@niko Je vais pas trop tarder, on se voit à la Doua 😊

@niko Très cool, je me réjouis ! 99% de chance que je sois là accompagné de mon chien.
(faut juste que j’aille me racheter des gants d’hiver, j’ai perdu les miens hier 😢)

Franz Mon, Abstrakt, 1967

Now spinning: Spacemen 3, Starship, 1987
https://open.spotify.com/intl-fr/track/7mxTutlR9wz3uDJ2wV6DXm?si=2e4dea91ed394565

Ruth Wolf-Rehfeldt, Cages on the Run, ca. 1980s

Now spinning: This Heat, 24 Track Loop, 1979
https://open.spotify.com/intl-fr/track/70exW4uEmsA7zE0ScUFgBc?si=474e9331d50d46f0

Ian Hamilton Finlay, Sea-Poppy 1 (Fishing Boat Letters and Numbers), 1968

Uncertainty

After two years of building and using my Obsidian vault, I’ve just completely dismantled it. It feels surreal—it’s been my go-to tool for so long.

Honestly, it’s a bit of a mess right now, and I’m questioning whether I’ll even continue with Obsidian. And I don’t have the time to organize it all at the moment.

It’s a huge change, and I’m still processing what’s next.

Now spinning: Cowboys International, The ‘No’ Tune, 1979
(A track for everyone who loved Andrew Weatherall’s show on NTS)
https://open.spotify.com/intl-fr/track/72ceSrkmVbpayYB11vUFgH?si=d6c024a2314a48e7

Natalie Czech, A Negative Calligramme by Julien Bismuth (Jalousie), 2018

Behind the scenes of designing my 2022 poetry book “Airplane Crash”

Běla Kolářová, Radiogram of Circle, 1962-1963

Poem from the “hmnru” series, December 2021—one of my earliest concrete poems created with a pen plotter.

Presentation to the “Atelier National de Recherche Typographique” on automating the layout of Thomas Huot-Marchand‘s Garaje typeface specimen, published by 205TF, using Python and Drawbot.

Now spinning: Gang Of Four, At Home He’s a Tourist, 1979
https://open.spotify.com/intl-fr/track/1fpSdqEoXJBEr4HGQhWcxP?si=54c4ffaac4d04c22

Elena Asins, Scale, 1982-1983

What I thought would take one focused afternoon is now an open-ended project. I’ll need more time to finish. I’ll also need to photograph or scan a few books from my library to illustrate the newsletter. Oh, and I’m crossing France by train this weekend for my sister’s 40th birthday—so time is tight!
Does this ever happen to you? Where does your writing take on a life of its own, pulling you into uncharted territory? Is it a beginner’s quirk, or do seasoned writers embrace the drift too?