M L Clark
@mlclark.bsky.social
Writer (SFWA), translator, humanist, general odd duck • 🇨🇦n in 🇨🇴 • avoids pronouns, they/them if key 🌈🌌
🥹 What a lovely homage to the health workers who died in early pandemic. Colombia has a strong tradition of statues honouring everyday workers, so this joins a proud group of structures around the country celebrating life in community.
Do you folks have COVID-19 memorials where you are?
#Colombia
Do you folks have COVID-19 memorials where you are?
#Colombia
February 14, 2026 at 2:15 PM
🥹 What a lovely homage to the health workers who died in early pandemic. Colombia has a strong tradition of statues honouring everyday workers, so this joins a proud group of structures around the country celebrating life in community.
Do you folks have COVID-19 memorials where you are?
#Colombia
Do you folks have COVID-19 memorials where you are?
#Colombia
#ArtBreak
I'm stunned to just be learning of Michel Henricot (1936-2022) today. His fantastic realism blends familiar anatomy with transcendental staging. This is body as "mood", and it reminds me of all the ways we can feel both constricted and ethereal.
These would be so cool as covers, too, no?
I'm stunned to just be learning of Michel Henricot (1936-2022) today. His fantastic realism blends familiar anatomy with transcendental staging. This is body as "mood", and it reminds me of all the ways we can feel both constricted and ethereal.
These would be so cool as covers, too, no?
February 12, 2026 at 7:46 PM
#ArtBreak
I'm stunned to just be learning of Michel Henricot (1936-2022) today. His fantastic realism blends familiar anatomy with transcendental staging. This is body as "mood", and it reminds me of all the ways we can feel both constricted and ethereal.
These would be so cool as covers, too, no?
I'm stunned to just be learning of Michel Henricot (1936-2022) today. His fantastic realism blends familiar anatomy with transcendental staging. This is body as "mood", and it reminds me of all the ways we can feel both constricted and ethereal.
These would be so cool as covers, too, no?
Today is the one-year anniversary of the kid living with me. Did I expect to take on a teen orphan while barely having my own sh--aving cream together?
No, no I did not.
And it has been a tough year-- but no one said doing the right thing would be easy. Or that there wouldn't be joys on the way. 💛
No, no I did not.
And it has been a tough year-- but no one said doing the right thing would be easy. Or that there wouldn't be joys on the way. 💛
February 8, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Today is the one-year anniversary of the kid living with me. Did I expect to take on a teen orphan while barely having my own sh--aving cream together?
No, no I did not.
And it has been a tough year-- but no one said doing the right thing would be easy. Or that there wouldn't be joys on the way. 💛
No, no I did not.
And it has been a tough year-- but no one said doing the right thing would be easy. Or that there wouldn't be joys on the way. 💛
#ArtBreak
Henry Wong (@henrywongdraws, Insta) creates visual art for film & TV, where his studies not only bring to life other people's words, but also tell their own stories.
All art is in rich dialogue with itself across forms. We can build upon the best dreaming of fellow creators, if we want.
Henry Wong (@henrywongdraws, Insta) creates visual art for film & TV, where his studies not only bring to life other people's words, but also tell their own stories.
All art is in rich dialogue with itself across forms. We can build upon the best dreaming of fellow creators, if we want.
February 6, 2026 at 11:36 AM
#ArtBreak
Henry Wong (@henrywongdraws, Insta) creates visual art for film & TV, where his studies not only bring to life other people's words, but also tell their own stories.
All art is in rich dialogue with itself across forms. We can build upon the best dreaming of fellow creators, if we want.
Henry Wong (@henrywongdraws, Insta) creates visual art for film & TV, where his studies not only bring to life other people's words, but also tell their own stories.
All art is in rich dialogue with itself across forms. We can build upon the best dreaming of fellow creators, if we want.
Hard to put into words how restful it is be among other people for a walk/run before work tonight.
