Weekend Linkages: Do you see what I see?

https://youtu.be/7hgzkLGFLe8?si=tj_YFv9Yuw0A7iLk A harrowing and heartbreaking video from a very talented filmmaker, Brad Abraham about the late conspiracy theorist and artist David Dees. Abraham casts a compassionate eye on the haunted spiritual margins of our society. His feature length documentary, Love and Saucers is also well worth viewing. Nick Cave on Loss, Yearning, Transcendence https://youtu.be/QDHXykm_Yj0?si=2FikvURd8CDfbXZb Also, putt...

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Weekend Linkages: Happiness is $5.99

...How to have a Great-Looking Native Plant Garden There’s a run on horse pills and it ain’t about horses Looking back on #Jamgate The art of dump picking Riotlandia: Why Portland has become an epicenter for far right violence The Carbon Footprint Sham The strange world of grammar conspiracies A very groovy 1972 art history lesson from John Berger...

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Weekend Linkages: How does one represent that which, by definition, must not be represented?

...https://youtu.be/5wlj8nsygWA?si=F6QW7r3kUjfi0mKj Trevor Paglen is an artist and geographer who explores the blank places on the map. I came across his work during my time at the Center for Land Use Interpretation. In lieu of links today here’s a short but detailed dive into his work. I’m especially fond of the secret program patches he’s collected....

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