Aarik Danielsen
@aarikdanielsen.bsky.social
Recovering newspaperman.
Art monster.
“Realist of a larger reality."
Often on I-29 b/c i'm in love with a nebraska girl.
Wants to be with you alone and talk about the weather.
He/him.
https://aarikdanielsen.com
Art monster.
“Realist of a larger reality."
Often on I-29 b/c i'm in love with a nebraska girl.
Wants to be with you alone and talk about the weather.
He/him.
https://aarikdanielsen.com
my favorite albums of nov. 2025 (alphabetical by artist):
armand hammer + the alchemist, "mercy"
de la soul, "cabin in the sky"
del water gap, "chasing the chimera"
laney jones + the spirits, self-titled
sister ray davies, "holy island"
armand hammer + the alchemist, "mercy"
de la soul, "cabin in the sky"
del water gap, "chasing the chimera"
laney jones + the spirits, self-titled
sister ray davies, "holy island"
November 26, 2025 at 7:30 PM
my favorite albums of nov. 2025 (alphabetical by artist):
armand hammer + the alchemist, "mercy"
de la soul, "cabin in the sky"
del water gap, "chasing the chimera"
laney jones + the spirits, self-titled
sister ray davies, "holy island"
armand hammer + the alchemist, "mercy"
de la soul, "cabin in the sky"
del water gap, "chasing the chimera"
laney jones + the spirits, self-titled
sister ray davies, "holy island"
cleaning out my notes app which , like when moving, means discarding but also rediscovering that which you’d forgotten. anyway I found this and I’m gonna make more of it.
November 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
cleaning out my notes app which , like when moving, means discarding but also rediscovering that which you’d forgotten. anyway I found this and I’m gonna make more of it.
we’re knocking on thanksgivings door and I can’t help but think how, last year, I played Counting Crows and A Long December like a fucking prayer.
and in this better-than-the-last year, I see the answer.
and in this better-than-the-last year, I see the answer.
November 23, 2025 at 3:37 AM
we’re knocking on thanksgivings door and I can’t help but think how, last year, I played Counting Crows and A Long December like a fucking prayer.
and in this better-than-the-last year, I see the answer.
and in this better-than-the-last year, I see the answer.
"Take me. Take all of me. I am not so soon
a coffin. I am not a waiting graveyard.
I am my own church, my own wild joy.
I pray to the god i make myself."
— Meg Ford
a coffin. I am not a waiting graveyard.
I am my own church, my own wild joy.
I pray to the god i make myself."
— Meg Ford
November 22, 2025 at 4:20 AM
"Take me. Take all of me. I am not so soon
a coffin. I am not a waiting graveyard.
I am my own church, my own wild joy.
I pray to the god i make myself."
— Meg Ford
a coffin. I am not a waiting graveyard.
I am my own church, my own wild joy.
I pray to the god i make myself."
— Meg Ford
really digging this @sarahmanguso.bsky.social / Liana Finck collab Questions Without Answers
November 22, 2025 at 3:30 AM
really digging this @sarahmanguso.bsky.social / Liana Finck collab Questions Without Answers
Have been traveling, so haven't had time to offer up a true Friday Five, but here's a few things I've been loving lately:
Music:
@florencemachine.bsky.social, Everybody Scream
Armand Hammer, Mercy
Sister Ray Davies, Holy Island
Words:
Kerouac, Road Novels 1957-1960
Music:
@florencemachine.bsky.social, Everybody Scream
Armand Hammer, Mercy
Sister Ray Davies, Holy Island
Words:
Kerouac, Road Novels 1957-1960
November 20, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Have been traveling, so haven't had time to offer up a true Friday Five, but here's a few things I've been loving lately:
Music:
@florencemachine.bsky.social, Everybody Scream
Armand Hammer, Mercy
Sister Ray Davies, Holy Island
Words:
Kerouac, Road Novels 1957-1960
Music:
@florencemachine.bsky.social, Everybody Scream
Armand Hammer, Mercy
Sister Ray Davies, Holy Island
Words:
Kerouac, Road Novels 1957-1960
“And the rainy night, a river, is God, as the sea the rivers and rains conceals. All is safe. Secure.”
