"It would take the redistribution of a mere 0.2 percent of the world's wealth to end the hardship of the 1.4 billion people currently living beneath the world's poverty line of US $1.25 a day." More from Kohei Saito's SLOW DOWN. "Economic equality if realized via the redistribu … | Continue reading
"Footsteps on cobblestone bounce off the walls in Venetian passageways. Aside from the sound of the occasional motorboat, there isn't much else to be heard on the streets of Venice; A much welcomed change of ambiance for someone who does not drive but hails from a world dominated … | Continue reading
"Carbon dioxide emitted by the top 10 percent of the world's richest people makes up half of worldwide emissions." From Kohei Saito's SLOW DOWN. "On the other hand, the least wealthy half of the world's population is responsible for a mere 10 percent of worldwide carbon dioxide … | Continue reading
I fully intended to blog while on the road, but the way days unfolded kept me from even touching my laptop, which I must admit was a most welcomed change. I may post a few travel pix over the next couple days, but for a few shots of the exhibition at the Palazzo del Fumetto on g … | Continue reading
I've had a foot in and out of the cultural scene in many cities around the world, and still no place compares to Cairo in that regard. The energy, enthusiasm, and genuine interest is simply unmatched. Above photo from a series of talks related to Egyptian and Lebanese film histo … | Continue reading
No context THE SOLAR GRID. #work #comix #thesolargrid #resistdystopia #nocontextTSG | Continue reading
A new RESTRICTED FREQUENCY is out! It is issue #217, and in it the question of cultural funding is explored. RF 217: On Funding Culture Sign up rf | Continue reading
I am the grinch. It is true. I would appreciate Christmas in America much more if all the money that was spent on lights and gift-giving between family members who certainly have no real need for the gifts being given, if all of that was instead spent on the ever-increasing hom … | Continue reading
The national mood in America right now. Poster available from Garage.Ganzeer. Fancy pre-framed options also available for the champagne socialists in your life. #work #journal | Continue reading
No context THE SOLAR GRID but also #mood because I'm traveling soon. #nocontextTSG #work #comix #thesolargrid #resistdystopia | Continue reading
When this pops up as you unsubscribe from a service, you can't help but wonder: Well, why didn't y'all just price it that way in the first place?!?! On a completely different note, I was today years old when I discovered the term "emotional age". Based on this excellent intervie … | Continue reading
Asked an AI model to: Generate an artwork that captures the zeitgeist of the moment as if created by the artist named Ganzeer, and this is what it spit out: I think we're going to be fine, guys :-) #journal #ai | Continue reading
Finally got around to populating the webshop with much work. Discount code BYEBYE24 shaves 24% off all orders until Dec. 6. It is now confirmed that I'll be off to Italy on December 9th to attend the opening of Oltremari at the Palazzo del Fumetto in Pordenone, which features so … | Continue reading
No context THE SOLAR GRID #comix #work #thesolargrid #resistdystopia #nocontextTSG | Continue reading
"Character, for Kant, is a rationally chosen way of organizing one's life, based on years of varied experience--indeed, he believed that one does not really develop a character until age forty." From DAILY RITUALS by Mason Curry. "Kant rose at 5:00 A.M., after being awoken by h … | Continue reading
Woke up today comforted by the knowledge that I will no longer be pestered by rich politicians to give them my money. I have been on a roll of not-so-great reads lately for some reason, a couple of which I reviewed: THE PLAGUE by Albert Camus THE SEAMSTRESS AND THE WIND by Ces … | Continue reading
"We live in a right-wing culture that has an instrumentalism for the ruling elite." -- China Mieville quote | Continue reading
Previously referred to as PROJECT BIGSPREAD, this is THIS IS GAZA, an artist-book created as part of the second Mailbox Project initiated by Dongola Limited Editions out of Beirut, Lebanon: More pix at ganzeer.com work | Continue reading
Very good Ted talk by Eric X. Li, A Tale of Two Political Systems, which may at first come off as propaganda for China's one party system and an indictment of democracy, but he makes it a point to point out that it isn't about coming to the conclusion of what the best political s … | Continue reading
"The gift that is not used will be lost, while the one that is passed along remains abundant." -- Lewis Hyde quote | Continue reading
Finally scheduled the new newsletter. This one took a lot out of me. It goes out in a few hours. Sign up, as always, is at Ganzeer.com/Newsletter Inbox 237, RSS 438. Terrible. Journal | Continue reading
"Revenge is a dish best served cold," said the Earth followed by a sinister laugh. She was bruised and visibly ill, but still stood tall. She wasn't proud of this, not really. She'd held back doing anything like it for a long time, but she was at her wit's end and found no other … | Continue reading
Zine Fest Houston flyer I designed spotted in the wild. work | Continue reading
"One could make a case that some of the very earliest Enlightenment salons were held not in Europe but in Montreal, during the 1690s. It was there that an indigenous statesman called Kandiaronk, acting as liaison between the Wendat ('Huron') confederation and the regime of Louis … | Continue reading
