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Category Archives: Poiesis
The Paris Commune: Walt Whitman
To a Foil’d European Revolutionaire Courage yet, my brother or my sister!Keep on—Liberty is to be subserv’d whatever occurs;That is nothing that is quell’d by one or two failures, or any number of failures,Or by the indifference or ingratitude of … Continue reading
For Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919-2021)
If you would be a poet, discover a new way for mortals to inhabit the earth. Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Poetry is insurgent art Celebrating Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919-2021), anarchist, poet, publisher of the Beat poets, and a founder of City Lights Bookstore … Continue reading
In gratitude: For Chick Corea (1941-2021)
Music is our witness, and our ally. The ‘beat’ is the confession which recognises, changes, and conquers time. Then, history becomes a garment we can wear, and share, and not a cloak in which to hide; and time becomes a … Continue reading
Constantine Cavafy: A poetry to see by
The poets (by which I mean all artists) are finally the only people who know the truth about us. Soldiers don’t. Statesmen don’t. Priests don’t. Union leaders don’t. Only poets. James Baldwin For those who lead a provincial life, life … Continue reading
Giorgio Agamben: Love has been abolished
Si è abolito l’amore Si è abolito l’amorein nome della salutepoi si abolirà la salute. Si è abolita la libertàin nome della medicinapoi si abolirà la medicina. Si è abolito Dioin nome della ragionepoi si abolirà la ragione. Si è … Continue reading
For Diane di Prima 1934-2020
Head-on war is the mistake we maketime after timeThere is a way around it, way to outflanktechnology, short circuit“energy crisis”: retreat & silencecunningcourage and love Diane di Prima, Revolutionary Letter #58 Diane di Prima, famous beat poet, radical, anarchist, activist, … Continue reading
Mafalda the “anarchist”: For Quino (1932-2020)
The rigid, the ready—made, the mechanical, in contrast with the supple, the ever-changing and the living, absentmindedness in contrast with attention, in a word, automatism in contrast with free activity, such are the defects that laughter singles out and would … Continue reading
Raoul Vaneigem: A song of rebellion
We warmly thank the not bored collective for sharing their translation of the song, “Le Rameau de la liberté”, with words by Raoul Vaneigem. A clarion call, a song for rebellion …
For Cecilia Mangini (1927-2021)
Italian photographer and documentary film director Cecilia Mangini died on January 21. What follows is a modest tribute to an artisan-artist for whom the making of images was always an act of engagement with her subjects and her audience.