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Artists do not wait for the culture to come to them, they make their own culture. If the culture is not in step with the artist, culture is what needs to catch up. It is the responsibility of culture to support its artists, those who place culture at risk and move it forward, often against its will.
January 17, 2026 at 6:58 AM
Artists do not wait for the culture to come to them, they make their own culture. If the culture is not in step with the artist, culture is what needs to catch up. It is the responsibility of culture to support its artists, those who place culture at risk and move it forward, often against its will.
Cy Twombly's art often contains squiggles, swirls, scratches, signs, - a primordial soup of vastly varied organisms captured on the canvas by the microscope of the painter's eye.
January 13, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Cy Twombly's art often contains squiggles, swirls, scratches, signs, - a primordial soup of vastly varied organisms captured on the canvas by the microscope of the painter's eye.
"Abuse of power comes as no surprise." (J Holzer)
January 12, 2026 at 6:04 PM
"Abuse of power comes as no surprise." (J Holzer)
The moment we feel that we can grasp the meaning of art it eludes us and hides behind a facade that renders it invisible, whereupon it slips away into the unknown, only to be discovered again in a completely different guise.
January 12, 2026 at 5:43 AM
The moment we feel that we can grasp the meaning of art it eludes us and hides behind a facade that renders it invisible, whereupon it slips away into the unknown, only to be discovered again in a completely different guise.
"I sing to sing. I love you for singing
the mystery where love creates me and frees itself." (P Eluard)
the mystery where love creates me and frees itself." (P Eluard)
January 11, 2026 at 6:16 AM
"I sing to sing. I love you for singing
the mystery where love creates me and frees itself." (P Eluard)
the mystery where love creates me and frees itself." (P Eluard)
"I have dreamed so much of you
that you lose your reality
Is there still time to reach that living body
and kiss on the mouth the birth
of the voice which is dear to me." (R Desnos)
that you lose your reality
Is there still time to reach that living body
and kiss on the mouth the birth
of the voice which is dear to me." (R Desnos)
January 11, 2026 at 6:11 AM
"I have dreamed so much of you
that you lose your reality
Is there still time to reach that living body
and kiss on the mouth the birth
of the voice which is dear to me." (R Desnos)
that you lose your reality
Is there still time to reach that living body
and kiss on the mouth the birth
of the voice which is dear to me." (R Desnos)
like the sand I drift
like the river I flow
like the ax I strike
to the heart of the wood
and who I am
you will never really know
like the river I flow
like the ax I strike
to the heart of the wood
and who I am
you will never really know
January 11, 2026 at 5:30 AM
like the sand I drift
like the river I flow
like the ax I strike
to the heart of the wood
and who I am
you will never really know
like the river I flow
like the ax I strike
to the heart of the wood
and who I am
you will never really know
"Whether it’s good or bad, it is sometimes very pleasant, too, to smash things. [...] Man will never renounce real suffering, that is, destruction and chaos. Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness. [...] Reactionary as it is, corporal punishment is better than nothing." (F Dosteovsky)
January 7, 2026 at 3:04 AM
"Whether it’s good or bad, it is sometimes very pleasant, too, to smash things. [...] Man will never renounce real suffering, that is, destruction and chaos. Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness. [...] Reactionary as it is, corporal punishment is better than nothing." (F Dosteovsky)
"The whole work of man really seems to consist in nothing but proving to himself every minute (by way of perverse, freely willed, self-destructive behavior) that he is a man and not a (mechanical, deterministic, purely rational) piano-key!" (F Dosteovsky)
January 7, 2026 at 2:49 AM
"The whole work of man really seems to consist in nothing but proving to himself every minute (by way of perverse, freely willed, self-destructive behavior) that he is a man and not a (mechanical, deterministic, purely rational) piano-key!" (F Dosteovsky)
my love gives you the immortality
your body refuses to concede -
I place you above the clouds
where you fly alone and touch me
from a distance that is forever near
your body refuses to concede -
I place you above the clouds
where you fly alone and touch me
from a distance that is forever near
January 6, 2026 at 2:00 AM
my love gives you the immortality
your body refuses to concede -
I place you above the clouds
where you fly alone and touch me
from a distance that is forever near
your body refuses to concede -
I place you above the clouds
where you fly alone and touch me
from a distance that is forever near
"Surrealism is a cry of the mind turning back on itself, and it is resolved in desperation to sunder its shackles." (A Artaud)
January 5, 2026 at 8:53 PM
"Surrealism is a cry of the mind turning back on itself, and it is resolved in desperation to sunder its shackles." (A Artaud)
"Inexperience hardly strikes: me as a sorry thing; the necessity of experience is the flaw in accomplishment: if we were not so moved by the babble of childhood, our deep thoughts would never have the lightness which is the measure of their depth." (G Bataille)
January 5, 2026 at 8:50 PM
"Inexperience hardly strikes: me as a sorry thing; the necessity of experience is the flaw in accomplishment: if we were not so moved by the babble of childhood, our deep thoughts would never have the lightness which is the measure of their depth." (G Bataille)
"Artaud and I got to know one another fairly well without ever having spoken." (G Bataille)
January 5, 2026 at 8:16 PM
"Artaud and I got to know one another fairly well without ever having spoken." (G Bataille)
"The fact that we cannot experience the reality of death to the very end makes death unreal, and this unreality condemns us to fear that we may die not truly dying, as though held, forever, between life and death, from which our whole life perhaps draws its meaning and reality." (M Blanchot)
January 5, 2026 at 4:57 AM
"The fact that we cannot experience the reality of death to the very end makes death unreal, and this unreality condemns us to fear that we may die not truly dying, as though held, forever, between life and death, from which our whole life perhaps draws its meaning and reality." (M Blanchot)
Pain is the order of the world. Happiness is our only chaos, which is both fleeting and insecure. To hurt others is the imperative of those in power, as hurt is the gift of power. Suffering is not self-inflicted but comes from a strategic distribution of violence by those who are unsettled by joy.
