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Solastalgic
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Watercolor, ink, mixed media, photography
Bearing witness to the climate crisis
Celebrating the natural world

Happily existing outside the mainstream 🦉🌘
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Solastalgic @my-solastalgia.bsky.social · Aug 22
For #Scape day ~ Happy Friday, friends! ~ #eastcoastkin #abstract #abstractsky #skyscape #cloudscape #stormysky #stormclouds #mood #moodysky #artyear #womensart #watercolor #watercolour #watercolorsky #traditionalart #skypainting #abstractlandscape #watercolorlandscape #painting
Watercolor: An abstract landscape with a dramatic sky; color palette is warm & cool neutrals, from peachy beige to dark grey.
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albert-ibars.bsky.social
Un arbre retallat sobre un cel de novembre a darrera hora del dia.
#Fotografia #Color #BlueSkyMonday #MinimalMonday #EastCoastKin
November 24, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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airwiloon.bsky.social
Thank you so much for taking care of so many #small ponds
in this 'magical forest'.
#blueskyartshow #nature
#forest #artyear #smartist
#eastcoastkin #scape #calm
nature photography • forest with small ponds in a clearing • autumn ⬇️ 'atmosphärische’ naturaufnahme im querformat - sonne fällt auf eine waldlichtung im spätherbst mit kleinen angelegten teichen; etwas entfernt von oben betrachtet | foto copyright ©️ RW25 unten rechts
November 24, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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janpsolivagant.bsky.social
🙏 @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social #PromptCombo
Out of season & they nest under #eaves, rather than #OnRoofs, but fits, I guess. 😁

#poem: ©Jan Peters/Solivagant Wisdom, 2025

#swifts #swallows #NaturePoem #BirdPoem #poetrycommunity #bskypoetry
Swifts, Swallows Swifts, swallows: ghostly Doubles meeting at Whitsun - Sky god’s full-throated Season echoing the Abyss. Forebear tongues and Sagas revelled in Whirlpools and swallies, Devoured by the sweeping, Churning presences Glimpsed in sky and sea. Swifts, swallows: ghostly doubles, Aerial nomads, Custodians of Ancient songlines etched with a Thumbtack of neurons. ©Jan Peters/Solivagant Wisdom, 2025
November 24, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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sanctorium.bsky.social
There is a reality outside the world, that is to say, outside space and time, outside man's mental universe, outside any sphere whatsoever that is accessible to human faculties.

Simone Weil, Draft for a Statement of Human Obligation; tr. Richard Rees
November 24, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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petecalandra.bsky.social
Panorama culled from 4 photos of the Catskills by the Ashokan Reservoir. #mountainmonday #blueskymonday #photography #landscape #eastcoastkin
In the foreground is the water. As you look from left to right, there are differing amounts of sunlight reflecting off the water giving each area a different color. There is a mountain in the middle of the photo that has different shades of brown from the trees. The sky is cloudy and transitions to a blue sky as you look up the photo.
November 24, 2025 at 11:14 AM
my-solastalgia.bsky.social
“Silence
seeks the center
of every tree and rock,
that thing we hold closest-
the end of songs"
~ M. McClintock
#orangesun #stunday #eastcoastkin #autumn #solitary #solitude #melancholy #contemplative #darknature #moodylandscapes #atmospheric #treephotography #lateautumn #treeandmood
Photo: At the edge of the woods, a tree with orange leaves leans across the frame from left; still-green trees fill in the background.
November 23, 2025 at 3:47 PM
my-solastalgia.bsky.social
“We must dream our way.” ~ Pablo Neruda ~
#small #blueskyartshow #eastcoastkin #autumn #solitary #solitude #melancholy #contemplative #darknature #blackbird #moodylandscapes #atmospheric #treephotography #lateautumn #bnwbutnot #monochromatic #treeandmood
Photo: A few craggy trees stand in silhouette against a gloomy grey sky. A small blackbird flies away from the trees, into the distance.
November 22, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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forgottenpoets.bsky.social
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From 'If Today Were Tomorrow' (2024)
—Humberto Ak'abal (tr. Michael Bazzett)

#poetry #poem #booksky
LEAVES Fallen leaves do not remember which tree they came from, or even that they were leaves.
November 21, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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michellechampagne.com
This painting has been accepted into the Sears Invitational Art Show at the Sears Art Museum in St. George, Utah!

