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11/12/2021
19 : 14
Creative destruction and chunky comforts
Surprise me View in browser November 12, 2021 Bridget Sicchio This week The mood is decidedly chunky these days. Chunky boots—some of truly comical proportions. Chunky sweaters. Chunky oatmeal cookies.
11/5/2021
15 : 44
The Driftless
Surprise me View in browser November 05, 2021 An autumnal mood! This week Today's dispatch is coming to you from my hometown in Iowa, where I'm visiting some loved ones. I'm no prodigal
10/29/2021
16 : 14
Ghost stories
Surprise me View in browser October 29, 2021 A skeleton hand with its index and middle finger raised pokes out of some grass Ryan J. Simons This week Here's a ghost story for you: For years, I'
10/22/2021
18 : 54
We are processes, not things.
Surprise me View in browser October 22, 2021 A painted collection of different shapes of mushrooms in earthy colors ME Descourtilz, Atlas des Champignons (1827) This week I loved reading this little
10/15/2021
17 : 14
Who is the bad fart friend?
Surprise me View in browser October 15, 2021 Can't stop thinking about these mixed-marbled tiles I saw a few weeks ago. This week To quote a line I read today that really resonated with me, "
10/8/2021
19 : 4
Small talk, no action
Surprise me View in browser October 08, 2021 A watercolor image of vintage beer cans, cocktail peanuts, and vintage beer labels on an off-white background with a red square Maria Ylvisaker, Missoula I
5/7/2021
17 : 44
Has a hay bale ever left an impression on you?
Surprise me View in browser May 07, 2021 Antoni Jażwiński, detail from Tableau Muet This week Yahoo Answers, that shining beacon of internet hive mind, has shut down for good. I asked my friend Lindsay
4/30/2021
19 : 4
Me and my algorithm
Surprise me View in browser April 30, 2021 a gray-white background with two sets of abstract geometric images in blue and black inky colors Claire Typaldos, Breakers, 2013 This week Lately I've
4/23/2021
20 : 4
Assignment: Earth
Surprise me View in browser April 23, 2021 This week I've never known a world without constant warnings that humankind is destroying the planet. Because I am the most literal millennial, a member
4/9/2021
20 : 54
Strange particles
Surprise me View in browser April 09, 2021 view looking into a replica of the artist's empty apartment in New York made from thin wires and colored mesh in pink, red, blue, and yellow Do Ho Suh,
4/2/2021
16 : 54
None of this is necessary
Surprise me View in browser April 02, 2021 Bianca Ng, Humans of NJ Transit This week Defending Your Life was the first PG13 movie I was allowed to watch as a child. In it, a recently deceased Albert
3/26/2021
19 : 4
Hark! A harbinger!
Surprise me View in browser March 26, 2021 weathered white wood frames surround 5 areas of tattered fabric scraps in pink, white, blue, and brown. Noah Purifoy This week Two harbingers of the after-
3/19/2021
19 : 24
Why was it never the right time?
Surprise me View in browser March 19, 2021 A drawing of three women together in a bed with an orange duvet cover Britina Cheng, homage to Liu Xiaodong's "Three girls watching TV" This
3/13/2021
10 : 13
Made and remade continually
Surprise me View in browser March 12, 2021 A white woman with a satisfied look on her face and a plumed hat on her head leans back on a stool with her arms crossed behind her head Johannes Hendrikus
3/5/2021
20 : 44
Vaccine, vaccine, vaccine, vacciiiiiiine
Surprise me View in browser March 05, 2021 a cream-colored background with ink line drawings of black and red wavy lines and bulbous shapes, with light blue veins in the background Camillo Golgi, Sulla
2/26/2021
19 : 54
A wild sheep chase
Surprise me View in browser February 26, 2021 a photo of a field of grasses with some dried wood and cacti visible between the stalks Selomé Samuel This week These days, when I find myself in the rare
2/19/2021
18 : 34
Proof of life
Surprise me View in browser February 19, 2021 a still-life oil painting of a basket, bread, melon and assorted fruits Luis Meléndez, The Afternoon Meal (La Merienda) This week I'm sending
2/13/2021
5 : 4
I just kind of gave up and stayed as a potato.
Surprise me View in browser February 12, 2021 A person with brown skin and brown hair sits on a couch reading a book. There is a window behind them and a plant next to them. Anita Tung This week, a
2/5/2021
20 : 34
Whisked forward
Surprise me View in browser February 05, 2021 Textured oil painting of a blue sky with a bank of clouds, a field of white in the background, two cabins in the foreground, and a few people in the yard,
1/29/2021
19 : 44
This week's Thing
Surprise me View in browser January 29, 2021 600x300 Kat Schneider, Crying During Covid. This week The internet has settled into a predictable rhythm for me. Monday - I see a Thing on TikTok or in a