Today in Colors
Today in Colors
Anh, Olia Lialina, World Wide Letters, and mimosa
Dear reader
We went to Hydra, again, a tiny island located two hours by boat from Athens. It is our fourth time there. It is becoming a family sanctuary: a familiar destination where we know where to eat, swim, walk, and shop. There are no cars, so there are no reminders that neither of us drives. We once tried the water taxi, so we don’t have to do that again. Instead, time passes softly.
On this visit, there were wildflowers everywhere. The island was glowing yellow. It’s lovely how colors are like time stamps: Hydra in January is green, Hydra in April is yellow, Hydra in September is bronze. I’m still foreign to many of the local flowers, but I aspire to one day be able to describe the year through when the flowers bloom.
Happy Mimosa Week.
With care
Kristoffer
Wayside flowers
https://jakedowsmith.com/wikipedia-rectangles/
Field notes
1.
A New Homepage Version Noir. Thank you, Anh, for making your homepage into a comic and writing the backstory.
2.
»Those who don’t remember the web before platforms, tend to believe that for 10 years web users stared at their monitors in anticipation. (…) Though, the opposite was the truth, the web before platformization was the place where users owned, wrote and also read.«
Olia Lialina on read, write, own web.
3.
World Wide Letter is a newsletter that recommends a date-specific website on special days such as World Meteorological Day, National Park Day, and Diary Day. The newsletter is in Korean but fortunately, the web is multilingual.
4.
Upcoming: Gray Area Incubator Artist Salon (IRL 17/4), WordHack (URL+IRL 18/4) Sasha's Archipelago (URL 20/4), and more in the Poetic Web Calendar.
5.
Selected from Call for Participation: Elliott is requesting one-minute park videos, Volvox Observer is accepting pitches, and there are a few open calls for fellowships and residencies.
Collections
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See you next week :)