Time hangs.
Petals echo breath.
Wires hum, supporting time.
Sunlight never forgets form.
We pass, unchanged.
Flowers at Saatchi
I went to the Flowers exhibition in at the Saatchi Gallery yesterday. It’s on until the 5th of May so if you are around in London in the near future I think its well worth the trip.
If anything, just to go see Rebecca Louise Law‘s installation la fLEUR MORTE.
It’s difficult to put into words, and my photos don’t do it justice. There’s a presence to the piece that resists capture. It’s something you really have to stand inside to fully appreciate.
The installation is composed of over 100,000 dried flowers, collected throughout the span of Law’s career. Each flower is painstakingly strung by hand on fine brass wire — which when multiplied across the work is a gesture of astonishing patience and care – given how fragile the medium is. There’s so much labour, time, and attention embedded in the piece.
It feels almost devotional.
I look at a preserved flower and I see time.
Rebecca Louise Law, Artist
I see survival.
I see life.
And I see death.
But there is a spiritual place.
In-between.
A place we can connect.
A place we can value.
A place we can stop.
And think.
And be.
You walk beneath and through the piece — a vast, vaulted canopy suspended in space, a riot of faded colour hanging in the air. The flowers surround you on all sides, like a temple, a softness, suspended stillness.
As Law says, “I look at a preserved flower and I see time.” And you really do. Some of the flowers in la fLEUR MORTE were dried and preserved over two decades ago. I found myself thinking about everything that has happened in the world since some of those flowers were alive — all the stories, seasons, upheavals, joys, and griefs that have unfolded in the intervening years.
I wrote in my notes on my phone that each flower is a “sunlit moment plucked from time and suspended.” They are all, in a sense, embodied sunlight — time-travelling relics of once living matter. You can’t help but feel that its a sculpture in/of time, a meditation on impermanence, care, and beauty held just at the edge of decay. la fLEUR MORTE
It’s incredibly moving, and deeply beautiful.
The other hilight was the pressed flowers under glass light box work of Amy Shelton. I think the image below should be in HDR on my actual blog if you click though. Wonderful work. I could look at it all day.
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Feb 2025 | Photo 365
I got my photos for Feb up. Crazy to think I’ve now done 1100+ days in a row. Passing 1k seems like only yesterday.
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Photo 365
The Ministry Of My Own Labour
What the hell did I do this week? I honestly can’t even remember. Going on holiday next weekend tho. Can’t wait.
Terminal Access
Lance “it’s ya boi” Robotson interviewed Deepfates about memetic theory, AI and stuff on NeoMainia pod. Really great episode.
Dipping the Stacks
Noise complaints are killing London’s pubs
Despite the absurdity of the rules, the capital’s pubs, bars and clubs have little choice but to contort themselves into whatever shape it takes to stay compliant, and pray no one decides to complain.
The Launch — The California Sunday Magazine
Everybody knew that the usurper of the Red Delicious throne, Gala, wouldn’t be on top forever. Gala spread widely because the New Zealanders who developed the apple had, following longstanding industry practice, released it to anyone who wanted to grow it.
They want to bear witness to their times, and yes, they want to have fun and look good while doing it, because otherwise what’s the point? According to people who mostly don’t get invited to their parties, these people are all fascists. When they say they’re just interested in art and beauty, they mean they want the freedom to be evil.
Virtue-signalling is out of fashion; signalling vice is in. The right is back, baby, and nobody’s even shy about it this time around.
ChatGPT is booming. After months of stagnant usage in early 2024, the chatbot hit an inflection point and is now far outpacing its competition, according to new data from analytics firm Similarweb.
Reading
I’m still re-reading Say What You Mean: A Mindful Approach to Nonviolent Communication by Oren Jay Sofer. Still re-reading Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda veyr strange to be reading this after so much meditation vs the me that read it the first time.
I’ve decided that I’m going to read Saints: A New Legendary of Heroes, Humans and Magic by Amy Jeffs month by month. Being introduced to the saints in the months of their saints day. So the hardback is going to be a permanent feature by my bed this year.
Made some more progress on The Road Ahead by Bill Gates. Currently reading his very 90’s takes on media theory. Unfortunatly it’s still the sort of take that dominates mainstream discourse 30 years later.
Music
Salvation – Rebecca Black
I think Blacks album is banging. I posted the single Sugar Water Cyanide when it came out, but the 7 tracks on this album don’t disappoint. Every track on this is a banger.
I’m really excited about where pop music is going right now.
Remember Kids:
A combination of social fragmentation and lightning-fast communication today, however, means we have to deal with these crazy people alone, as individuals butting heads with narcissists in a lawless void
Sand Talk by Tyson Yunkaporta
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