17.xii.2021

09h46 time passes by


(video essay)
james ensor and the french avant-garde – “long live free, free art!” – scott allan – getty museum (2021)

about the good old quest for identity

14h47 entered the digital hoarder black hole spiral once again. while waiting for a small painting to dry (guardian of reason), i looked for a pdf: gustavo reginato – pequeno manual do empoderamento gráfico. the author has an independent publishing house in florianópolis and this little book has some suggestions about publishing. gave it a look and searched for other books in the bibliography:

searching this last author, the black hole expanded. i went to academia.edu and not only artist’s book and indie publishing, but i arrived at ethnographic photograph books… also, just found amir cadôr’s page on issuu, he has uploaded a ton of artist’s book… oh my…
… also discovered a praça, beautiful idea.
… i already had this bookmarked: https://colecaolivrodeartista.wordpress.com/ – seems amir cadôr is the responsible for the project. it makes sense…
https://www.nieves.ch/ – oh my…


  • art & fear – david bayles & ted orland — 1993 – audiobook
    • i am not desperate, just trying to beat my prejudices. i think this kind of material, motivational, are tools and should be used whenever necessary.
  • (doc) the devil and daniel johnston (2005)
    • such an interesting character! really like his openness and courage. when the film explores the dark sides of his sickness, well… i hardly could watch it. i am glad that he made it through, in his own way.
  • bought a book: tal r’s garbage man (2021)