Cape Cod moon

the bus to Providence, providentially named..

ceremonial route to the ocean

blue shadows on oceanside snow, Barrington, RI

an important morning's work...

a sea full of ice full of sea

I think I will be hibernating for the next few days...

I think they may be the alien spawn of an icy invasion, strewn from a passing comet

in advance of the coming storm, the falling tide left hundreds of ice pebbles behind, like icy amoebas or frozen grapes

the eye of God

excited for this, which I co-authored, to appear in April... www.petshopboys.co.uk/news/2025-11...

Edward Hicks, another of his sixty-two versions of a Peaceable Kingdom. He was a determined man.

I'm curating this exhibition, opening 20 February

snowy Provincetown, where Thoreau put all America behind him

nice day for a dip

Edward Hicks Peaceable Kingdom c. 1834

I'm living on the ceiling of this town any port in a storm

This Private Passions with @philiphoare.bsky.social is wonderful 🐳 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

stars in the water, stars in the sea

Cape Cod Bay you might be born under such a sky

this coming Saturday... ruskinartclub.org/calendar/bwe...

ten years ago I was on this same beach when the starman departed; this morning, as I got out of the water, a meteor streaked across the sky

Cape Cod: rising seas are changing these beaches, sculpting and eroding; this channel opened up to reveal a 19th century wreck, its mast just visible, like a distant sea monster

warning: wild turkeys in the lane

Cape Cod sunrise

pleased to say I've written an essay for this leviathan of a volume

happy new year all! delighted to have written this about Jeroen Hoekendijk's beautiful images of the sea hounds of the Frisian Islands www.theguardian.com/environment/...

my hero John Waters, by Peter Hujar

Wm Blake's strange Nativity, with humanoid animals, a diving arc angel and a snowy nature spirit bearing witness as if washed up on the shore... thanks to @blakesociety.bsky.social lakesociety.bsky.social from Blake’s Illustrations to Milton’s On the Morning of Christ’s Nativity, 1809.

happy solstice the sun will rise a little bit higher tomorrow...

⚡ Lives winners ⚡ INDIGNITY by @leaypi.bsky.social WILLIAM BLAKE AND THE SEA MONSTERS OF LOVE by @philiphoare.bsky.social THE GODS OF NEW YORK by @jonathanmahler.bsky.social THE SECRET PAINTER by Joe Tucker JOHN & PAUL by @ianleslie.bsky.social

I didn't bring my amp

Philip Hoare & Olivia Laing: William Blake and The Sea Monsters of Love www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/podcasts-vid...

the foghorns outside my window this morning like forlorn whales lost in the mist

throwing darts in lovers' eyes

16th century trainers

but I felt very sad when they went away

I didn't know what to say photo: Andrew Sutton

the day I met a blue whale photo: Andrew Sutton

WILLIAM BLAKE AND THE SEA MONSTERS OF LOVE by @philiphoare.bsky.social has been named one of the BEST BOOKS OF 2025 by @newyorker.com! Take a look at the amazing list below:

for an artist who died in absolute penury...

O clouds unfold!

they're auctioning Blake's Tyger next week seems impossible, like selling a comet or a shooting star www.christies.com/en/stories/t...

Happy Birthday to William Blake, who knows where the wild things are...

ever moor nowhere

fragment of a foreign planet fallen to earth