18.08.2026
The Hay Wain by John Constable
V.H. and I are doing a painting exchange challenge where we each choose a painting for the other person to write about. We gave each other three options. From the options given to me, I chose The Hay Wain by John Constable. V.H. wrote about Corot’s “Entrance to the Wood”.
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The Poet (Le poète) by Picasso
When I was looking for a painting to share with someone to do an art writing exchange – where we each write about a painting we choose for each other – there was one painting that stood out to me that I wanted to analyse: Picasso’s The Poet (Le Poète). The painting, in Cubis...
Movement
When Joe pointed out the movement in Stanley Cursiter’s “Surf” painting, I made a mental note of the word “movement.” I noted in the aforelinked post that Monet, among other Impressionists, such as Berthe Morisot, depicted movement in their works; Monet painted trees blown b...
Wonders of Web Weaving, Episode 15
The fifteenth episode of Wonders of Web Weaving is out:
In Episode 15, I chat with Zoe, the author of zoeloukia.bearblog.dev about, among other things, writing on personal websites, making art from whatever is around, zines, and more.
I hope you enjoy the episode!
Wonders of Web Weaving also has an RSS feed you can use to follow along from wherever you get your podcasts.
17.08.2026
Plainsong by The Cure
Thamara and I are doing a collaborative writing challenge where we gave each person three songs from which we were to choose one to write about. I chose “Plainsong” by The Cure from Thamara’s list. Thamara chose Gimme Sympathy from my list. You can read Thamara’s post for th...
Miniatures, reference works, and writing
One of the works at the Stanley Cursiter exhibition I saw at the National Gallery of Scotland this week was a collection of miniatures he had painted. According to the gallery website, Cursiter, who served as keeper, and later director, of the gallery, painted “miniature wat...
16.08.2026
I’m Old Fashioned by Ben Paterson
Ruben and I are doing a writing challenge where we each gave each other three songs and we picked one to write about. From Ruben’s list, I chose “I’m Old Fashioned” by Ben Paterson. You can read about the song that Ruben chose from my list on his website.
The cover of the a...
CSF_03: today’s Cybersecurity Friday post: the effective security of small business websites has likely gotten worse due to LLMs and “AI agents” (with or without safeguards) and what actions you may want to consider.This article documents an instance of this problem:* https:/...
Inspiration from physical artefacts
This evening I was on a wonderful call about websites where, at two points, I reached for books that were around me as a visual reference. One of the books was “Mini Louvre”, a gift given to me that contains images and information about various artworks in the Louvre. We end...
15.08.2026
Surf by Stanley Cursiter
The National Gallery of Scotland has a temporary exhibition of Stanley Cursiter’s artwork going on at the moment. Cursiter was both an artist and keeper (which I understand to be like a curator), later director, of the National Gallery of Scotland. The exhibition, in one of ...
Morning; walking; music
My first feelings outside this morning were of the chilly, refreshing autumn air; one for which I have been yearning for many days. I feel at home in cooler climates. In the grass, a rabbit hops slowly; other rabbits gather, too. A bird flies in front of me as I walk; many k...
🎬 Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 4: Dawn of the Vampires
letterboxd.com/danielpietzsch/film/z-o-m-b-i-e-s-4-dawn-of-the-vampires/
Well, that was not too bad. The songs were decent. But, yeah, it’s a kids movie. With bright kitschy images.
🎬 Backrooms
I really liked those Backrooms and the atmosphere and eeriness of it all; and the found footage, too. That is the first two thirds. Then the movie shifts and it’s like a new storyline in a TV series; where you’d also need another episode to resolve this. Hm…
14.08.2026
@simon put together a timeline of the incident: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Aug/7/openai-timeline/
🌋 Kilauea volcano’s currently active eruption in Hawaii https://www.youtube.com/live/mKJ7ZyIdjeQThe bright orange eruptions, orange streaks of lava flow, orange lit clouds of smoke & steam all contrasted against the black sky and land are quite the visual ASMR. Paired with the ASMR wind from the mountain, the effect is quite calming and peaceful.Putting this on a projector is quite the night light to fall asleep to (requires YouTube Premium to avoid noisy ads interruptions that harsh your mellow)#Kilauea #volcano #eruption #Hawaii #orange #lava #lavaFlow #ASMR #wind #video #USGS#Blaugust #Blaugust2026