Notes from the underground [part 1/2]
The water coursing through the basement tubes calls me back to my work. It’s probably toilet water I’m hearing. The noise is reassuring.
Rituals & Mythologies
Poetry and fiction from the liminal spaces.
The Whore of Babylon
Get lost with the whore of Babylon.
Barbarizsm
Barbara van Ittersum works between staged fiction and portraiture and creates psychologically and psychopathically charged visual scenes called Barbarizsm.
The Divine Banana
Given everything that is happening, and I say this without a hint of irony, I’m saving the irony for the year 2026.
The World’s Busiest Natural Reserve Has Never Charged Admission. Let’s Pay Now.
Before Iran began charging for the Strait of Hormuz, the Strait of Hormuz was charging Iran — and no one was paying.
THE WALLS ARE FALLING
“The security guard said you were aggressive.” “He asked me to return the books and I gave them back to him.” “He said you hit him with them.”
Ode to Missor
"Not merely more gas, we've had quite enough of left wing wind and art-talk guff."
A Place in the Sun
There’s no abuse, so don’t confuse it. Just don’t make me bleed.
The Faustian Bargain
Sisyphus pays full price for not having made a Faustian bargain before climbing Mount Academia.
The Man Who Knelt Down (In Defense of Artists Living in Iran)
“Those Iranians in the diaspora who do not understand the tragic nature of life easily draw moral lines.”