Thoughts and Philosophy
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Writer’s block
I’ve been having a bit of writer’s block these days, weeks, months. It’s been a while since I dared create a full sentence in ink only because I wanted to. I write emails, proposals, and lecture notes. I write names, phone numbers, and addresses. Whenever I sense the absence of my creative output, I will…
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The Quiet Bloom
A personal reflection – Wake Up Retreat at Healing Spring Monastery The flowers in the monastery field bloomed this morning. I walked the same path I’ve taken every day this past week—quiet, familiar, worn by my footsteps and the rhythm of my thoughts. But today, something shifted. The light fell differently, or maybe my eyes…
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The Moldy Aesthetic
From the Petri Dish to the Canvas, Fungus and Bacteria are “Cultured“ Gala Porras-Kim, “Out of an instance of expiration comes a perennial showing” (2022) © courtesy of the artist; photograph Andy Keate; exh. Gasworks, London It was the first time I had to walk through a plastic sheet to enter a museum room. That…
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This might be about Art
In the first minutes of the ‘Art Criticism 101’ lecture I attended, our lecturer asked us, “Why are you here?”. Everyone had very professional answers – diving in a new line of work, expanding on the critical knowledge, using writing tools for their curatorial path. I sat there listening to my peers speak of theory,…
THIS MIGHT BE ABOUT ART 