I've been cooped up for so long putting out fires, I've missed the wonderful ambience of families, teens, elderly couples, athletes, all just being alive in the world together. #ThirdSpace #Colombia
I've been cooped up for so long putting out fires, I've missed the wonderful ambience of families, teens, elderly couples, athletes, all just being alive in the world together. #ThirdSpace #Colombia
February 5, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Hard to put into words how restful it is be among other people for a walk/run before work tonight.
I've been cooped up for so long putting out fires, I've missed the wonderful ambience of families, teens, elderly couples, athletes, all just being alive in the world together. #ThirdSpace #Colombia
I've been cooped up for so long putting out fires, I've missed the wonderful ambience of families, teens, elderly couples, athletes, all just being alive in the world together. #ThirdSpace #Colombia
#NatureBreak
Today I want to show a lil' love for Dickinsonia, possibly one of the earliest animals on record. This curious sprawl was chugging along without a worry for how scientists would later classify it.
What would you do with your life, if you didn't worry about how it would look to others?
Today I want to show a lil' love for Dickinsonia, possibly one of the earliest animals on record. This curious sprawl was chugging along without a worry for how scientists would later classify it.
What would you do with your life, if you didn't worry about how it would look to others?
January 31, 2026 at 3:17 PM
#NatureBreak
Today I want to show a lil' love for Dickinsonia, possibly one of the earliest animals on record. This curious sprawl was chugging along without a worry for how scientists would later classify it.
What would you do with your life, if you didn't worry about how it would look to others?
Today I want to show a lil' love for Dickinsonia, possibly one of the earliest animals on record. This curious sprawl was chugging along without a worry for how scientists would later classify it.
What would you do with your life, if you didn't worry about how it would look to others?
The teen ward starts school again tomorrow, for the first time in 2.5 years. I have a ton of work this weekend, but right now I'm buying school supplies, probably almost as nervous as she is.
To work as a writer, *for* writers, & not be able to help with her education any faster has been an agony.
To work as a writer, *for* writers, & not be able to help with her education any faster has been an agony.
January 31, 2026 at 12:10 AM
The teen ward starts school again tomorrow, for the first time in 2.5 years. I have a ton of work this weekend, but right now I'm buying school supplies, probably almost as nervous as she is.
To work as a writer, *for* writers, & not be able to help with her education any faster has been an agony.
To work as a writer, *for* writers, & not be able to help with her education any faster has been an agony.
Here's a treat for today's #ArtBreak. Richard Teschner (1879-1948) was a puppeteer who advanced Javanese rod work in Western theatre. Many of these fantastic creatures are from the early 20th century. He designed the critters, performed with them, and drew them. Live your art to its fullest, folks.
January 30, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Here's a treat for today's #ArtBreak. Richard Teschner (1879-1948) was a puppeteer who advanced Javanese rod work in Western theatre. Many of these fantastic creatures are from the early 20th century. He designed the critters, performed with them, and drew them. Live your art to its fullest, folks.
Stepped out for school supplies for the kid, and am marvelling at this palm. I've seen these plants through all their phases dozens of times, but I'm still left chuckling at what we consider "otherworldly".
Do we not realize how alien so much of our own planet is to us all the time?
#Nature #SFF
Do we not realize how alien so much of our own planet is to us all the time?
#Nature #SFF
January 30, 2026 at 1:33 AM
You know what?
It's a cats day. These are by Louis Wain. The man loved drawing cats, & they filled his life amid great pain.
Lean into what you love, folks, and try to bring some joy to others with it.
This wretched world, so filled with cruelty and neglect, demands nothing less of us.
#ArtBreak
It's a cats day. These are by Louis Wain. The man loved drawing cats, & they filled his life amid great pain.
Lean into what you love, folks, and try to bring some joy to others with it.
This wretched world, so filled with cruelty and neglect, demands nothing less of us.
#ArtBreak
January 28, 2026 at 1:16 PM
You know what?
It's a cats day. These are by Louis Wain. The man loved drawing cats, & they filled his life amid great pain.
Lean into what you love, folks, and try to bring some joy to others with it.
