de croquetas y ‘humanitas’ (1)
The idea of creating a substantial post(s) on the subject of food as a noble material in terms of humanitery artisanry is almost as old as the COVID-19 pandemic, going…
Author: gyrovagus
very nice surprise
After a month of exhausting work in office (as every year in February), at last we finished the daunting anual task, and this week is free for me to rest.…
ideas afines
If I was Bansky (or some-thing), this artistic installation (which I entitled ideas afines) would be exhibited at MoMA, and I would have been given 100 million euros for it.…
a tag in Peking
I have encountered very few graffiti here in Peking. Which is not strange at all, given I really move veeeeery little, and even much less during the three last pandemic…
write, write, write
Yo ya no voy a escribir nada más (hablando en términos caligráficos) hasta más allá del 5 de marzo, due to being involved right now already in what every year…
Uncial now!
And now, at last, free from the necessary but tediously tight discipline of the Roman Quadrata, having tasted the joy of intuitive calligraphic crafting,… I am delighted to announce my…
retorno a la caligrafía 2
Now roughly one year ago, in November-December 2021, I resumed calligraphy…, only to stop again (the first attempt was roughly SEVEN years ago!). (My recurrent pattern of activity throughout my…
retorno a la caligrafía 1
The nightmarishly surreal month of December 2022 here in Peking (appalling cold outside; more than one month practically confined at home, with just about everybody falling ill, and, yes, including…
one more thing-2: beauty is FORMAL INTENT
Last post today on this deliciously beautiful book, Beauty. Few important artists working today talk openly about beauty as a goal for their art. […] the sincere and unequivocal pursuit…
one more thing-1: beauty IS function
Last Sunday, I still found by sheer chance another relevant quote about form and function from Beauty. I wanted to post it that evening, but, instead, fever struck me in…