The books are here!!! On se voit pour le vernissage le 23, vendredi prochain ! See you next Friday the 23rd in #paris for the expo open! #paintree #artsky #skypoem #france #booksky

"During the darkest days of the AIDS crisis, we buried our friends in the morning, we protested in the afternoon, and we danced all night. The dance kept us in the fight because it was the dance we were fighting for."

I'm gonna say this with all the kindness in my heart: you aren't going to survive if you don't let your life have room for other things. This is not a short term fight where we can just go 24/7 and then it will be over. We've got YEARS ahead of us. Take a break. Hydrate. Go bake something. Breathe.

Steaming hot take: people *should* feel pressured into pretending they are decent and empathetic. Zen and alchemy at year's end @ www.paintree.art Vernissage 23 Jan in Paris, FR #poem #skypoem #poetry #art #artist #artsky #painting #paintree #hopescrolling

None of us are safe unless all of us are safe. A house divided cannot stand. Violence @ www.paintree.art Vernissage 23 Jan in Paris, FR #poem #skypoem #poetry #art #artist #artsky #painting #paintree #hopescrolling

Hello #artsky, #skypoem, #booksky, and friends. 2025 is complete and so is PAINTREE. we will show selected works as well as books at Caverne d'Art&Miss in Paris from 23jan to 13feb. We have put our whole selves into this project for a year and it's changed us both, we hope you'll come have a look!

Hello #artsky, #skypoem, #booksky, associated skies, Our project PAINTREE is complete and we will show selected works as well as books at Caverne d'Art&Miss in Paris from 23 jan to 13 feb. Dana and I have poured our whole souls into this for a year and we're real proud of the result. Come say hi!

You don't have to hold it all. We have developed all kinds of elaborate rituals over time to illustrate how you shouldn't, my fav is the mikoshi. Atlas shared @ www.paintree.art #poem #skypoem #poetry #art #artist #artsky #painting #paintree #hopescrolling

Even electrons are pulled by gravity, pushed by e&m, and... whatever the weak force does haha. Humans are somewhat more complicated and it's ok to have complicated feelings about people you love. New @ www.paintree.art #poem #skypoem #poetry #art #artist #artsky #painting #paintree #hopescrolling

Because joy is resistance and because the fascists have no art in them, or magic.

If you burn out you're not doing anyone any good, not even yourself. Find a way to avoid it. Rest is a good place to look, but it's not the same for everyone or in all situations. Quarreling dervish @ www.paintree.art #poem #skypoem #poetry #art #artist #artsky #painting #paintree #hopescrolling

I won't say get offline, i won't say go touch grass, or anything specific, just put on your own oxygen mask before assisting others. You need it and we need you 💙 New @ www.paintree.art #poem #skypoem #poetry #art #artist #artsky #painting #paintree #hopescrolling

Democracy is messy. We, the sovereign people, make mistakes and are misled, and are plagued by recurring awful leaders. But honestly most of us are just decent ppl and tired of the bigot shitshow. New @ www.paintree.art #poem #skypoem #poetry #art #artist #artsky #painting #paintree #hopescrolling

As maddening as public officials can be, as much as we might want to vote then out for being blind to events, we can live with them if they're not eliminationists. And most of them aren't. new @ www.paintree.art #poem #skypoem #poetry #art #artist #artsky #painting #paintree #hopescrolling

No kings, no kings in America. No kings @ www.paintree.art #poem #skypoem #poetry #art #artist #artsky #painting #paintree #hopescrolling #NoKings

i really wish this was already a weird time capsule and not more relevant today. May we all know peace. May the bastards who shake it fear for their freedom when they lose power. A story is a promise @ www.paintree.art #poem #skypoem #poetry #art #artist #artsky #painting #paintree #hopescrolling

There's too much going on and we've all got other things to do. This is supposed to be the point of picking representatives to work for us. The goal is to get back to boring politics. Tired @ www.paintree.art #poem #skypoem #poetry #art #artist #artsky #painting #paintree #hopescrolling

Niemoeller's classic ends too soon. The nazis came for him - but in real life, he came for the nazis in the end. Dutch tears @ www.paintree.art (continues in top reply) #poem #skypoem #poetry #art #artist #artsky #painting #paintree #hopescrolling

Many businesses are run by cowards who are scared of fascists. We just have to make them more scared of us and they'll go with the wind. Renunciation @ www.paintree.art #poem #skypoem #poetry #art #artist #artsky #painting #paintree #hopescrolling

Most people are cool actually. People like to help and people like to make a strangers day just a little better. Try to give them a chance to help and we can build a network. Sing, up @ www.paintree.art #poem #skypoem #poetry #art #artist #artsky #painting #paintree #hopescrolling

There's a whole lot going on and it's overwhelming. I find old things grounding - bad things have happened before, and here's a tangible building, tree, river, that's seen it all come and go. Up @ www.paintree.art #poem #skypoem #poetry #art #artist #artsky #painting #paintree #hopescrolling

To paraphrase Ursula le Guin, to seek absolute safety is to seek control. That's not a way to live among friends. Instead of bunkers, build community. Xenography, up at paintree.art #poem #skypoem #poetry #art #artist #artsky #painting #paintree #hopescrolling

There's a solution. Looking for it is scary. But knowing is better than ignorance, even if it's painful -otherwise there'd be nothing to solve. Problem statement, @ paintree.art #poem #skypoem #poetry #art #artist #artsky #painting #paintree #hopescrolling

"Unlike cynicism, hopefulness is hard-earned, makes demands upon us, & can often feel like the most indefensible and lonely place on Earth. Hopefulness is not a neutral position - it is adversarial. It is the warrior emotion that can lay waste to cynicism." - Nick Cave to Stephen Colbert, Aug. 2024.

