Meg Wall-Wild
@megwallwild.bsky.social
Writer and photographer who scribbles for the North Coast Journal, Humboldt Insider, and My Humboldt Life.
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We were hit with hail last week. Gave me an excuse to add to #MyChairAffair photo album.
So many 🪑 so little time!
#photography #chairs #green #Adirondack #hailstorm #hail
So many 🪑 so little time!
#photography #chairs #green #Adirondack #hailstorm #hail
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Beautiful — Snow at Shinkawabata, Handa, Bishu
by Kawase Hasui, 1935.❄️
by Kawase Hasui, 1935.❄️
December 21, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Beautiful — Snow at Shinkawabata, Handa, Bishu
by Kawase Hasui, 1935.❄️
by Kawase Hasui, 1935.❄️
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Chairs 2. Exeter, Dec 25. Holga 120 GCFN and Kodak Gold 200. #photos #photography #filmphotography #BelieveInFilm #ShittyCameraChallenge
December 18, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Chairs 2. Exeter, Dec 25. Holga 120 GCFN and Kodak Gold 200. #photos #photography #filmphotography #BelieveInFilm #ShittyCameraChallenge
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We have a separate section in the Green room for books, mostly American, that blend memoir with natural history. The section is called "Biologues".
I'm just starting Jay Parini's "Promised Land". He obviously knows about biologues, if not by that name.
(My favorite: "The Meadow" by James Galvin)
I'm just starting Jay Parini's "Promised Land". He obviously knows about biologues, if not by that name.
(My favorite: "The Meadow" by James Galvin)
December 8, 2025 at 3:04 AM
We have a separate section in the Green room for books, mostly American, that blend memoir with natural history. The section is called "Biologues".
I'm just starting Jay Parini's "Promised Land". He obviously knows about biologues, if not by that name.
(My favorite: "The Meadow" by James Galvin)
I'm just starting Jay Parini's "Promised Land". He obviously knows about biologues, if not by that name.
(My favorite: "The Meadow" by James Galvin)
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Tom Stoppard, Award-Winning Playwright of Witty Drama, Dies at 88
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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Your art challenge cheat sheet for Nov 24–30 is here!
Host list + posts from them in the comments
#EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography
#dailyart #art #traditionalart #painting #drawing #onlybeautifulthings #artchallenge #artprompt
Host list + posts from them in the comments
#EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography
#dailyart #art #traditionalart #painting #drawing #onlybeautifulthings #artchallenge #artprompt
November 24, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Your art challenge cheat sheet for Nov 24–30 is here!
Host list + posts from them in the comments
#EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography
#dailyart #art #traditionalart #painting #drawing #onlybeautifulthings #artchallenge #artprompt
Host list + posts from them in the comments
#EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography
#dailyart #art #traditionalart #painting #drawing #onlybeautifulthings #artchallenge #artprompt
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November 4, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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I feel truly honoured to have been chosen to design this year’s Radical Book Fair poster hosted by Edinburgh’s Lighthouse Bookshop 🖤📖 I’m so happy with how this turned out and I can’t wait for the event 📚
September 25, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I feel truly honoured to have been chosen to design this year’s Radical Book Fair poster hosted by Edinburgh’s Lighthouse Bookshop 🖤📖 I’m so happy with how this turned out and I can’t wait for the event 📚
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Colin Jones was once described as ‘The George Orwell of British Photography.
He began his career as a dancer with The Royal Ballet, before buying his first camera in Japan whilst running an errand for Margot Fonteyn and then never looked back.
He began his career as a dancer with The Royal Ballet, before buying his first camera in Japan whilst running an errand for Margot Fonteyn and then never looked back.
September 22, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Colin Jones was once described as ‘The George Orwell of British Photography.
He began his career as a dancer with The Royal Ballet, before buying his first camera in Japan whilst running an errand for Margot Fonteyn and then never looked back.
He began his career as a dancer with The Royal Ballet, before buying his first camera in Japan whilst running an errand for Margot Fonteyn and then never looked back.
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Sidebar: The Wall Street Journal spreading dangerous untrue shit is another example of why diversity in newsrooms and journalism in general matters.
Informed and varied perspectives can help you not show your entire ass and endanger people.
Informed and varied perspectives can help you not show your entire ass and endanger people.
