> 190: What are you trying to be free of?
A mural of a forest in the South Bronx, New York City, 1983. Thomas Hoepker, Magnum Photos Heyo, Here's some art, internet, and ideas for you: If you’re...
> 189: AIN' EVEN BEEN PLANTED YET
Woman painting in the storm, Burano, Italy, 1977, Jean Gaumy Hi hi, Here's some art, internet, and ideas for you: I’ve never thought of myself as a person...
> 188: safe through the generous fields
Long Island Sound, 1938, by Morris Rosenfeld Hello there, For the Americans among us: my organizer programming means I physically can’t stop myself from...
> 187: Colours dull with injustice etc.,
Danny DeVito walking his dachshund in New York City. Crucially, the dachshund is wearing a wee frilly yellow dress.Photo: Benjamin Curry Hiiiii, Happy...
> 186: Synonyms haunted. Synonyms meaningful.
Leda Papaconstantinou, "Players from the Theatrical Play Bouboulitsa’s Dream," 1979. Hello there, Following last month’s “Science, fuck yeah!” sentiments,...
> 185: Run them through butter
Gordon Parks, Harlem, 1943 Hi hi, Science is absolutely knocking me out lately. Did you hear they’ve made it possible to prevent HIV with a twice-yearly...
> 184: We love what we have, no matter how little
Untitled, Rolf Winquist (1910-1968). Hello there, One of the voices I’ve most appreciated over the past few months is Mariame Kaba’s. She’s a longtime...
> 183: He stole forsythia.
A boy enjoys the sun atop a donkey, northern Gaza, 2015. Photo: Majdi Fathi, Corbis Hi hi, Something I’ve realized recently about myself is that I have...
> 182: Do you trust me? Do I trust you?
Jamel Shabazz, The Last Look, 1980 Hello there, I meant to send an edition of this newsletter in February but my day job had a period of being extremely wild...
> 181: It has taken all our strength
Mistletoe salesmen, France, 1930s Hey there, Every year I put together a list of the things that stuck with me most from those 12 months. I think of it as...
> 180: You want to see my hands?
Vivian Maier, undated, New York, NY. Hi, There are a lot of horrors in the world right now. Take a break from them for a few minutes if it's helpful to you....
> 179: The age of divestment
James Baldwin and his mother Hi, I've bought a Massimo Vignelli Stendig calendar every year for something like the last 15 years. So devoted am I that I even...
> 178: The footing is ambiguous
“They Call Me Redbone but I’d Rather Be Strawberry Shortcake,” Amy Sherald Hi, I intended to send out this newsletter last week, but then two things...
> 177: Me claiming I could fix it
Hi, I hope you are staying cool, and ~staying cool~. Here in New York it has been dog-in-fountain season, relentlessly, for weeks. In other hometown news: at...
> 176: Love is on the other side of the lake
Hi, Have you seen Blade Runner 2049? It's been coming up this week because of the air quality in the northeast, but it's also just an incredible and...
> 175: Hello again, again
Marc Inryczek Hi, Taylor Swift is touring again so I figured I could get back on the newslettering horse too. Yes, Taylor Swift and I are the same. When I...
> 174: Hello again
Dmitry Kokh *Extreme Sorry I haven't updated this blog in a while guys voice*: For each of the last four Thursdays, I've meant to do a new edition of this...
> 173: What resonates from 2021
Berndnaut Smilde Hi. For the last edition of this newsletter each year, I look back at what's most resonated for me from the previous 12 months—the stuff...
> 172: The era of vibes, kindness logs, send a potato
They gave the T. Rex a lil jumper Hi. If you've subscribed to this newsletter for a while you know that I put together a list at the end of each year of the...
> 171: Gift guide guide, build a frog, notice in order to love the world more
Wizard with an Orb Earring Hi. Hope you had a good Thanksgiving, should you celebrate such things! Here's some art, ideas, and internet for you: A guide to...
> 170: Family whistles, before TikTok, only real cinéastes know about this
Merchants in Motion, Loes Heerink Howdy. Here's some art, ideas, and internet for you: Why do we think Mary Lincoln was crazy?Newsletter Fave Edith...
> 169: Suppose this poem were about you—
Dahlov Ipcar, World Full of Horses, 1955 Hey, how are you? It is, indeed, Thursday again. Here's some art, ideas, and internet for you: I didn’t know much...
> 168: Thread of threads, re-thinking "flattering," a GIF you can hear
Suzi Zuzek Hi. It's Thursday. Did we all know about polar bear jail? Here's some art, ideas, and internet for you: "Ultimately we are all going to die, so...
> 167: Welsh-on-Welsh poetry readings, chansons d'ennui, drying rack influencing
Inge Morath, Times Square, 1957 Howdy. Here's some art, ideas, and internet for you: Min Jin Lee with some words to live by: "Showing up every day and having...
> 166: Team quitting, birds for everyone, in praise of phone dates
Hi. Thursday! It's Thursday! Here's some art, ideas, and internet for you: Believing you can't quit something you started is a trap.I am enjoying the new...
> 165: Keep the channel open, bicycle buses, "How do I get friends like that?"
Lee Me Kyeoung Hi. My glow-in-the-dark skeleton onesie arrived in the mail so I feel prepared for everything October has to offer. I hope you are similarly...
> 165: To be a field of poppies, food in pleasing displays, just walk out
Hi. Last year on Halloween, my husband and I decided to celebrate by walking most of the length of central-to-us Brooklyn with our dog and seeing what we...
> 164: Rainbows: exposed, when everyone's famous, Patricia Highsmith's diaries
Gueorgui Pinkhassov Hi, hello. How are you doing, are you hanging in there? Yo, same. Here's some art, ideas, and internet for you: "Energy is too abundant...
> 163: Going to movies in the thirties, the book thief, there should be a guy
Hi. I'm having some problems getting the unsubscribe link on the new platform to work consistently—sorry about that; if you'd like to remove yourself from...
> 162: We back.
Nelson Wu Hi. We're back. I hope you had a good summer with some hot vaxx and a minimum amount of mayhem, unless you were aiming for mayhem. For [foghorn]...