This wretched world, so filled with cruelty and neglect, demands nothing less of us.
#ArtBreak
It's a cats day. These are by Louis Wain. The man loved drawing cats, & they filled his life amid great pain.
Lean into what you love, folks, and try to bring some joy to others with it.
This wretched world, so filled with cruelty and neglect, demands nothing less of us.
#ArtBreak
It has been a REALLY HARD few months. I have messages going back to August that I couldn't get to because I was doing two or three jobs at once.
But today I finally got to breathe out a bit (and see how messy the apartment is, oof).
And then I stepped out into the good earth and just... existed. ✨
But today I finally got to breathe out a bit (and see how messy the apartment is, oof).
And then I stepped out into the good earth and just... existed. ✨
January 18, 2026 at 8:55 PM
It has been a REALLY HARD few months. I have messages going back to August that I couldn't get to because I was doing two or three jobs at once.
But today I finally got to breathe out a bit (and see how messy the apartment is, oof).
And then I stepped out into the good earth and just... existed. ✨
But today I finally got to breathe out a bit (and see how messy the apartment is, oof).
And then I stepped out into the good earth and just... existed. ✨
#PoetryBreak
Today's poet was new to me. You can and should find Alessandra Olanow on Instagram. @aolanow
My last few months have been incredibly stressful, but poems like this one are fortifying.
Art doesn't fix the world. It simply reminds us we're not alone in the work that might get us there.
Today's poet was new to me. You can and should find Alessandra Olanow on Instagram. @aolanow
My last few months have been incredibly stressful, but poems like this one are fortifying.
Art doesn't fix the world. It simply reminds us we're not alone in the work that might get us there.
January 13, 2026 at 9:16 PM
#PoetryBreak
Today's poet was new to me. You can and should find Alessandra Olanow on Instagram. @aolanow
My last few months have been incredibly stressful, but poems like this one are fortifying.
Art doesn't fix the world. It simply reminds us we're not alone in the work that might get us there.
Today's poet was new to me. You can and should find Alessandra Olanow on Instagram. @aolanow
My last few months have been incredibly stressful, but poems like this one are fortifying.
Art doesn't fix the world. It simply reminds us we're not alone in the work that might get us there.
#ArtBreak for anyone else who had a rough weekend. Forget people! Let's focus on other animals.
This is the work of 18th-C Japanese artist Maruyama Ōkyo. Although Maruyama explored many forms & materials - Chinese, Western, traditional - some of his most famous work is also just his most adorable.
This is the work of 18th-C Japanese artist Maruyama Ōkyo. Although Maruyama explored many forms & materials - Chinese, Western, traditional - some of his most famous work is also just his most adorable.
January 12, 2026 at 12:16 PM
#ArtBreak for anyone else who had a rough weekend. Forget people! Let's focus on other animals.
This is the work of 18th-C Japanese artist Maruyama Ōkyo. Although Maruyama explored many forms & materials - Chinese, Western, traditional - some of his most famous work is also just his most adorable.
This is the work of 18th-C Japanese artist Maruyama Ōkyo. Although Maruyama explored many forms & materials - Chinese, Western, traditional - some of his most famous work is also just his most adorable.
This is a rare subtweet, but I can't express my gratitude in full on my main work platforms until 2 more deliverables are up.
But boy howdy, on hard weeks two things help:
- knowing part of my income serves people in need locally; &
- knowing the people I serve at work are terrific human beings.
But boy howdy, on hard weeks two things help:
- knowing part of my income serves people in need locally; &
- knowing the people I serve at work are terrific human beings.
January 8, 2026 at 8:37 PM
This is a rare subtweet, but I can't express my gratitude in full on my main work platforms until 2 more deliverables are up.
But boy howdy, on hard weeks two things help:
- knowing part of my income serves people in need locally; &
- knowing the people I serve at work are terrific human beings.
But boy howdy, on hard weeks two things help:
- knowing part of my income serves people in need locally; &
- knowing the people I serve at work are terrific human beings.