September 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Sidebar: The Wall Street Journal spreading dangerous untrue shit is another example of why diversity in newsrooms and journalism in general matters.
Informed and varied perspectives can help you not show your entire ass and endanger people.
Informed and varied perspectives can help you not show your entire ass and endanger people.
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If you wonder how much the arts matter, pay attention to who tries to shut it down.
Israel’s minister of culture announced plans to cancel the funding for the country’s top film award ceremony after a 90-minute drama about a Palestinian boy won best feature on Tuesday night. nyti.ms/4mla5oe
Israel Says It Will Defund Film Awards After Palestinian Win
A drama about a Palestinian boy who sneaks into Israel won the top prize at Israel’s version of the Oscars. The country’s culture minister called the ceremony “shameful.”
nyti.ms
September 17, 2025 at 9:13 PM
If you wonder how much the arts matter, pay attention to who tries to shut it down.
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Thank you @btoastie.bsky.social & @highcountrynews.org for this article on the food sovereignty lab! This has been the best, most special year for me as the chef-in-residence. The community forming around this hub, the way they show up for each other, hardworking, so bright, yôotva iimníhva💚
The California State University system now has its first Indigenous food sovereignty lab.
www.hcn.org/issues/57-9/...
www.hcn.org/issues/57-9/...
How to build a food sovereignty lab - High Country News
Bureaucracy and budget constraints couldn’t stop CalPoly Humboldt’s Native American Studies Department from founding an Indigenous foods research lab.
www.hcn.org
September 17, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Thank you @btoastie.bsky.social & @highcountrynews.org for this article on the food sovereignty lab! This has been the best, most special year for me as the chef-in-residence. The community forming around this hub, the way they show up for each other, hardworking, so bright, yôotva iimníhva💚
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Science and art often crossed paths throughout history. ✒️ 🧪
Find out how great natural philosophers like Humphry Davy and Michael Faraday exchanged ideas with the most prominent poets and painters of their time. www.rigb.org/explore-scie...
Find out how great natural philosophers like Humphry Davy and Michael Faraday exchanged ideas with the most prominent poets and painters of their time. www.rigb.org/explore-scie...
Art and science working together: the Ri’s experimental history across culture
Science and art have always been intertwined, and often met right here at the Ri.
www.rigb.org
September 18, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Science and art often crossed paths throughout history. ✒️ 🧪
Find out how great natural philosophers like Humphry Davy and Michael Faraday exchanged ideas with the most prominent poets and painters of their time. www.rigb.org/explore-scie...
Find out how great natural philosophers like Humphry Davy and Michael Faraday exchanged ideas with the most prominent poets and painters of their time. www.rigb.org/explore-scie...
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Photo folks, please join us on September 2! The VII Foundation presents a virtual discussion about photography, community, and digital culture. Learn more and register: www.flakphoto.news/p/please-joi...
Please join us on September 2
The VII Foundation presents a virtual discussion about photography, community, and digital culture
www.flakphoto.news
August 31, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Photo folks, please join us on September 2! The VII Foundation presents a virtual discussion about photography, community, and digital culture. Learn more and register: www.flakphoto.news/p/please-joi...
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Here's the art challenge cheat sheet for Sept 1-7
NEW: #SleepySep daily prompts
BACK: #TheCampfire
See comments for host list + extra info from hosts
#ArtChallenges #EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography #dailyart #art #painting #drawing #ArtPrompts
NEW: #SleepySep daily prompts
BACK: #TheCampfire
See comments for host list + extra info from hosts
#ArtChallenges #EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography #dailyart #art #painting #drawing #ArtPrompts
September 1, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Here's the art challenge cheat sheet for Sept 1-7
NEW: #SleepySep daily prompts
BACK: #TheCampfire
See comments for host list + extra info from hosts
#ArtChallenges #EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography #dailyart #art #painting #drawing #ArtPrompts
NEW: #SleepySep daily prompts
BACK: #TheCampfire
See comments for host list + extra info from hosts
#ArtChallenges #EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography #dailyart #art #painting #drawing #ArtPrompts
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And here are the art challenge hosts and creators that I know of if you want to learn more and follow the people helping build an art community here.
Everything is in the alt text.
Everything is in the alt text.
