Lisa Matthews, PhD

Have said the very same thing - almost word for word - twice this month already. In GovTech it’s all gonna blow. Then we’ll be able to get up and get on again.

A Mid-Day Reminder.

#RadioFreeAmerica

This brings me joy. On so many levels.

Skimmed past this image thinking it was a still from Zone of Interest. Nope. Just a man doing the on-the-ground dirty work of the rich and powerful (mainly) men turbo charging the racist and xenophobic projects of late stage capitalism to maintain their power and maximise profits and reach.

Dwell book cover artwork. White house painted with handmade paint from the soil of Menorca.

Double page spread from the book showing a painting and text block. Text is not readable and for decorative purposes only.

“Dwell” is my latest co-exhibition with Melanie Ashby. The accompanying book is a limited ed (50 copies) catalog-chapbook hybrid of Mel’s paintings and my text block panels. When they’re gone they’re gone: £12.95, inc UK ppp (non-UK orders DM). Stripe link for secure payment: tinyurl.com/4u5hervy

A bright blue plastic frog model on top of a desktop lamp.

Blue frog.
White light.

🚨 Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago answers this question brilliantly. 1/2

I can’t believe this was 27 years ago. Never forget.

No phones allowed during the 4 hour show / experience. Instead a photo of the high risers close to Aviva their tops lost in the fog. Maybe like a lot of folk when they can out?

Art weekend; Pt 3
Balkan Erotic Epic at #AvivaStudios
Felt at home the moment I went in and found my groove (and I sometimes struggle with crowds, noise an chaos).
Not here.
Don’t think I can go on making art in the same way now.
[insert what you know about performance art here] <points to heart>

Large scale projection in Aviva Studios of the title of Marina’s new work: Balkan Erotic Epic.

Art weekend; Pt 2
On Sat we saw #MarinaAbramović talk about her new work showing at #AvivaStudios in Manchester. She looked beautiful, older (don’t we all) and very ordinary (why wouldn’t she). And it was a joy. Her work’s a revelation that I only truly saw after The Artist is Present.

Cover of our new book called Dwell. Burnt umber colour with a crop from a painting of a White House.

A double page spread from the book. The image an words are too small to read.

Two text block poem panels on gallery wall with a long portrait orientation art work of bits of cacti.

One text panel and two artworks.

Art weekend; Pt1.
My new exhibition — “Dwell” — (with Mel, she’s the paint, I’m the words) is on at the Wilmslow Guild For Lifelong Learning. Last Friday we had a mid-exhibition viewing. 14 people came. And over the course of its time at The Guild, 1000s of folk will experience it. #art #poetry

Decorative only. Flier with same words as in the post.

If you are near Wilmslow in greater Manchester tomorrow night and like paintings and poetry, we are celebrating our
Med-inspired exhibition DWELL at the Guild for Lifelong Learning (in Wilmslow 😉 ) Fri 10 Oct, 6.30pm. Join us for art, words and extreme GIN! Just like fiesta time in Menorca 🍸

So true…

Profile of Major General Lorna Mahlock, seated, at Tuesday's meeting in Quantico, VA

Credited to Rene Syler:

"Look at her face.

This is Major General Lorna M. Mahlock, USMC, the first Black woman in Marine Corps history to reach general officer rank. A trailblazer, a warrior, a woman who's earned every credential, medal, and command in her story."

1/7

Perhaps things would have turned out differently had America only — embraced its Indigenous soul.

“Strange Fruit” - performed here by #BillieHoliday - along with “Four Women” written and performed by #NinaSimone, are 2 of the most important songs of the 20C.

“Starmer’s government says there’s no money to scrap the two-child benefit cap and lift 500,000 children out of poverty — but there is £200,000,000 for Elbit. Israel’s partner in genocide.

This obscene deal must be stopped. They have Palestinian blood on their hands.”

YouTube video by Michael Walker Acorn Antiques Lebanese Episode

For your edification, the utter genius of #VictoriaWood:

#1 Acorn Antiques; the Lebanese special.

Newlyn School of Art insignia

An original artwork by ©️ Melanie Ashby. A figure in a foetal position with a mysterious bundle shape above it.

Pool side view at the Jubilee outdoor lido and geothermal pool.

Otto Dix painting from a Tate Gallery book. Black crows flying over a snowy village.

#Newlyn, Penzance

All-white sculpture of a large vase floating mid-air at about adult shoulder height. There is a curving spray of cups and saucers emerging from the vase and making a column that reaches to the floor.

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WFH downside. Important call @ 10:00. 🐱 decides to bring up an only partially-digested largish mammal in three separate sites around the house: one section right by my standing desk.

[Artwork: Edward Allington; One Unforgiving Minute - Manchester Art Gallery]

#cats

A quote that reads: Because I carry it well doesn’t mean it’s not heavy.

For anyone who needs to hear this tonight…

Photo portrait of Nin with the quote overlaid on it: We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.

— We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are
Anaïs Nin; French-American novelist, diarist and essayist (1903-1977)

How utterly lovely. And what a compliment 🤩

Image taken from the air of Parliament Square. A huge black banner is stretched over the Square. It reads: Yes It Is A Genocide.

From @ledbydonkeys.org

Too right 👊🏻

You must listen to:

Heaven Or Las Vegas by Cocteau Twins.

Leftism by Leftfield.

Transformer by Lou Reed.

Innervisions by Stevie Wonder.

I’ll stop here 💿

Beautiful weekend in Newlyn.

Looking out across rooftops to the sea and Saint Michael’s Mount in Penzance.

Hello Newlyn, nice to be back

This is mega interesting and makes me totally revisit my assumptions on the work I do. Thank you.

Simple black and white line drawing of a shoal of fish. There is a single fish on its own at the back of the shoal. This solitary fish is coloured in lilac.

#neurodivergence through the medium of fish.

Lilac is my specific #Irlen filter colour.