More info here! www.searsart.com/invitational
November 19, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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hookland.bsky.social
When you feel depleted of enchantment, walk the wood. It is where magic lives loudly. – #EmilyCBanting, 1982
November 15, 2025 at 9:58 AM
my-solastalgia.bsky.social
How about some GOOD news:

www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
Scientists find hidden antibiotic 100x stronger against deadly superbugs
A team of scientists discovered a hidden antibiotic 100 times stronger than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA. The molecule had been overlooked for decades in a familiar bacterium. It ...
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November 16, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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michellechampagne.com
River in Benson, Utah

6x6" acrylic on panel

#Art #ArtWork #FineArt #Landscape #Painting #TraditionalArt #OriginalArt #AcrylicPainting #Utah #Scape
Acrylic landscape painting of a winding river flowing through a dense, dark green marsh, under a pale peach and pink sky.
November 7, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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racheldeering.bsky.social
A poem of mine for this slow approach of Wintering. It’s called Blackthorn.
Illustration of blackthorn and its dark berries. I am the seed that knows no name, I am the happenstance of germination, of endurance. I am the blackthorn, each twist and contortion, I am every layer of bark and every leaf grown and fallen, I am the nighttide of fruit, bletted or food for mistle thrush, the star-white bloom and friend of mottled pug and lonely bee. I am Winter's hope of crooked tree, I am the mistbright blossom of a Hawthorn's sister, I am the Maypole. I am the root and the unturned earth, I am the North Wind, a fence of prickles, I am the rain and the cloud it fell from, I am the worm. I am the black rod, I am a giant's cudgel, I am the pin of slumber, the wood's mother, a broken spell, I am all the tales you tell about me, I am an old wound, healed.
November 16, 2025 at 5:13 PM
my-solastalgia.bsky.social
#stunday #orangesun #eastcoastkin #intothewoods #autumnwalk #theworldinmyhead #autumn #solitary #solitude #melancholy #contemplative
Photo: A path winds through a wooded area, disappearing into the distance. A lone, empty bench sits in the far left of frame. Some trees lining the path and beyond are bare; others show colored leaves not yet fallen. Pops of green appear in the undergrowth.
November 16, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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breeze420.bsky.social
"Colors are the smiles of nature."

-Leigh Hunt
orange and blue clouds
November 15, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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earthlingnoreally.bsky.social
#BlueSkyArtShow #Bright #SensoryArt #Loud

Sunset swath - same full moon Tuesday as previous post

#Phonetography
#EastCoastKin #ArtYear #greatlakesofCanada #bathedinpink #cloudy
Above a blue strip of Lake Ontario, a large flowing cloud lit up brilliantly in pink and orange by the unseen setting sun. There's a paler glow behind and under the cloud. The pale blue sky is visible where the clouds dissipate at the top of the image.
November 15, 2025 at 4:32 PM
my-solastalgia.bsky.social
#blueskyartshow #bright #eastcoastkin #treephotography #treeinautumn #autumntrees #artchallenge #artyear #trees #autumn #autumnmood #fallfoliage #momentsofenchantment #camerapainting
Photo: A tree with bright red foliage stands in a weeded thicket, righthand side, with branches extending across the frame.
November 15, 2025 at 5:57 PM
my-solastalgia.bsky.social
…and just like that, another weekend is upon us! How is your Friday going? 🍁 #scape #forestfriday #eastcoastkin #treephotography #treeinautumn #autumntrees #artchallenge #artyear #trees #autumn #autumnmood #fallfoliage #momentsofenchantment #intothewoods #autumnlandscape
Photo: A small tree with yellow leaves, mostly fallen, leans over a small creek in the woods.
November 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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marshadraws.bsky.social
𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗵𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿
November 11, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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scottbath.bsky.social
Morning bike ride
#LandscapePhotography
#MorningLight
#Rocky
#EastCoastKin
#Reflection
#Nature
#photographersUnited
#RomanticLandscape
#Trees
#WaterScape
#EarlyLight
August 20, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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janpsolivagant.bsky.social
#PoemsAbout #LockedDoors @thebrokenspine.co.uk 🙏 to @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social & best wishes to @alanparrywriter.co.uk