"If you are ready to be ashamed of your own country, this is the first step towards freedom today." -- Slavoj Zizek, How to become Free radar | Continue reading
"I gently sucked Simone's breast while waiting for the soft-boiled eggs, and she ran her fingers through my hair. Her mother was the one who brought us the eggs, but I didn't even turn around, I assumed it was a maid, and I kept on sucking the breast contentedly. Nor was I ultima … | Continue reading
Work-in-progress peek at PROJECT BIGSPREAD. work | Continue reading
Uh, no shit? In other news, capitalism is already dead, according to Yanis Varoufakis. We are now in the age of techno-feudalism. radar | Continue reading
"The newspapers, needless to say, complied with the instructions given them: optimism at all costs. If one was to believe what one read in them, our populace was giving 'a fine example of courage and composure.' But in a town thrown back upon itself, in which nothing could be kep … | Continue reading
Dystopia is scrolling through social media to see utter destruction and dead children but also see selfies from artists being willfully clueless at New York Comicon. journal | Continue reading
Skipping this week's newsletter. Mind too jumbled to put down anything cohesive. Inbox 130, RSS 422 (!) Radar: Audubon -- Proto pigeon-drones, basically. Keyju Jin: China from Within -- A different narrative to what is usually presented in the US. Perhaps a little too "pro-Ch … | Continue reading
Woke up to 16°C. This is probably not too cold for many people, but it was all the way up in the 30s just a day ago. Such a sudden drop is too much of a shock to my system and I am thus visibly grumpy. I like my seasonal changes to be a little more gradual, please. Thoughts on g … | Continue reading
Just saw people burn alive on my phone. Bomb dropped by Israel on an encampment outside a hospital. One burning body still clearly hooked up to their IV. None of this would be happening without unquestionable US support. The world needs to stand up to the US and Israel in ways … | Continue reading
Why you're so tired -- Johnny Harris Finally, an explanation that makes sense. More great videos from Johnny Harris: Why the US spend so much on its military The secret Trump investigation nobody is talking about The latter one speaks of a potential contribution to Trump's 2 … | Continue reading
The democrats won't save you if you're drowning They won't help you if you are in pain They'll ask you for your vote They'll tell you they are broke Then send a lot of money to Ukraine (And also Israel!) Republicans will obviously kill you But at least you know where they are at … | Continue reading
Work-in-progress from the final THE SOLAR GRID. #work #comix #tsg #ResistDystopia | Continue reading
As expected, most recent newsletter has resulted in quite a few unsubscribes. Sign up page lives here for anyone who appreciates unorthodox thinking :-) journal | Continue reading
"The reward center of the European Americans' brains lit up much more when they received money themselves compared to when they gave money to their family members. The reverse occurred in the brains of Latino participants: Their reward centers lit up more when they gave money to … | Continue reading
"For while he himself spoke from the depths of long days of brooding upon his personal distress, and the image he had tried to impart had been slowly shaped and proved by the fires of passion and regret, this meant nothing to the man to whom he was speaking, who pictured a conven … | Continue reading
Radical idea: Members of Congress and close family members should be barred from owning stock in weapons manufacturing companies. Even more radical idea: Weapons manufacturing companies should not be allowed to go public to begin with. All that does is create a legal venue for w … | Continue reading
Extremely anxious with all the news coming out today. Like many--I'm sure--I worry about the greater geopolitical repercussions all this stuff may spawn. Concentration completely shot. Our bodies are hardwired to crank up the adrenaline and blood flow in the face of danger, b … | Continue reading
I'm just going to leave these here. radar | Continue reading
Endorsing a presidential candidate shouldn't necessitate more than just that, stating one's endorsement, or at most stating some of the attractive ideas and policies said candidate is looking to bring to the table. Democracy in America however is so primitive and regressed that i … | Continue reading
"People linked together by friendship, affection, or physical love found themselves reduced to hunting for tokens of their past communion within the compass of the ten-word telegram. And since, in practice, the phrases one can use in a telegram are quickly exhausted, long lives p … | Continue reading
The epic that is THE SOLAR GRID--the project I've been working on for the better part of the past 9 years--is now 91% complete. Entering into hyperfocus mode to push through the remaining 9%. I'm hardly ever on social media, but this reel about Chinese filmmaker Gao Xiaosong's … | Continue reading
3 days until PAGES FOR PALESTINE at Basket Books in Houston, organized by the Jewish Voice for Peace in partnership with Houston Zine Fest (who also provided the event graphic). #journal #event | Continue reading
You know things are messed up when the person responsible for the monitoring and censorship of anti-genocidal material posted across Meta's platforms (Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp), a userbase of almost 4 billion people worldwide, is Jordana Cutler, a person who once worked as a … | Continue reading