Jack Kerouac
Jack Kerouac
November 19, 2025 at 10:59 PM
“And the rainy night, a river, is God, as the sea the rivers and rains conceals. All is safe. Secure.”
Jack Kerouac
Jack Kerouac
forest creatures
November 13, 2025 at 8:41 PM
forest creatures
Have been helping with a collections management project (aka weeding books) at my pt library job for months. Which means I occasionally get to abscond with books like this 1960 edition of Dewey.
November 10, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Have been helping with a collections management project (aka weeding books) at my pt library job for months. Which means I occasionally get to abscond with books like this 1960 edition of Dewey.
What’s it like to be with her? They ask
November 5, 2025 at 9:25 PM
What’s it like to be with her? They ask
Sunday-night pushback on Monday's anxieties with a quartet from the iconic Edward Hopper.
1. "Automat," oil on canvas (1927)
2. "Ryder's House," oil on canvas (1933)
3. "Western Motel," oil on canvas (1957)
4. "People in the Sun," oil on canvas (1960)
1. "Automat," oil on canvas (1927)
2. "Ryder's House," oil on canvas (1933)
3. "Western Motel," oil on canvas (1957)
4. "People in the Sun," oil on canvas (1960)
November 3, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Sunday-night pushback on Monday's anxieties with a quartet from the iconic Edward Hopper.
1. "Automat," oil on canvas (1927)
2. "Ryder's House," oil on canvas (1933)
3. "Western Motel," oil on canvas (1957)
4. "People in the Sun," oil on canvas (1960)
1. "Automat," oil on canvas (1927)
2. "Ryder's House," oil on canvas (1933)
3. "Western Motel," oil on canvas (1957)
4. "People in the Sun," oil on canvas (1960)
My gf has been dressed like a rooster all day. I’m coming to collect her.
October 31, 2025 at 9:57 PM
My gf has been dressed like a rooster all day. I’m coming to collect her.
in and on the way to Nebraska, late October
October 30, 2025 at 4:27 PM
in and on the way to Nebraska, late October
my favorite records of oct. 2025 // alphabetical by artist
daniel caesar, son of spergy
brandi carlile, returning to myself
madi diaz, fatal optimist
flock of dimes, the life you save
eliza mclamb, good story
daniel caesar, son of spergy
brandi carlile, returning to myself
madi diaz, fatal optimist
flock of dimes, the life you save
eliza mclamb, good story
October 28, 2025 at 11:36 PM
my favorite records of oct. 2025 // alphabetical by artist
daniel caesar, son of spergy
brandi carlile, returning to myself
madi diaz, fatal optimist
flock of dimes, the life you save
eliza mclamb, good story
daniel caesar, son of spergy
brandi carlile, returning to myself
madi diaz, fatal optimist
flock of dimes, the life you save
eliza mclamb, good story
What it’s like dating @hollypelesky.bsky.social, exhibit 112
October 27, 2025 at 11:06 PM
What it’s like dating @hollypelesky.bsky.social, exhibit 112
Repping my girl wherever I go in these fall and winter months (collectors item Cleave button)
October 22, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Repping my girl wherever I go in these fall and winter months (collectors item Cleave button)
the energy with which I’m choosing to face this monday
October 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
the energy with which I’m choosing to face this monday
Librarian enthusiast checking in
October 18, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Librarian enthusiast checking in
The least surprising text my girlfriend has ever sent me
October 15, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The least surprising text my girlfriend has ever sent me
i don’t love her because she completes me, whatever that means to a work already and always in progress.
i love her because she dares the best sides of me to come out and play and rest and make work and make themselves fully at home.
i love her because she dares the best sides of me to come out and play and rest and make work and make themselves fully at home.
October 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM
i don’t love her because she completes me, whatever that means to a work already and always in progress.
i love her because she dares the best sides of me to come out and play and rest and make work and make themselves fully at home.
i love her because she dares the best sides of me to come out and play and rest and make work and make themselves fully at home.