Chris Santa Maria
@chrissantamaria.bsky.social
visual artist (paper collages + watercolor monotypes) nature/culture/science/politics, director of Gemini G.E.L. at Joni Weyl, cactuses
inquiries: [email protected]
www.chrissantamaria.com
ig+tt: @chrisantamaria
inquiries: [email protected]
www.chrissantamaria.com
ig+tt: @chrisantamaria
Pinned
artist residencies are some of the most nourishing + productive environments to experiment + take risks in, to work through ideas both old + new, to simply have the time + space to feel it all out
my eternal thanks to Jason Andrew of Norte Maar for opening up his Adirondack home and barn for me 🧵1/
my eternal thanks to Jason Andrew of Norte Maar for opening up his Adirondack home and barn for me 🧵1/
DIAL-A-POEM
+1(917)994-8949
+1(917)994-8949
December 2, 2025 at 5:40 AM
DIAL-A-POEM
+1(917)994-8949
+1(917)994-8949
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One of the great things about PARADISE LOST is that it really engages with how unfathomably *weird* those stories really are.
November 29, 2025 at 10:30 PM
One of the great things about PARADISE LOST is that it really engages with how unfathomably *weird* those stories really are.
moved the cactuses off the radiator for rearrangement, a winter tradition here in brooklyn
November 30, 2025 at 8:53 PM
moved the cactuses off the radiator for rearrangement, a winter tradition here in brooklyn
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There are specific reasons Trumpists want war on Venezuela, but there‘s a generic one: they crave power to make war on anyone, any time, for completely fabricated reasons, and then to use the guise of war to increase violence and repression everywhere, including home.
They are lawless bestial scum.
They are lawless bestial scum.
November 29, 2025 at 6:28 PM
There are specific reasons Trumpists want war on Venezuela, but there‘s a generic one: they crave power to make war on anyone, any time, for completely fabricated reasons, and then to use the guise of war to increase violence and repression everywhere, including home.
They are lawless bestial scum.
They are lawless bestial scum.
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I would go as far as to say it’s actually an important trait to being a good artist, to have a firm sense of who and what you don’t like and what you don’t want to do.
November 30, 2025 at 12:26 AM
I would go as far as to say it’s actually an important trait to being a good artist, to have a firm sense of who and what you don’t like and what you don’t want to do.
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Demolishing the East Wing of the White House before finalizing plans for what will be built above its ruins is a near-perfect metaphor for Trump's approach to economic policy. The only difference is the wrecking crew doesn’t claim the rubble is evidence of unprecedented growth.
November 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Demolishing the East Wing of the White House before finalizing plans for what will be built above its ruins is a near-perfect metaphor for Trump's approach to economic policy. The only difference is the wrecking crew doesn’t claim the rubble is evidence of unprecedented growth.
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The cesium clock explanatory video in here, framed around the film-maker’s inquisitive son, is such a lovely meditation on science and life
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | These Are the Elements That Define Us
A series of short films about how the elements of the periodic table shape our lives.
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The cesium clock explanatory video in here, framed around the film-maker’s inquisitive son, is such a lovely meditation on science and life
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
took the monkeys to see DREAMWORLD: SURREALISM AT 100 @philamuseum.bsky.social (it's so great, just fantastic!) and sketched Max Ernst's The Barbarians in front of The Triumph of Surrealism (both paintings from 1937)
November 29, 2025 at 10:57 PM
took the monkeys to see DREAMWORLD: SURREALISM AT 100 @philamuseum.bsky.social (it's so great, just fantastic!) and sketched Max Ernst's The Barbarians in front of The Triumph of Surrealism (both paintings from 1937)
haha i used to sit next to chris livesay in our art history class at asu and he was a super chill dude back then too
"’How did you get this through security?’ joked the pope — a big fan of the White Sox — prompting laughter from the surrounding journalists before he thanked Livesay for the gift.” www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/pop...
"How did you get this through security?" Pope Leo asks CBS News' Chris Livesay of White Sox baseball bat gift
As Pope Leo XIV, the first American leader of the Catholic Church, embarked on his first foreign trip, CBS News' Chris Livesay presented the pontiff with a very American family heirloom.
www.cbsnews.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:21 AM
haha i used to sit next to chris livesay in our art history class at asu and he was a super chill dude back then too
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The guy shot two random people with a gun, I don't think you can say he wasn't assimilating into our culture
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The guy shot two random people with a gun, I don't think you can say he wasn't assimilating into our culture
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November 27, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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“You can safely assume you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.” --Anne Lamott
November 28, 2025 at 9:20 PM
“You can safely assume you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.” --Anne Lamott
niece and nephew painted my nails then we hiked down to devil's pool in wissahickon valley park and hounded a ton of beautiful mica / garnet specimens
November 28, 2025 at 9:15 PM
niece and nephew painted my nails then we hiked down to devil's pool in wissahickon valley park and hounded a ton of beautiful mica / garnet specimens
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We found a bug that crashed the website, turned it into a horny tower of Babel and dubbed it "Hellthread".