September 1, 2025 at 1:00 AM
And here are the art challenge hosts and creators that I know of if you want to learn more and follow the people helping build an art community here.
Everything is in the alt text.
Everything is in the alt text.
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"#Poppies' by Colleen Parker, contemporary artist and illustrator #WomensArt
August 31, 2025 at 3:57 PM
"#Poppies' by Colleen Parker, contemporary artist and illustrator #WomensArt
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I originally intended this to be a preliminary sketch for a larger piece. But after living with it for a few days I actually like it as is - scrappiness and everything #watercolor #watercolorsketch #watercolorpainting #watercolorcityscape #cityscape
August 31, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I originally intended this to be a preliminary sketch for a larger piece. But after living with it for a few days I actually like it as is - scrappiness and everything #watercolor #watercolorsketch #watercolorpainting #watercolorcityscape #cityscape
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"If criticism and thoughtful engagement continue to be pushed aside in favor of shallow viral moments, the cultural conversation risks becoming as thin and ephemeral as the Instagram stories that fuel it."
observer.com/2025/08/arts...
observer.com/2025/08/arts...
The Death of the Full-Time Critic and What It Means for the Future of Art Writing
If we let art criticism become an exclusive club for the well-connected and well-funded, we risk creating an echo chamber that flatters power rather than interrogates it.
observer.com
August 28, 2025 at 12:46 PM
"If criticism and thoughtful engagement continue to be pushed aside in favor of shallow viral moments, the cultural conversation risks becoming as thin and ephemeral as the Instagram stories that fuel it."
observer.com/2025/08/arts...
observer.com/2025/08/arts...
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this must be what it feels like to be jamelle bouie 😂
"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?"
Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
August 28, 2025 at 9:54 PM
this must be what it feels like to be jamelle bouie 😂
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In honor of Count Basie's birthday (1904), let me share what are easily some of the best 43.5 minutes of music in the 20th century. I can't tell you how many times I've had this playing in our house and I always pinch myself at the extraordinary caliber of musicians and musicianship.
Show of the Week - Count Basie and his Orchestra (1965)
YouTube video by yurinickolaevich
www.youtube.com
August 22, 2025 at 1:08 AM
In honor of Count Basie's birthday (1904), let me share what are easily some of the best 43.5 minutes of music in the 20th century. I can't tell you how many times I've had this playing in our house and I always pinch myself at the extraordinary caliber of musicians and musicianship.
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Ducks just chillin' by the mini-pond, probably gossiping about the neighborhood. 😂🦆 #DuckLife #PondPals #FunnyAnimals #QuackingGoodTime #BrisbaneLife
August 23, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Ducks just chillin' by the mini-pond, probably gossiping about the neighborhood. 😂🦆 #DuckLife #PondPals #FunnyAnimals #QuackingGoodTime #BrisbaneLife
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As a hobby artist who devotes waaay too many hours to an economically-unviable past-time, I have to take my victories where I can. So seeing my drawings in an exhibition and genuinely feeling that they belonged there (quality-wise) was a fantastic experience that I'll treasure for a long time.
August 22, 2025 at 9:43 AM
As a hobby artist who devotes waaay too many hours to an economically-unviable past-time, I have to take my victories where I can. So seeing my drawings in an exhibition and genuinely feeling that they belonged there (quality-wise) was a fantastic experience that I'll treasure for a long time.
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Our next podcast drops tomorrow! This time, we're joined by award-winning photographer & sheep farmer Amy Bateman (@amybateman.bsky.social).
We discuss Amy's life as a farmer and her gorgeous book Forty Farms (photos below), chronicling the lives of forty farms across Cumbria and the Lake District.
We discuss Amy's life as a farmer and her gorgeous book Forty Farms (photos below), chronicling the lives of forty farms across Cumbria and the Lake District.
August 20, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Our next podcast drops tomorrow! This time, we're joined by award-winning photographer & sheep farmer Amy Bateman (@amybateman.bsky.social).
We discuss Amy's life as a farmer and her gorgeous book Forty Farms (photos below), chronicling the lives of forty farms across Cumbria and the Lake District.
We discuss Amy's life as a farmer and her gorgeous book Forty Farms (photos below), chronicling the lives of forty farms across Cumbria and the Lake District.