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Slipping Glimpser

@slippingglimpser.bsky.social

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Hello! I’m an Englishman of Filipino descent living in Sweden. I paint pictures exploring ancestral memory and what it means to be part of a diaspora. What it is to not belong anywhere whilst belonging everywhere.

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Slipping Glimpser @slippingglimpser.bsky.social · 6h

I live 500 meters from work. On a good day I hear 1 full song on my walk to work. Sometimes I choose, sometimes the algorithm does. The #songoftheday 03/11/25 is Endegena by Hailu Mergia & The Walias #music #musicsky youtu.be/TBAmDbbvJ7Y?...

Hailu Mergia & The Walias Band — Endegena

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Slipping Glimpser @slippingglimpser.bsky.social · 1d

And if anyone is interested the #songoftheday is Shadows by Ruby Rushton #music #musicsky open.spotify.com/track/1L9OGN...

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Slipping Glimpser @slippingglimpser.bsky.social · 1d

Studio day! Hooray!
#wip #diaspora #portrait #art #painting #contemporarypainter #contemporaryart #figurative #pattern

A painted portrait in progress in the background. In the foreground I the corner of a small wooden table with a jar of paint brushes, a paper coffee cup containing bright green paint and two tubes of paint.

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Slipping Glimpser @slippingglimpser.bsky.social · 3d

Examples please!

Slipping Glimpser @slippingglimpser.bsky.social · 3d

Back home, back to work. On a good day I hear 1 full song on my walk to work. Sometimes I choose, sometimes the algorithm does. The #songoftheday 31/10/25 is War Dance by Kokoroko #music #musicsky open.spotify.com/track/56CKIl...

War Dance

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Slipping Glimpser @slippingglimpser.bsky.social · 4d

Anybody that likes SAULT is good people 🤝

Slipping Glimpser @slippingglimpser.bsky.social · 4d

Last day in Blighty. Went out record shopping and managed to get this reissue on Vinyl. #songoftheday is Wax and Wane by Dorothy Ashby #music #musicsky open.spotify.com/track/3maOEq...

Wax and Wane

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Slipping Glimpser @slippingglimpser.bsky.social · 5d

Organise?

Slipping Glimpser @slippingglimpser.bsky.social · 5d

Chuck in some mushrooms and a forkful of kimchi and you’re flying!

Slipping Glimpser @slippingglimpser.bsky.social · 6d

Ooh! Can’t wait!

Slipping Glimpser @slippingglimpser.bsky.social · 7d

I’m away visiting my folks in Blighty so no ’way to work song o’ the day’ but this B A N G E R has been on my mind for a couple of days. #songoftheday 27/10/25 is Sweetie by Kokoroko #music #musicsky open.spotify.com/track/5rffvB...

Sweetie

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Slipping Glimpser @slippingglimpser.bsky.social · 8d

I live 500 meters from work. On a good day I hear 1 full song on my walk to work. Sometimes I choose, sometimes the algorithm does. The #songoftheday 26/10/25 is Organ Donor-Extended Overhaul by DJ Shadow #music #musicsky open.spotify.com/track/1NDBAc...

Organ Donor - Extended Overhaul

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Slipping Glimpser @slippingglimpser.bsky.social · 9d

Guess not.

Slipping Glimpser @slippingglimpser.bsky.social · 9d

I live 500 meters from work. On a good day I hear 1 full song on my walk to work. Sometimes I choose, sometimes the algorithm does. The #songoftheday 25/10/25 is Tough Guy by Beastie Boys #music #musicsky open.spotify.com/track/20lUsc...

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Slipping Glimpser @slippingglimpser.bsky.social · 10d

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Other Worlds

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Slipping Glimpser @slippingglimpser.bsky.social · 10d

Day off. Spending a little time in the studio, righting wrongs and colouring in. #Albumoftheday is Other Worlds from Taken By Trees #music #musicsky #painting #figurative #pattern #contemporaryartist #wip #diaspora open.spotify.com/album/2mCX9w...

Closeup of a painting in progress of a seated woman enveloped by psychedelic patterns and colourful paint splashes

Closeup of the early stages of a painting in progress with repeating patterns in green and orange/brown

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Slipping Glimpser @slippingglimpser.bsky.social · 10d

Day off yesterday. Spent it at the boat trying to fix a fuel line and oiling the hull. Neither of these tasks are fun. I put this on to keep me from losing my shit #music #musicsky #Albumoftheday #songoftheday open.spotify.com/album/37hHXJ...

Heaven Or Las Vegas (Remastered)

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Slipping Glimpser @slippingglimpser.bsky.social · 11d

Any other wooden boat owners out there? Here’s mine. #woodenboat #träbåt #boat #båt

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Slipping Glimpser @slippingglimpser.bsky.social · 12d

I live 500 meters from work. On a good day I hear 1 full song on my walk to work. Sometimes I choose, sometimes the algorithm does. The #songoftheday 22/10/25 is Nutty by Monk and Coltrane #music #musicsky open.spotify.com/track/0CKkJP...

Nutty

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Slipping Glimpser @slippingglimpser.bsky.social · 13d

I live 500 meters from work. On a good day I hear 1 full song on my walk to work. Sometimes I choose, sometimes the algorithm does. The #songoftheday 21/10/25 is Super Sharp Shooter by DJ Zinc of The Ganja Crew #music #musicsky open.spotify.com/track/6nj8a3...

Super Sharp Shooter

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Slipping Glimpser @slippingglimpser.bsky.social · 14d

I live 500 meters from work. On a good day I hear 1 full song on my walk to work. Sometimes I choose, sometimes the algorithm does. The #songoftheday 20/10/25 is The Weather by El Michels Affair and Black Thought #music #musicsky open.spotify.com/track/6sMmQz...

The Weather

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Slipping Glimpser @slippingglimpser.bsky.social · 17d

I live 500 meters from work. On a good day I hear 1 full song on my walk to work. Sometimes I choose, sometimes the algorithm does. The #songoftheday 17/10/25 is Let Go by Sohn #music #musicsky open.spotify.com/track/6gFlO5...

Let Go

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Slipping Glimpser @slippingglimpser.bsky.social · 18d

I live 500 meters from work. On a good day I hear 1 full song on my walk to work. Sometimes I choose, sometimes the algorithm does. The #songoftheday 16/10/25 is Mata by Akalé Wubé #music #musicsky open.spotify.com/track/6TRYv8...

Mata

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Slipping Glimpser @slippingglimpser.bsky.social · 19d

I love this band. I’m pretty sure I could sacrifice one of the less useful toes on my left foot to see them live

Slipping Glimpser @slippingglimpser.bsky.social · 19d

I live 500 meters from work. On a good day I hear 1 full song on my walk to work. Sometimes I choose, sometimes the algorithm does. The #songoftheday 15/10/25 is Fallowfield Loops by GoGo Penguin #music #musicsky open.spotify.com/track/3jfbg8...

Fallowfield Loops

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