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> 201: A taxi cab floating across three lanes with its lamp lit
December 4, 2025
Hello, As is my long custom, I’ll do one more newsletter at the turn of the year with a roundup of the things that stuck with me most from the previous 12...
> 200: We were trying to live a personal life
November 6, 2025
When the persimmon trees bear fruit, Li Weilin Hi hi, I’m going to be super honest: I can’t remember when I started counting editions of this newsletter. I...
> 199: I am building what I cannot break
September 25, 2025
Couple motorcycling on the beach at Oostvoorne, Netherlands, by Aart Klein, 1966 Hello there, Boy, I don’t know. Here’s some art, ideas, and internet for...
> 198: The world is a laden thing
August 28, 2025
Women in the Rain, Marina Abramović Hi hi, Damn, it’s a good time to be alive if you are in the market for an easy sense of purpose. Lots of evil to fight...
> 197: I knew so much and sang anyway
July 17, 2025
Elin Waiting, Daniel E. Greene Folks, The number one thing that’s really sunk in for me over the last year is that unthinkable things can absolutely happen....
> 196: Remember this
June 12, 2025
Jim Holland, Green Room, 1955 Hi hi, Here’s some art, ideas, and internet for you: I wrote about the brilliant and irreplaceable Allison Rockey, our best...
> 195: If I stand very still, I do no further harm.
May 8, 2025
Photograph by Arnaud Montagard Oh hello, I can’t remember where I heard this tip, but I saw someone share recently that you can simply cut off the top of a...
> 194: I believe my courage will expand like a sponge cowboy in water
April 10, 2025
Cy Twombly, Some Trees of Italy, 1974 Hi hi, If you’re getting into composting, as is now mandatory in New York City, listen to me. This is important. You’re...
> 193: I know now is not the time to take up flying.
March 13, 2025
Georgia O’Keeffe Hitching a Ride to Abiquiu, by Maria Chabot, 1944 You know, I don’t even know where to start when it comes to… everything so I’m not gonna....
> 192: I will constitute the field
February 6, 2025
Well, Here in America, we're unfortunately going through a coup right now where the worst people in the world are voiding the Constitution to dismantle the...
> 191: Under the new weight of the sun
January 2, 2025
“7 A.M. (New Year’s Morning),” László Moholy-Nagy, ca. 1930 Happy new year, As I've done for years, I'm ending the old year with a look back at the things...
> 190: What are you trying to be free of?
December 5, 2024
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
November 7, 2024
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
October 3, 2024
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.,
September 5, 2024
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.
July 25, 2024
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
June 27, 2024
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
May 30, 2024
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.
May 2, 2024
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?
March 28, 2024
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...
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