Rob Burton
@trebornotrub.bsky.social
Artist, poet, writer & PhD Sociologist living & working at an American University in China 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 🇨🇳
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Art: https://www.pictorem.com/gallery/Robert.Burton
& website
https://www.rob-burton.co.uk/art-for-sale
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Rob Burton
@trebornotrub.bsky.social
· Sep 4
Starting a thread: a poem a day by Han Shan (Cold Mountain). This Tang-era recluse became a muse for Jack Kerouac & Gary Snyder. His words on cold cliffs, quiet minds, and the noisy world are startlingly modern. #HanShan #BeatGeneration (translator RED PINE (Bill Porter) #Poetry
Day 5 #ArtAdventCalendar Good wishes to all this season
December 4, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Day 5 #ArtAdventCalendar Good wishes to all this season
#MusicAdvent Day 5 Edwin Starr War
Wishing everyone a Peaceful Christmas/Advent/Holiday
youtu.be/01-2pNCZiNk?...
Wishing everyone a Peaceful Christmas/Advent/Holiday
youtu.be/01-2pNCZiNk?...
Edwin Starr - War (Original Video - 1969)
YouTube video by Stream Crops
youtu.be
December 4, 2025 at 10:44 PM
#MusicAdvent Day 5 Edwin Starr War
Wishing everyone a Peaceful Christmas/Advent/Holiday
youtu.be/01-2pNCZiNk?...
Wishing everyone a Peaceful Christmas/Advent/Holiday
youtu.be/01-2pNCZiNk?...
Day 4 #ArtAdventCalendar -Trees feature a lot during advent/Christmas so let me introduce you to some #trees that have seen a lot of Christmases come & go
1. 411 year old Ginko at a local temple
2. Figus 312 years old
3. Figus 815 years old. (see alt) Each tree has a plaque honouring and dating it
1. 411 year old Ginko at a local temple
2. Figus 312 years old
3. Figus 815 years old. (see alt) Each tree has a plaque honouring and dating it
December 4, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Day 4 #ArtAdventCalendar -Trees feature a lot during advent/Christmas so let me introduce you to some #trees that have seen a lot of Christmases come & go
1. 411 year old Ginko at a local temple
2. Figus 312 years old
3. Figus 815 years old. (see alt) Each tree has a plaque honouring and dating it
1. 411 year old Ginko at a local temple
2. Figus 312 years old
3. Figus 815 years old. (see alt) Each tree has a plaque honouring and dating it
#musicadvent Day 4 David Gray
I was in a long distance relationship - and this was my final plea to her to live with me. (it was complicated tho)
It never happened - a love lost.
youtu.be/Kq-jLjCVx_Q?...
I was in a long distance relationship - and this was my final plea to her to live with me. (it was complicated tho)
It never happened - a love lost.
youtu.be/Kq-jLjCVx_Q?...
DAVID GRAY - Sail Away (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by David Gray
youtu.be
December 3, 2025 at 11:59 PM
#musicadvent Day 4 David Gray
I was in a long distance relationship - and this was my final plea to her to live with me. (it was complicated tho)
It never happened - a love lost.
youtu.be/Kq-jLjCVx_Q?...
I was in a long distance relationship - and this was my final plea to her to live with me. (it was complicated tho)
It never happened - a love lost.
youtu.be/Kq-jLjCVx_Q?...
December 3, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Ok, I'm late to the game. Its Dec 2 here, Ive just finished work, its around 19:00 Hrs (7pm) I've been teaching since 08:30 hrs. (and its only coffee keeping me going.) #ArtAdventCalendar #art #coffee Is there a list, a theme? What gives Day 2 I suppose.
December 2, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Ok, I'm late to the game. Its Dec 2 here, Ive just finished work, its around 19:00 Hrs (7pm) I've been teaching since 08:30 hrs. (and its only coffee keeping me going.) #ArtAdventCalendar #art #coffee Is there a list, a theme? What gives Day 2 I suppose.
December 1, 2025 at 11:05 PM
The Pioneers - Let Your Yeah Be Yeah (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Trojan Records Official
youtu.be
December 1, 2025 at 10:57 PM
It's December 1st and I've been gnoming crazy #gnomes #christmas #christmasart #xmas #xmasart #art #artyear #eastcoastkin (There's 5 more if you want to see em.)
December 1, 2025 at 4:39 AM
It's December 1st and I've been gnoming crazy #gnomes #christmas #christmasart #xmas #xmasart #art #artyear #eastcoastkin (There's 5 more if you want to see em.)
Red bridge structures and cranes rise from a bridge building "factory" area behind a blue wall, with factory buildings and hazy mountains silhouetted by the setting sun in the background in Wenzhou, #China #MountainMonday #BlueSkyMonday
December 1, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Red bridge structures and cranes rise from a bridge building "factory" area behind a blue wall, with factory buildings and hazy mountains silhouetted by the setting sun in the background in Wenzhou, #China #MountainMonday #BlueSkyMonday
Monday Dec 1 Only 2 weeks and change left in the semester.
I've basically finished stand up teaching - its down to them now as they prepare final assigments and presentations
Whoop. #Music
(PS. I miss surfing in Widemouth Bay and down in Cornwall if any1 is interested)
youtu.be/apBWI6xrbLY?...
I've basically finished stand up teaching - its down to them now as they prepare final assigments and presentations
Whoop. #Music
(PS. I miss surfing in Widemouth Bay and down in Cornwall if any1 is interested)
youtu.be/apBWI6xrbLY?...
