Francois Lachance
@lachance.bsky.social
World Citizen since forever. Scholar-at-large since 1996, interested in discourses of technology, sensoria, social reproduction, and poetry as cognitive device.
Avatar art: Joe Average (Canadian Coin, 2019)
Avatar art: Joe Average (Canadian Coin, 2019)
Beginnings/endings
It is only when you have arrived at the end of the writing of your story, that you will understand what it is you have been writing. Then, you can go back to the beginning and begin to write that story. V.S. Naipaul said this, or something close [...] it works for me all the time.
It is only when you have arrived at the end of the writing of your story, that you will understand what it is you have been writing. Then, you can go back to the beginning and begin to write that story. V.S. Naipaul said this, or something close [...] it works for me all the time.
November 27, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Beginnings/endings
It is only when you have arrived at the end of the writing of your story, that you will understand what it is you have been writing. Then, you can go back to the beginning and begin to write that story. V.S. Naipaul said this, or something close [...] it works for me all the time.
It is only when you have arrived at the end of the writing of your story, that you will understand what it is you have been writing. Then, you can go back to the beginning and begin to write that story. V.S. Naipaul said this, or something close [...] it works for me all the time.
A focal point:
I like big abstract questions about consciousness and memory and their relationships with language.
I like big abstract questions about consciousness and memory and their relationships with language.
November 25, 2025 at 10:49 PM
A focal point:
I like big abstract questions about consciousness and memory and their relationships with language.
I like big abstract questions about consciousness and memory and their relationships with language.
Congratulations ... and wishing you many more adventures in publishing.
November 25, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Congratulations ... and wishing you many more adventures in publishing.
Prestidigitation suggests a Gallic take:
Presse Digitale [with foxglove as an emblem]
Presse Digitale [with foxglove as an emblem]
November 25, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Prestidigitation suggests a Gallic take:
Presse Digitale [with foxglove as an emblem]
Presse Digitale [with foxglove as an emblem]
very smart progression -- and the centred layout reflects the shape of a fireplace. simply lovely.
November 24, 2025 at 6:43 PM
very smart progression -- and the centred layout reflects the shape of a fireplace. simply lovely.
Best piece of advice:
Read voraciously, live vicariously, write voluptuously.
Read voraciously, live vicariously, write voluptuously.
November 23, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Best piece of advice:
Read voraciously, live vicariously, write voluptuously.
Read voraciously, live vicariously, write voluptuously.
timeless reminder of fleeting time
November 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
timeless reminder of fleeting time
A Volunteer's Life
How I've lived as a "working artist."
sendmylovetoanyone.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:25 PM
An old gem: Svevo Brooks, The Art of Good Living: Simple Steps to Regaining Health and the Joy of Life. (1990 but evergreen)
November 20, 2025 at 2:03 AM
An old gem: Svevo Brooks, The Art of Good Living: Simple Steps to Regaining Health and the Joy of Life. (1990 but evergreen)
Might I suggest Nnedi Okorafor's Death of the Author? It scoots along well and involves a structural twist.
November 19, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Might I suggest Nnedi Okorafor's Death of the Author? It scoots along well and involves a structural twist.