Did the translations for Yuriko Takagi's exhibition Threads of Beauty (last ever show at Bunkamura in Shibuya before it'll be demolished) & was invited to last night's preview. Nice spatial design by architect Tsuyoshi Tane, with photos mounted on textile-like canvas sheets and dimly illuminated.
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some nice shots from Hiromi Nakashima's new photobook In Memory of Haru no Taki
cobblestone pavement; one stone is inscribed with the words 'i used to be a mountain'
Brussels 2024
Great analysis from the great @thelincoln.bsky.social, with bonus inclusion of some of the most extravagantly awful writing imaginable.
I battled my way through the 30-odd pages of French, fighting against the will to give up, only to find out, upon finishing the book, that there was a translation included at the back. Actually laughed out loud at that point; felt like I'd been pranked by The Mann.
Rev. Jesse Jackson's "I *am* somebody..." remains one of the all-time great pieces of 20th century rhetoric / agitprop
And he could deliver it at a Black separatist meeting, the Democratic National Convention, or on god-blessed Sesame Street (see below 🥹)
RIP to the Voice of the Voiceless
Marty Supreme's a really good movie, and I liked reading @naomialderman.bsky.social's thoughts about it:
naomialderman.substack.com/p/look-at-me...
Oooh, wow – Valknee's done a track with Chinza Dopeness
www.youtube.com/watch?v=16sJ...
For those who like audio, & short stories, 3 of mine are repeated this week - mon/tues/wed - they are linked & tx goes A, Andria, B, Boris, C Chiara - on Radio 4 Extra - today, 15.45
I GOT THE DOG
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...
Hey, welcome to Japan. Are you doing a reading here (here being Tokyo)?
thats from a wisteria japonica btw. unkillable harbinger of beauty
first green bud of the year is out. life continues in 2026.
Das Paywallsystem von den deutschen Zeitungen (bzw. zumindest Zeit und SZ) ist wirklich tragisch. Seitdem beide vor ein paar Jahren fast alle Artikel zu paid content gemacht haben, bin ich stueckchenweise weiter raus aus der deutschen Perspektive. Und die Abos sind einfach zu teuer...
can't wait to find out how it ends. that milton fellow knows how to keep you on your toes.
victims' names couldn't be more symbolic. fascism kills what's good and beautiful.
wish i had more followers to direct towards you
Stan's the best
Cover of Ted Turton's book "My Travels with Footsbarn Theatre: A Memoir". It features a painting by the author, mostly in attractive pastels of blue, green and yellow-orange. It shows a giant figure in silhouette striding across a landscape. He has a ponytail and a pole, wears a coat and boots, and is smiling. In the foreground is a town, with a cat on a roof looking down on street performers moving across a bridge. Beyond the town is a sea with small boats to the left and mountains to the right, in the distance. The striding figure behind the mountains makes them look tiny. At the top is a quote from Michael D. Higgins, former president of Ireland: "...an evocative reminder that the arts can be a bridge between cultures...in a world that now finds itself divided and in conflict".
Ted Turton, the painter who co-founded the Galway Arts Festival, wrote a lovely memoir about his adventures with the legendary Footsbarn Travelling Theatre.
I had the pleasure of copy-editing it, and it's on sale at
@kennysbookshop.bsky.social:
www.kennys.ie/shop/my-trav... [1/2]
tedturtonart.com
9 yr old kid I played table tennis with yesterday kept calling me Eddy. He'd misheard my name as Eduardo. Thinking of going with that name in the future.
This is AMAZING.
get to it
It's a crazy good cover/painting. Great choice. Glad it's worked out.
"In Dreams of Another, I wanted to depict a world of dreams that’s unstable, ever-changing, and hazy" ~ Baiyon
https://www.creativebloq.com/3d/video-game-design/how-abstract-art-graphic-design-and-point-cloud-tech-combine-in-unique-indie-game-dreams-of-another
photo of a cat's face; he's wearing something on his head
Flann says hi
booo
You either love false dichotomies or you don't.
Mmh, haven't really noticed big differences there myself. Most important aspect seems to be whether I'm getting the time (and temperature) right for the levain. Currently in winter it seems to be about 10 hours overnight. A lot less in summer.
As an addendum, Japan pays a lot of respect to its translators, and Shibata has been a literary star here for years/decades.
Part of the event were side-by-side comparisons of texts by, I believe, Faulkner that both Murakami & Shibata had translated, with them discussing single lines and the differences in their approach. Murakami more liberal, Shibata closer to the words, but I always preferred Murakami's version.
