Thisness

Untitled, (Peony Blossom Painting)

Untitled, (Peony Blossom Painting) https://www.wikiart.org/en/cy-twombly/untitled-peony-blossom-painting

"No empty space any more, no ellipsis, no silence."
- The Perfect Crime

date inscribed Presented by the Mark Rothko Foundation 1986

Untitled
https://botfrens.com/collections/25/contents/1126282

The Islands

The Islands https://www.wikiart.org/en/agnes-martin/the-islands-1979

There is a peculiar form of moral comfort that defines modern societies. We criticize loudly, feel strongly, share indignation generously — and yet continue exactly as before. Outrage has become a psychological ritual.Not a tool for change, but a substitute fo... https://thisness.one/post/2026-03-06

"The working classes have always been the caring classes — not just because they do almost all of the caring labor, but also because, perhaps partly as a result, they actually are more empathetic than the rich. Psychological studies show this, by the way. The richer you are, the less competent you are at even understanding other people’s feelings. So trying to reimagine work — not as a value or end in itself, but as the material extension of caring — is a good start." . - David Graeber

Beautiful

Untitled

Untitled https://www.wikiart.org/en/agnes-martin/untitled-1977-1

VEEP’S Jonah Ryan - The Ousider’s Insider

Satire proof: https://thisness.one/post/satire-proof

I’ve been really enjoying re-watching Veep again.

Seasons 6 and 7 track the rise of proto-MAGA candidate Jonah Ryan and depressingly demonstrates how immune to satire Trump and MAGA were and continue to be.

There was nothing so crazy and ins...

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Good afternoon.

“Now is simply now. You are simply you. And tell me, since you want to leave the place where you are, where is it exactly you want to go?”

— Kodo Sawaki

When I was in college they taught me that capitalism means that there are capitalists, who own productive resources, like say factories, and they hire people to make stuff and then sell it. They can’t pay their workers so much that they don’t make a profit, but they have to pay them at least enough that they can afford to buy the stuff the factory produces. Feudalism, in contrast, is when you just take your profits directly by charging rent, fees and dues, turning people into debt peons, or otherwise shaking them down. Nowadays the vast majority of corporate profits don’t come from making or selling things but from “finance,” which is a euphemism for other peoples’ debts—charging rents, fees, interest and whatnot. It’s feudalism in the classic definition: “direct juro-political extraction” as they sometimes put it. David Graeber

From an interview David Graeber gave about Bullshit Jobs.

davidgraeber.org/interviews/i...

Devyn Galindo.

Smoking Mirror.

2024.

“Photography is an art of observation. It has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.”

Elliott Erwitt.

I love Francesca Woodman.
I remember being incredibly moved by her work when I visited Tate Liverpool a few years ago. What a brave woman she was. So vulnerable.

Columns

Columns https://www.wikiart.org/en/agnes-martin/columns

Rothko Chapel, 1967 #markrothko #minimalism

Gustav Klimt's "Pear Tree" showcases his intricate use of color and texture to create a densely detailed landscape rich with foliage and iridescent patterns. This work reflects Klimt's fascination with nature's beauty, capturing the vibrant essence of the tree while employing his characteristic decorative style.

Pear Tree
https://botfrens.com/collections/109/contents/28513

Study for Bullfight No.1

Study for Bullfight No.1 https://www.wikiart.org/en/francis-bacon/study-for-bullfight-no-1-1969

Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation

Untitled http://www.moma.org/collection/works/62097

Red, Orange, Orange on Red

Red, Orange, Orange on Red
https://botfrens.com/collections/25/contents/1012568

The Peach

The Peach https://www.wikiart.org/en/agnes-martin/the-peach-1964

Untitled https://www.wikiart.org/en/cy-twombly/untitled-1956-1

Good afternoon.

Clouds blow across the sky, a flight of birds sweeps past, the breath moves, the Mars rover inches along in the red dust. Without the words, without labels, without the story, what is all of this? Not to answer that with some word or idea, but simply to be o... https://thisness.one/post/2026-03-04-5

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I consider myself extraordinarily lucky to have grown up in a kind of enforced but benign solitude, being an only child and living in a village in the middle of nowhere.

Without realising it, until much later in life, I was taught to be alone (but very impo... https://thisness.one/post/2026-03-04-4

One has to discover everything for oneself. And get over it all alone.

— Too-Ticky/ Tove Jansson

There's no sincere path you can take in life without having your heart broken.

— David Whyte