#ArtBreak
Gordon Mortensen is a US reduction woodcut print artist. His patient, layered method brings every part of natural scenes to vivid life.
In the agony of sweeping world events, it can be hard to remember the individual.
Mortensen's reminder to care for every corner of existence is a gift.
Gordon Mortensen is a US reduction woodcut print artist. His patient, layered method brings every part of natural scenes to vivid life.
In the agony of sweeping world events, it can be hard to remember the individual.
Mortensen's reminder to care for every corner of existence is a gift.
January 8, 2026 at 1:14 PM
#ArtBreak
Gordon Mortensen is a US reduction woodcut print artist. His patient, layered method brings every part of natural scenes to vivid life.
In the agony of sweeping world events, it can be hard to remember the individual.
Mortensen's reminder to care for every corner of existence is a gift.
Gordon Mortensen is a US reduction woodcut print artist. His patient, layered method brings every part of natural scenes to vivid life.
In the agony of sweeping world events, it can be hard to remember the individual.
Mortensen's reminder to care for every corner of existence is a gift.
Leave it to Mary Oliver to sum up what I said in a long-winded essay in one beautiful, heart-wrenching poem. 🤨
(Seriously, though: When Oliver veers from her usual, gently-moving-through-our-aching-world structure to drive home line breaks, you KNOW she's not a happy camper.)
#Poetry #PoetryBreak
(Seriously, though: When Oliver veers from her usual, gently-moving-through-our-aching-world structure to drive home line breaks, you KNOW she's not a happy camper.)
#Poetry #PoetryBreak
January 5, 2026 at 4:31 AM
Leave it to Mary Oliver to sum up what I said in a long-winded essay in one beautiful, heart-wrenching poem. 🤨
(Seriously, though: When Oliver veers from her usual, gently-moving-through-our-aching-world structure to drive home line breaks, you KNOW she's not a happy camper.)
#Poetry #PoetryBreak
(Seriously, though: When Oliver veers from her usual, gently-moving-through-our-aching-world structure to drive home line breaks, you KNOW she's not a happy camper.)
#Poetry #PoetryBreak
Our first #ArtBreak of 2026 is Thomas Blackshear II. Born into Wild West lore, he is famous for reorienting its focus.
We do not choose the stories into which we are born.
But we choose what we do with them, and the dignity we extend to others caught in their weave.
What will you re-tell better?
We do not choose the stories into which we are born.
But we choose what we do with them, and the dignity we extend to others caught in their weave.
What will you re-tell better?
January 1, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Our first #ArtBreak of 2026 is Thomas Blackshear II. Born into Wild West lore, he is famous for reorienting its focus.
We do not choose the stories into which we are born.
But we choose what we do with them, and the dignity we extend to others caught in their weave.
What will you re-tell better?
We do not choose the stories into which we are born.
But we choose what we do with them, and the dignity we extend to others caught in their weave.
What will you re-tell better?
First poem of 2026!
Aiming for more personal writing all around this year.
Maybe not all so bleak, though. 😬 We'll see how January fares.
#WritingCommunity #Poetry
Aiming for more personal writing all around this year.
Maybe not all so bleak, though. 😬 We'll see how January fares.
#WritingCommunity #Poetry
January 1, 2026 at 6:19 AM
First poem of 2026!
Aiming for more personal writing all around this year.
Maybe not all so bleak, though. 😬 We'll see how January fares.
#WritingCommunity #Poetry
Aiming for more personal writing all around this year.
Maybe not all so bleak, though. 😬 We'll see how January fares.
#WritingCommunity #Poetry
Ha! I had my laptop rebuilt the other day, so I've been whacking down AI all over again on my reinstalled apps, but this has to be the funniest. Opera asks if you want to try its AI... or block the AI button entirely. No neutral option, because it knows how strongly sentiment runs against this junk!
December 31, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Ha! I had my laptop rebuilt the other day, so I've been whacking down AI all over again on my reinstalled apps, but this has to be the funniest. Opera asks if you want to try its AI... or block the AI button entirely. No neutral option, because it knows how strongly sentiment runs against this junk!