January 3, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Pain is the order of the world. Happiness is our only chaos, which is both fleeting and insecure. To hurt others is the imperative of those in power, as hurt is the gift of power. Suffering is not self-inflicted but comes from a strategic distribution of violence by those who are unsettled by joy.
Redactio Ad Absurdum
January 2, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Redactio Ad Absurdum
"The image in a poem is not the designation of a thing but the way in which the possession of this thing, or its destruction, is accomplished, the means found by the poet to live with it, on it, and against it." (M Blanchot)
January 2, 2026 at 5:36 AM
"The image in a poem is not the designation of a thing but the way in which the possession of this thing, or its destruction, is accomplished, the means found by the poet to live with it, on it, and against it." (M Blanchot)
"Each true artist is a traitor to his forebears." (E Cioran)
January 2, 2026 at 4:24 AM
"Each true artist is a traitor to his forebears." (E Cioran)
""Imagination consists of expelling from reality many incomplete persons, making use of the magical and subversive powers of desire, to obtain their return in the form of a completely satisfying presence." (R Char)
January 2, 2026 at 4:23 AM
""Imagination consists of expelling from reality many incomplete persons, making use of the magical and subversive powers of desire, to obtain their return in the form of a completely satisfying presence." (R Char)
"Reason is a necessary evil." (Chamfort)
January 2, 2026 at 3:21 AM
"Reason is a necessary evil." (Chamfort)
"The best of philosophies, with regard to the world, must
combine the sarcasm of good humor with the indulgence of contempt." (Chamfort)
combine the sarcasm of good humor with the indulgence of contempt." (Chamfort)
January 2, 2026 at 2:12 AM
"The best of philosophies, with regard to the world, must
combine the sarcasm of good humor with the indulgence of contempt." (Chamfort)
combine the sarcasm of good humor with the indulgence of contempt." (Chamfort)
It's already 2026, and I'm still writing "Fuck Trump" on my checks.
January 1, 2026 at 5:51 PM
It's already 2026, and I'm still writing "Fuck Trump" on my checks.
I forfeit my ideas
none of them any good
even the battery of inspiration
I leave uncharged
in favor of the mindless slime
that fills my every orifice
and tickles me to orgasm
at the cost of only $5 a minute
and a little bit of my soul
none of them any good
even the battery of inspiration
I leave uncharged
in favor of the mindless slime
that fills my every orifice
and tickles me to orgasm
at the cost of only $5 a minute
and a little bit of my soul
December 31, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I forfeit my ideas
none of them any good
even the battery of inspiration
I leave uncharged
in favor of the mindless slime
that fills my every orifice
and tickles me to orgasm
at the cost of only $5 a minute
and a little bit of my soul
none of them any good
even the battery of inspiration
I leave uncharged
in favor of the mindless slime
that fills my every orifice
and tickles me to orgasm
at the cost of only $5 a minute
and a little bit of my soul
Art & culture do not need to be at odds, but in today's society such confrontations are inevitable, as technology & capitalism work together to supplant tradition & tear down historical memory in favor of a seductive amnesia that devalues the wisdom of one's elders in favor of the latest youth fad.
December 31, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Art & culture do not need to be at odds, but in today's society such confrontations are inevitable, as technology & capitalism work together to supplant tradition & tear down historical memory in favor of a seductive amnesia that devalues the wisdom of one's elders in favor of the latest youth fad.
It's scandalous how many commentators who address the problems in the Middle East know nothing of its history and have no grasp of how Europe/USA oppression of its peoples, exploitation of its resources & arbitrary remaking of its cultural boundaries played a major role in shaping what it is today.
December 31, 2025 at 7:30 AM
It's scandalous how many commentators who address the problems in the Middle East know nothing of its history and have no grasp of how Europe/USA oppression of its peoples, exploitation of its resources & arbitrary remaking of its cultural boundaries played a major role in shaping what it is today.