisp like a vampire.

This feels like I could trip on that radio and fall right into that water, feeling the crystal waves as I drop in.

And this, a nice stroll down a resort strip, where my sunscreened skin could literally feel cooked if I leaned too close to the tiling.

And then a nice stretch of summer street, wherein you could see your face in the flushed red of that car provided it didn't blind you from its sunny reflections.

for 365 days, we've become unable to forgive anyone

somewhere in that time, we stopped being kind

our vision is dirty, our hearts worn raw

if tears can still fall, then maybe we can still be saved

hey, rain

happy rollout day, nines 🖤