Day 271 of 1000: Financial Shenanigans in Oil and Silver
A lengthy discussion of paper vs physical futures markets, short-selling, and the supply deficit in silver.
Day 270 of 1000: Problems vs Mysteries
French playwright and philosopher Gabriel Marcel distinguished between problems and mysteries. The problem of war deaths, vs the mystery.
Day 269 of 1000: Creating In-Situ Photos for Original Art
Creating in-situ room photos to show how my original art might look in someone’s house. A quick comparison of Artplacer vs Canvy.
Day 268 of 1000: War and Hope
Han and Bloch on the future vs the past. Finding some hopelessness and hopefulness in looking to the past.
Day 267 of 1000: Pondering Portfolio Moves After a Weekend of War
A Monday morning musing about financial markets after the U.S./Israel attack on Iran over the weekend. I’m expecting things to take some time to play out, so no immediate action is necessary.
Day 266 of 1000: Planning the First Week of March
Planning my portfolio buy/sell day in the shadow of war, getting paintings ready for sale, solving an insomnia problem.
Day 264 of 1000: The Must-Do Myth
An art business expert said “you must show your original art in person,” but I’m leaning into a digital gallery, and getting people there via my philosophical writing.
Day 263 of 1000: Hope, Truth, and Art
Adorno and Han on the relationship between reality, hope, truth, and art. Art as an autonomous sphere that provides an alternative to bad reality.
Day 262 of 1000: Setting Up an Art Storefront
Making plans for refreshing my Saatchi Art storefront with new Motion Memory paintings. Many details to learn about.
Day 261 of 1000: Hopefulness and concrete Goals
Nietzsche and Han on how hope turns our thoughts to concrete goals as a way of composing the story of the future.
Day 260 of 1000: An Easy Way to Hedge Against Dollar Weakness
Hedge against continued dollar weakness by tilting your portfolio towards international equities and away from U.S.
Day 259 of 1000: In the Wintertime of a Transition
It’s wintertime and I’m in the neutral zone of reinvention. But spring is coming, and I’m going to paint with springy colors, in an energetic style.
Day 258 of 1000: Still Here
Making it to age 57 is an achievement. I grieve for the people in my past who didn’t get the chance.
Day 257 of 1000: Searching for Bohemia by the Sea
An Ingeborg Bachmann poem, Han on the “and yet” of hope beyond despair, and losing my own Bohemia by the sea.
Day 256 of 1000: Hans Hofmann | How an Artist Creates Magic
Hans Hofmann on how an artist can overcome the physical reality of her materials to create surreality, magic, a spiritual experience.
Day 256 of 1000: The Voluminati | People Who Write Too Much
The problem of too much AI-bloated writing online. The problem I have with writing too much.
Day 254 of 1000: Reason vs. Hope – Spinoza vs. Han
Early modern philosopher Spinoza said if you live according to reason, you need not depend on Hope. Byung-Chul Han says hope takes you places that reason cannot.
Day 253 of 1000: The Neoliberal Creative Dispositif
Byung-Chul Han’s neoliberal creative dispositif in which acts of creativity respond to the achievement society’s demands.
Day 252 of 1000: Finding Hopefulness
Pondering how uncertain I feel as I attempt to reinvent myself. Considering ideas from Byung-Chul Han’s The Spirit of Hope.
Day 251 of 1000: Tweeting Instead of Twerting?
Getting back to tweeting instead of just “twerting” — reading tweets without commenting or posting.
Day 250 of 1000: One-Quarter Done | Art Monsterhood Achieved
Having completed 25% of my 1000-day reinvention blogging project, I reflect on what I have achieved.
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