Every New Year's, I partake in a local tradition of swapping out a bundle of wheat kept all year at home. It reminds us that prosperity is having enough to eat, and a roof over our heads.
May you and yours always have shelter, food to eat & share, & health in any storm.
¡Feliz año nuevo!
#Colombia
May you and yours always have shelter, food to eat & share, & health in any storm.
¡Feliz año nuevo!
#Colombia
December 31, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Every New Year's, I partake in a local tradition of swapping out a bundle of wheat kept all year at home. It reminds us that prosperity is having enough to eat, and a roof over our heads.
May you and yours always have shelter, food to eat & share, & health in any storm.
¡Feliz año nuevo!
#Colombia
May you and yours always have shelter, food to eat & share, & health in any storm.
¡Feliz año nuevo!
#Colombia
I spent half my day on personal fiction, a quarter on being an emotional support to my ward, and a quarter on plans to improve services for the people I work for in 2026.
Tomorrow is a full (quiet) workday for me.
For now, an #ArtBreak care of British artist Paul Evans, master of the rural dusk. 💛
Tomorrow is a full (quiet) workday for me.
For now, an #ArtBreak care of British artist Paul Evans, master of the rural dusk. 💛
December 28, 2025 at 2:20 AM
I spent half my day on personal fiction, a quarter on being an emotional support to my ward, and a quarter on plans to improve services for the people I work for in 2026.
Tomorrow is a full (quiet) workday for me.
For now, an #ArtBreak care of British artist Paul Evans, master of the rural dusk. 💛
Tomorrow is a full (quiet) workday for me.
For now, an #ArtBreak care of British artist Paul Evans, master of the rural dusk. 💛
#ArtBreak, anyone?
Sitting today with Chris Dunn's lovely illustrations of animal life in English towns of yesteryear.
This style of art asks us to remember the extraordinary wonder of our own "soft animals" residing where we do at all.
Are we not all strangely situated in our performances, too?
Sitting today with Chris Dunn's lovely illustrations of animal life in English towns of yesteryear.
This style of art asks us to remember the extraordinary wonder of our own "soft animals" residing where we do at all.
Are we not all strangely situated in our performances, too?
December 26, 2025 at 1:29 PM
#ArtBreak, anyone?
Sitting today with Chris Dunn's lovely illustrations of animal life in English towns of yesteryear.
This style of art asks us to remember the extraordinary wonder of our own "soft animals" residing where we do at all.
Are we not all strangely situated in our performances, too?
Sitting today with Chris Dunn's lovely illustrations of animal life in English towns of yesteryear.
This style of art asks us to remember the extraordinary wonder of our own "soft animals" residing where we do at all.
Are we not all strangely situated in our performances, too?
Last night I was able to invite some families with no Christmas of their own into my home for a lovely Venezuelan-Colombian-Canadian meal, plus gifts for all the kids.
Even a year ago, I didn't have the means to do this.
I am so deeply thankful for the opprtunity to lengthen the table this year.
Even a year ago, I didn't have the means to do this.
I am so deeply thankful for the opprtunity to lengthen the table this year.
December 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Last night I was able to invite some families with no Christmas of their own into my home for a lovely Venezuelan-Colombian-Canadian meal, plus gifts for all the kids.
Even a year ago, I didn't have the means to do this.
I am so deeply thankful for the opprtunity to lengthen the table this year.
Even a year ago, I didn't have the means to do this.
I am so deeply thankful for the opprtunity to lengthen the table this year.
Such a painfully beautiful reminder in El Colombiano today.
If you have a roof over your head, food to eat, health and wellness, and a little to share with others as well... You have the world. 💛
May we always extend the platform where we can.
Happy holidays, all.
#Navidad #Humanism
If you have a roof over your head, food to eat, health and wellness, and a little to share with others as well... You have the world. 💛
May we always extend the platform where we can.
Happy holidays, all.
#Navidad #Humanism
December 24, 2025 at 2:17 PM