The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by TheBeachBoysVEVO
youtu.be
December 1, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Monday Dec 1 Only 2 weeks and change left in the semester.
I've basically finished stand up teaching - its down to them now as they prepare final assigments and presentations
Whoop. #Music
(PS. I miss surfing in Widemouth Bay and down in Cornwall if any1 is interested)
youtu.be/apBWI6xrbLY?...
I've basically finished stand up teaching - its down to them now as they prepare final assigments and presentations
Whoop. #Music
(PS. I miss surfing in Widemouth Bay and down in Cornwall if any1 is interested)
youtu.be/apBWI6xrbLY?...
Reposted by Rob Burton
Here's your cheat sheet for December 1-December 7
New: #XtraXmas #ArtAdventCalendar
Compiled by Robyn @handcranked.bsky.social
#EastCoastKin #ArtChallenges #Photography #Art
New: #XtraXmas #ArtAdventCalendar
Compiled by Robyn @handcranked.bsky.social
#EastCoastKin #ArtChallenges #Photography #Art
November 30, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Here's your cheat sheet for December 1-December 7
New: #XtraXmas #ArtAdventCalendar
Compiled by Robyn @handcranked.bsky.social
#EastCoastKin #ArtChallenges #Photography #Art
New: #XtraXmas #ArtAdventCalendar
Compiled by Robyn @handcranked.bsky.social
#EastCoastKin #ArtChallenges #Photography #Art
All of a sudden the whole faculty has been "invited" to mandatory attendance at a "Sexual Harassment Workshop/lecture". Thats Fine, but now of course the questions are Why? and Who is the reason we have to attend this? Gossip antennas are being extended. #academicsky
two men are looking at a cell phone and smiling
ALT: two men are looking at a cell phone and smiling
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November 30, 2025 at 6:10 AM
All of a sudden the whole faculty has been "invited" to mandatory attendance at a "Sexual Harassment Workshop/lecture". Thats Fine, but now of course the questions are Why? and Who is the reason we have to attend this? Gossip antennas are being extended. #academicsky
November 30, 2025 at 4:42 AM
#stunday Christmas is switched on at our local shopping mall in Wenzhou, China. The Chinese love Christmas - not for the sake of Jesus, but for the sake of mammon. But fair play it is a stunning event, fake snow and all. #china #Christmas #xmas (Yesterday -Saturday 29 Nov)
November 30, 2025 at 1:21 AM
#stunday Christmas is switched on at our local shopping mall in Wenzhou, China. The Chinese love Christmas - not for the sake of Jesus, but for the sake of mammon. But fair play it is a stunning event, fake snow and all. #china #Christmas #xmas (Yesterday -Saturday 29 Nov)
Tomorrow Comes Today, especially when one has to spend their Sunday marking scripts. #academicsky #teaching
#Music to mark by
youtu.be/-QrxWiv6t2Q?...
#Music to mark by
youtu.be/-QrxWiv6t2Q?...
Gorillaz - Tomorrow Comes Today Live (YouTube Music Nights)
YouTube video by Gorillaz
youtu.be
November 30, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Tomorrow Comes Today, especially when one has to spend their Sunday marking scripts. #academicsky #teaching
#Music to mark by
youtu.be/-QrxWiv6t2Q?...
#Music to mark by
youtu.be/-QrxWiv6t2Q?...
Scanning ones art work is the hidden boring side of the work.
Why do I always leave it until I have a pile that takes hours?
Curtains are closed cos here in Wenzhou on 29 November it's around 20c and the sun is streaming through the window over heating my Mac. #art #artyear #artwork
Why do I always leave it until I have a pile that takes hours?
Curtains are closed cos here in Wenzhou on 29 November it's around 20c and the sun is streaming through the window over heating my Mac. #art #artyear #artwork
November 29, 2025 at 5:37 AM
November 29, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Recently, in a training workshop, colleagues recommended playing music in class arguing students felt more relaxed and comfortable when doing in-class work, not when actually teaching. I tried using this and students seemed to like it & seemed more engaged. #music #teaching
youtu.be/0uIUWoh2AVo?...
youtu.be/0uIUWoh2AVo?...
Trip-Hop Psychedelic Legends Vol. 3 (Massive Attack, Portishead, Tricky, Björk | Inspired AI RMX)
YouTube video by Metaflow
youtu.be
November 29, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Recently, in a training workshop, colleagues recommended playing music in class arguing students felt more relaxed and comfortable when doing in-class work, not when actually teaching. I tried using this and students seemed to like it & seemed more engaged. #music #teaching
youtu.be/0uIUWoh2AVo?...
youtu.be/0uIUWoh2AVo?...
Guerilla #art with white board markers on the computer console desk top whilst bored during a class when students were doing in class work. And the resulting stain left on said console top. Strangley it won't wash off. I guess Banks had the same problem. #artyear #Eastcoastkin
November 28, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Guerilla #art with white board markers on the computer console desk top whilst bored during a class when students were doing in class work. And the resulting stain left on said console top. Strangley it won't wash off. I guess Banks had the same problem. #artyear #Eastcoastkin
Some christmassy art I've been doing recently Book marks and cards most of the images are generic to be fair. I'm not very Christmassy so seek inspiration where I can. Ho ho ho. #Art #Xmas #artyear #Eastcoastkin #Christmas
November 28, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Some christmassy art I've been doing recently Book marks and cards most of the images are generic to be fair. I'm not very Christmassy so seek inspiration where I can. Ho ho ho. #Art #Xmas #artyear #Eastcoastkin #Christmas
November 27, 2025 at 10:55 PM