#poetry / #photography:
©Jan Peters/Solivagant Wisdom, 2025/2024

#Symbolism #ZinaidaGippius #monochrome #ImageAndVerse #DepthPsychology #bskypoetry #poetrycommunity
Anchorite and Arachnid Dark, clammy and cramped, My world abuts Moss-fringed, head-heighted heavens. From my cell’s cardinal points, Four spiders work away at their webs Night after night, Day upon day. Cunning crafters, they crave no respite. Their bodies - oiled, grimed, and Engorged - Warp silk line upon silk line, Weft sticky spiral after sticky spiral, in Unyielding rounds of Self-same prayer threaded Night after night, Day upon day, in an Unslacking orgy of monotony. Their four webs merge into a Nexus of gossamer monstrosity. Their four turgid bottoms romp in the Dank stench of dust-choked obscurity. Dew-beaded filaments Titillate my brow, Gum up my lashes: Ashen-white strands - So light, so soft – like Fine spittle spun from Marrow. With bestial fervour, Four fat spiders Cavort, carouse as One. After (Пауки, “Spiders”, 1903) by Russian Symbolist poet, Zinaida Gippius (1869-1945) ©Jan Peters/Solivagant Wisdom, 2025 ©Jan Peters/Solivagant Wisdom, 2024 Highly contrasted black-and-white image of a large cobweb glistening in the morning sun
November 7, 2025 at 6:10 AM
my-solastalgia.bsky.social
A perfectly-timed autumn thunder storm ~ Every year, I hope for a day like this, & sometimes I get very lucky. This was more spectacular in person. #stunday #orangesun #eastcoastkin #artchallenge #autumn #autumnmood #fallfoliage #treephotography #autumntrees #landscapephotography #autumnlandscape
Photo: A single tree stands centered in a newly-harvested cornfield, ablaze in orange foliage. The sky above is an ominous dark grey, portending a storm. The edge of woods, out of focus, appears in the background, in autumn colors.
November 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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petecalandra.bsky.social
New release. This is a neo classical/new age instrumental piece I wrote. Available on all digital platforms. Enjoy. #musicsky #musiciansky #composer #newmusic

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November 8, 2025 at 10:31 PM
my-solastalgia.bsky.social
A terrific starter pack that’s making the rounds again; proud to be on the roster #AIresistance #resistAI
dbuckedu.bsky.social David Buck @dbuckedu.bsky.social · Nov 21
Here is the growing "AI Resisters/Refusers in Academia" starter pack!

If you are a resister/refuser & wish to be added to this list, please respond w/ a 👍🏽 or a ✔, and I'll add you in.

Please share with friends & colleagues interested in learning more about the AI resistance!

go.bsky.app/DVvnBGh
November 8, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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iansociologo.bsky.social
There is, of course, another perspective on this topic. Local officials might argue that the use of non-disclosure agreements is both lawful and routine in many types of economic development, not just for data centers. Our response is that just because a practice is currently legal, it doesn’t mean that it should remain that way. And even if local governments frequently join confidentiality agreements, it doesn’t mean that they are in the interest of local democracy. For example, when one local government released two NDAs to us, it asked that we keep the information as confidential as possible out of fear that it could jeopardize its data-center projects that were in the works, but not yet publicly announced. Why would sharing this information put the deals in jeopardy? If they are in the public interest, the projects should be able to withstand scrutiny even as they develop.
November 4, 2025 at 2:57 AM