deconstructive criticism (1/2)

I've seen quite a number of parodies of the painting of Ivan the Terrible and his son with askeladd and thorfinn, so here's mine from back in april of last year. The colors and background are meant to portray thorfinn's mental state (panic attack).

need everyone to look at how far my brother traveled on a bike during his life

Japanese poster for Fargo, 1996.

السجاد فن صامت

You can't stop wars.

New Mircea Cartarescu publishing for the first time in the UK. Top tier magical realism in post-communist Bucharest, yes please. Volume 2 and 3 coming next year

.Bob Dylan I have received the Messages you have encoded in your music, i am ready to follow your instructions

Be still, my heart. The throngs of possible wrongs!

This ‘flash’ by Krasznahorkai is so teachable. A maestro of temporal fugues and forked tongues, K runs the gamut in form/genre, often mixing or shifting pieces into larger works. Neologisms, “petcocks,” as rendered by ottilie mulzet @ottiliemulzet.bsky.social! Also: the way he works two-sides of tenses!