November 28, 2025 at 2:29 PM
We found a bug that crashed the website, turned it into a horny tower of Babel and dubbed it "Hellthread".
how your black friday deals find me
Fight Club. Working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don't need
YouTube video by Cinemahoika / Movie Scenes
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 2:51 PM
how your black friday deals find me
"Field 30" (2023)
paper collage on museum board
12 x 8 inches
paper collage on museum board
12 x 8 inches
November 28, 2025 at 1:00 PM
"Field 30" (2023)
paper collage on museum board
12 x 8 inches
paper collage on museum board
12 x 8 inches
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this is pretty solid spiritual advice tbh
“Be prudent, be wise, be careful that your use of AI does not limit your true human growth. Use it in such a way that if it disappeared tomorrow, you would still know how to think, how to create, how to act on your own, how to form authentic friendships.”
“Be prudent, be wise, be careful that your use of AI does not limit your true human growth. Use it in such a way that if it disappeared tomorrow, you would still know how to think, how to create, how to act on your own, how to form authentic friendships.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:45 PM
this is pretty solid spiritual advice tbh
“Be prudent, be wise, be careful that your use of AI does not limit your true human growth. Use it in such a way that if it disappeared tomorrow, you would still know how to think, how to create, how to act on your own, how to form authentic friendships.”
“Be prudent, be wise, be careful that your use of AI does not limit your true human growth. Use it in such a way that if it disappeared tomorrow, you would still know how to think, how to create, how to act on your own, how to form authentic friendships.”
"Field 36" (2024)
paper collage on museum board
10.5 x 12.5 inches
#collage #papercollage #art #artistsofbluesky #contemporaryart #modernart #abstract #abstractart #artlover #mixedmedia #artwork #expressionism #abstractexpressionism #popart
paper collage on museum board
10.5 x 12.5 inches
#collage #papercollage #art #artistsofbluesky #contemporaryart #modernart #abstract #abstractart #artlover #mixedmedia #artwork #expressionism #abstractexpressionism #popart
November 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM
"Field 36" (2024)
paper collage on museum board
10.5 x 12.5 inches
#collage #papercollage #art #artistsofbluesky #contemporaryart #modernart #abstract #abstractart #artlover #mixedmedia #artwork #expressionism #abstractexpressionism #popart
paper collage on museum board
10.5 x 12.5 inches
#collage #papercollage #art #artistsofbluesky #contemporaryart #modernart #abstract #abstractart #artlover #mixedmedia #artwork #expressionism #abstractexpressionism #popart
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Wow it really is just like God.
OpenAI says they aren't liable for the suicide of a user their chat bot urged to kill himself because suicide is a violation of the TOS
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 26, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Wow it really is just like God.
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there's that now-famous internet line about how climate change means watching clips of climate disasters on people's phones until you're the one filming it, and it feels like there's some parallel about watching fascist deportation goon squad videos until it's filmed on the streets you recognize
November 26, 2025 at 4:24 AM
there's that now-famous internet line about how climate change means watching clips of climate disasters on people's phones until you're the one filming it, and it feels like there's some parallel about watching fascist deportation goon squad videos until it's filmed on the streets you recognize
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did i get anything done today? no. but did i relax? also no.
November 25, 2025 at 10:03 PM
did i get anything done today? no. but did i relax? also no.
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![Comic: Typical Geologic core sample. [Cylindrical core sample with labels for difference sections from top to bottom] Topsoil, till, granite bedrock, bottomsoil, roof of subway car, floor of subway car, more granite, municipal water main [gouge in core sample], slightly different granite, piece of screaming spelunker’s forearm, cool crystals with no resale value, mangled fragments of drillbit from previous attempt, some boring intrusive rock that’s basically granite but has a name like “diorite” or “Andalite” that you always have to look up, netherrack, Balrog wing. [break between next chunk of core sample] Granite, topsoil, cement, floorboards, carpet, possessions of a confused and angry homeowner in the other hemisphere.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreicffnydtpbb2x24cfbblv2qtcwbr37zyw44vtqx47ocj2a26b2j2u@jpeg)
November 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM