My man Rilke on keeping going. No matter what; and how hard. Keep on going. No one. And I mean, no one, can darken your light.

One of those days where you see people talking about psychological safety as if they practice it, but you know they're deluded.

Legend. Sorely missed 💔

Martin Espada.

Share share share #EpsteinFiles

A Newly Discovered Recording Lets You Hear Delta Blues Legend Robert Johnson in Stunning Clarity

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Bought a #CocteauTwins LP for goddaughter and marvelled at the merch in the @bellaunionvinylshp.bsky.social shop in #Brighton. Trip down mem lane to all the CT shows I saw back in the day. Then met @dearyband.bsky.social and chatted Hejira and Mancs gigs - their new one ‘Birding’ is superb. Buy it.

Our new art studios and workshop opened Dec 2025. We are 3 artists and a visiting artist space. We do art. That’s it. “Art makes things visible and then we can see”. Follow us on Insta @tine.studios

New work in words, paper, antlers and wood. And my first new page poem out in the world since my PhD. Thanks to Ellen at Diamond Twig for inviting me to contribute ellenswriting.home.blog/poem-of-the-...

This is FASCINATING. [contemplates a doctorate in soil science]

I know Bluesky has the juice cuz I'm now seeing new #StarTrek political memes.

It is preposterous for Donald Trump to say he no longer feels an obligation to peace… Does the FIFA World Cup World Peace award not mean anything anymore?

@matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social I live adjacent to the proposed Adlington New Town development. I am one of the names on the petition opposing it. I do not know if you have already visited; but I am inviting you now to come and tell me, to my face, how ANT benefits people who live and work here.

Four generations of my family have served our country. Service is in my blood. The President wouldn’t know anything about that.

A Mid-Day Reminder. #RadioFreeAmerica

This brings me joy. On so many levels.

Skimmed past this image thinking it was a still from Zone of Interest. Nope. Just a man doing the on-the-ground dirty work of the rich and powerful (mainly) men turbo charging the racist and xenophobic projects of late stage capitalism to maintain their power and maximise profits and reach.

“Dwell” is my latest co-exhibition with Melanie Ashby. The accompanying book is a limited ed (50 copies) catalog-chapbook hybrid of Mel’s paintings and my text block panels. When they’re gone they’re gone: £12.95, inc UK ppp (non-UK orders DM). Stripe link for secure payment: tinyurl.com/4u5hervy

Blue frog. White light.

I can’t believe this was 27 years ago. Never forget.

Art weekend; Pt 3 Balkan Erotic Epic at #AvivaStudios Felt at home the moment I went in and found my groove (and I sometimes struggle with crowds, noise an chaos). Not here. Don’t think I can go on making art in the same way now. [insert what you know about performance art here] <points to heart>

Art weekend; Pt 2 On Sat we saw #MarinaAbramović talk about her new work showing at #AvivaStudios in Manchester. She looked beautiful, older (don’t we all) and very ordinary (why wouldn’t she). And it was a joy. Her work’s a revelation that I only truly saw after The Artist is Present.

Art weekend; Pt1. My new exhibition — “Dwell” — (with Mel, she’s the paint, I’m the words) is on at the Wilmslow Guild For Lifelong Learning. Last Friday we had a mid-exhibition viewing. 14 people came. And over the course of its time at The Guild, 1000s of folk will experience it. #art #poetry

If you are near Wilmslow in greater Manchester tomorrow night and like paintings and poetry, we are celebrating our Med-inspired exhibition DWELL at the Guild for Lifelong Learning (in Wilmslow 😉 ) Fri 10 Oct, 6.30pm. Join us for art, words and extreme GIN! Just like fiesta time in Menorca 🍸

So true…

Credited to Rene Syler: "Look at her face. This is Major General Lorna M. Mahlock, USMC, the first Black woman in Marine Corps history to reach general officer rank. A trailblazer, a warrior, a woman who's earned every credential, medal, and command in her story." 1/7

Perhaps things would have turned out differently had America only — embraced its Indigenous soul.

“Strange Fruit” - performed here by #BillieHoliday - along with “Four Women” written and performed by #NinaSimone, are 2 of the most important songs of the 20C.

“Starmer’s government says there’s no money to scrap the two-child benefit cap and lift 500,000 children out of poverty — but there is £200,000,000 for Elbit. Israel’s partner in genocide. This obscene deal must be stopped. They have Palestinian blood on their hands.”

For your edification, the utter genius of #VictoriaWood: #1 Acorn Antiques; the Lebanese special.

#Newlyn, Penzance

‼️ Post contains 🤢 details ‼️ WFH downside. Important call @ 10:00. 🐱 decides to bring up an only partially-digested largish mammal in three separate sites around the house: one section right by my standing desk. [Artwork: Edward Allington; One Unforgiving Minute - Manchester Art Gallery] #cats

For anyone who needs to hear this tonight…

— We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are Anaïs Nin; French-American novelist, diarist and essayist (1903-1977)

From @ledbydonkeys.org

Beautiful weekend in Newlyn.

Hello Newlyn, nice to be back

#neurodivergence through the medium of fish. Lilac is my specific #Irlen filter colour.

This is not a drill. AI-gen maquette with mono stitch on lilac #Irlen filter. After Magritte, Belgian surrealist (1898-1967).

Alfred Schnittke’s gravestone: a silent rest, held infinitely, played with thunderous intensity.

“Perhaps the same bird echoed through both of us yesterday, separate, in the evening” — Rilke

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Matisse on originality — Don’t try to be original. Be simple. Be good technically, and if there is something in you, it will come out.

Frida Kahlo on her self portraits.

@cheshire-east.bsky.social I need you to respond to my request for a label for our green bin. I renewed on time. Have paid for the service and now can’t get the bin emptied as you never sent me a pack. I have used your portal to request another. Hasn’t arrived. I have tried calling. No luck.