I think we under-estimate how many people are miserable because they have no enthusiasms, no hobbies, because they gave up reading and quit learning when school ended. It's shocking how much studying a beloved subject elevates your mood. It will transform your life.

This. Because if not, you’re buying anxiety’s logic. And it really does look like this internally: youtu.be/VxSZVIBfNa4?... #Channel #ThoughtJournal #ChannelledMessage

Some wholesome Trek content to start the week right #startrek #tng #voyager #ds9

If you've got an opportunity to have some people dance until they smile, that would probably be helpful (unless it's at work lol). Teaching or learning a language, too. #paintree #hopescrolling

When hot metal is worked, impurities fall off as slag. The finished piece is smaller, but stronger, more beautiful. You are like steel being made a sword. Fatigue, new @ www.paintree.art. #poem #skypoem #poetry #art #artist #artsky #painting #paintree #hopescrolling

When you wish a dude could just chill... #Art

Touch grass lol. Jk, only srs. Sometimes I log off and go outside and look around, and whatever's happening, I instantly feel better. Take some time for that. Summer, new @ www.paintree.art. #poem #skypoem #poetry #art #artist #artsky #painting #paintree #hopescrolling

Absolutely nothing says #hopescrolling like Mary Oliver combined with carbs

A letter from EB White to a reader, who apparently had written to him expressing despair at humanity. I will wind my clock, and try to write some poems, and maybe make some art. #hopescrolling #paintree

You don't have time to wait. Create it now. Even if it's just on a page or a canvas. Someone else will see it and help you will a better world, beauty, justice, into existence. Graffiti, new @ www.paintree.art #poem #skypoem #poetry #art #artist #artsky #painting #paintree #hopescrolling

Hello lovelies, out here trying to boost morale but mine bottomed out in July. But we're getting back on that horse! Things are tough, be beautiful when you can, it makes such a difference. www.paintree.art #poem #skypoem #poetry #art #artist #artsky #painting #paintree #hopescrolling

Be gentle when you talk to yourself—your animal knows kindness is meant for everyone, 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶. Be mindful with others—your soul recognizes all matter as 𝘺𝘰𝘶. Personal boundaries are how you hold the tension of being both an individual and part of the collective. #ThoughtJournal

make art! if it's the end of the world, you might as well make art! if it's not the end of the world, then the future will be better because people made art right now!

Please remember that the worst possible thing is not necessarily likely, and there are other possibilities. and maybe more importantly, to take stock of what IS good and what you CAN do right now. New @ paintree.art #poem #skypoem #poetry #art #artist #artsky #painting #paintree #hopescrolling

As our country is stripped down, and coercive forces are realigned pointing against us, it's OK to go straight into doing something about it. But it's also OK to need to grieve first. sympathies, new @ paintree.art #poem #skypoem #poetry #art #artist #artsky #painting #paintree #hopescrolling

If you aren’t out here figuring out how to create goodness not just for yourself, but for others, then what the hell are you working towards? Saying hello or smiling in the face of adversity changes outlooks in the face of adversity. Do something.

Struggling through it. This WILL all end, sooner or later, one way or another, but it will end. Evil never lasts. Also I am aware it's July but happy f'n Pride to you. Jar, new @ paintree.art #poem #skypoem #poetry #art #artist #artsky #painting #paintree #hopescrolling

Feels like a good time to post this illustration again. Keep fighting. Keep creating. Keep living. #art #digitalart

People living under fascism didn’t survive by giving up joy—they protected it. They held onto the things fascism tried to erase: art, friendship, jokes, rituals, language, memory. Not as escapism but as resistance. As proof they were still human. Joy isn’t frivolous under fascism. It’s strategic.

I dreamed about poetry. There are a thousand poems about surrender, a woman said, on stage, the premise buried so deep we’ve forgotten its implicitly. But now we write poems about fight. Now we write poems that don’t hide. Now we stand on stage & we say the words plain. To love, to live. We fight.

There is so much joy here in the replies if you could use a little today

I am a creature of great paradox. 😆

Zan, zendigi, aazaadi. Woman, life, freedom. Ihn jang ro nemikhaahim. We don't want this war. New @ www.paintree.art #poem #skypoem #poetry #art #artist #artsky #painting #paintree #hopescrolling

❤️ Quote with your red art ❤️ #art

The sicker power is, the brittler it becomes. When you poke it, it will lash out to protect itself. It's not about being right or wrong - it's about being a threat. But hange is still worthwhile. New @ www.paintree.art #poem #skypoem #poetry #art #artist #artsky #painting #paintree #hopescrolling