Nicolas Robert
@robertsnickc.bsky.social
Writer & translator. Art, music, the natural world, the state of the world.
"So the paradox is, it's much easier to imagine the end of all life on earth than a much more modest radical change in capitalism.“
~ Slavoj Žižek
"So the paradox is, it's much easier to imagine the end of all life on earth than a much more modest radical change in capitalism.“
~ Slavoj Žižek
November 28, 2025 at 9:37 AM
“All human lives are so profoundly & intricately entwined - those dead, those living, those generations yet to come - that the fate of all is the fate of each, & the hope of humanity rests in every heart and in every pair of hands.”
~ Dean Koontz, ‘The Corner of His Eye.’
#Photography, M. Entero.
~ Dean Koontz, ‘The Corner of His Eye.’
#Photography, M. Entero.
November 28, 2025 at 9:27 AM
“All human lives are so profoundly & intricately entwined - those dead, those living, those generations yet to come - that the fate of all is the fate of each, & the hope of humanity rests in every heart and in every pair of hands.”
~ Dean Koontz, ‘The Corner of His Eye.’
#Photography, M. Entero.
~ Dean Koontz, ‘The Corner of His Eye.’
#Photography, M. Entero.
‘Any way the wind blows,’ Force of nature & ‘Empty crisis.’ #Painting & #sculpture by André Serfontein #art
November 28, 2025 at 9:19 AM
‘Any way the wind blows,’ Force of nature & ‘Empty crisis.’ #Painting & #sculpture by André Serfontein #art
November 28, 2025 at 9:07 AM
“Half of life is lost in charming others.
The other half is lost in going through anxieties caused by others.
Leave this play. You have played enough.”
~ Rumi (1207-1273)
#Painting by Asim Habibi.
The other half is lost in going through anxieties caused by others.
Leave this play. You have played enough.”
~ Rumi (1207-1273)
#Painting by Asim Habibi.
November 28, 2025 at 8:49 AM
“Half of life is lost in charming others.
The other half is lost in going through anxieties caused by others.
Leave this play. You have played enough.”
~ Rumi (1207-1273)
#Painting by Asim Habibi.
The other half is lost in going through anxieties caused by others.
Leave this play. You have played enough.”
~ Rumi (1207-1273)
#Painting by Asim Habibi.
‘France. #Photography by Camilla Koffer (1960) #art
November 28, 2025 at 8:36 AM
‘France. #Photography by Camilla Koffer (1960) #art
November 28, 2025 at 8:16 AM
November 28, 2025 at 8:13 AM
November 28, 2025 at 8:10 AM
We guess
at what’s next
unlike the mountain
who knows it
in the bones…
~ Kevin Young, from ‘Book of Hours.’
#Painting, Nicholas Roerich, 1933.
at what’s next
unlike the mountain
who knows it
in the bones…
~ Kevin Young, from ‘Book of Hours.’
#Painting, Nicholas Roerich, 1933.
November 27, 2025 at 2:46 PM
We guess
at what’s next
unlike the mountain
who knows it
in the bones…
~ Kevin Young, from ‘Book of Hours.’
#Painting, Nicholas Roerich, 1933.
at what’s next
unlike the mountain
who knows it
in the bones…
~ Kevin Young, from ‘Book of Hours.’
#Painting, Nicholas Roerich, 1933.
‘Magritte Coming and Going.’ #Photography by Duane Michals (1965) #art
November 27, 2025 at 2:39 PM
‘Magritte Coming and Going.’ #Photography by Duane Michals (1965) #art
But once in a while the odd thing happens,
Once in a while the dream comes true,
And the whole pattern of life is altered,
Once in a while the moon turns blue.
~ W. H. Auden, from Auden’s libretto for the operetta ‘Paul Bunyan’ (1941).
#Photography
Once in a while the dream comes true,
And the whole pattern of life is altered,
Once in a while the moon turns blue.
~ W. H. Auden, from Auden’s libretto for the operetta ‘Paul Bunyan’ (1941).
#Photography
November 27, 2025 at 2:33 PM
But once in a while the odd thing happens,
Once in a while the dream comes true,
And the whole pattern of life is altered,
Once in a while the moon turns blue.
~ W. H. Auden, from Auden’s libretto for the operetta ‘Paul Bunyan’ (1941).
#Photography
Once in a while the dream comes true,
And the whole pattern of life is altered,
Once in a while the moon turns blue.
~ W. H. Auden, from Auden’s libretto for the operetta ‘Paul Bunyan’ (1941).
#Photography
“Softness is not weakness.
It takes courage to stay delicate
in a world this cruel.”
~ Beau Taplin
#Painting, Gustave Courbet, ‘The Wave,’ 1869.
It takes courage to stay delicate
in a world this cruel.”
~ Beau Taplin
#Painting, Gustave Courbet, ‘The Wave,’ 1869.
November 27, 2025 at 2:28 PM
“Softness is not weakness.
It takes courage to stay delicate
in a world this cruel.”
~ Beau Taplin
#Painting, Gustave Courbet, ‘The Wave,’ 1869.
It takes courage to stay delicate
in a world this cruel.”
~ Beau Taplin
#Painting, Gustave Courbet, ‘The Wave,’ 1869.
“A world discovering photographer.”
#Photography by Sebastião Salgado (1944-2025), #Africa, #Alaska, #Brazil #art
#Photography by Sebastião Salgado (1944-2025), #Africa, #Alaska, #Brazil #art
November 27, 2025 at 2:24 PM
“A world discovering photographer.”
#Photography by Sebastião Salgado (1944-2025), #Africa, #Alaska, #Brazil #art
#Photography by Sebastião Salgado (1944-2025), #Africa, #Alaska, #Brazil #art
November 27, 2025 at 2:12 PM
‘Pink Bud, Imperial Gold Bud,’ ‘Bee’ & ‘The Hand of Miles Davis.’ #Photography by Irving Penn (1917 – 2009) #art
November 27, 2025 at 2:05 PM
‘Pink Bud, Imperial Gold Bud,’ ‘Bee’ & ‘The Hand of Miles Davis.’ #Photography by Irving Penn (1917 – 2009) #art
November 27, 2025 at 1:56 PM
November 27, 2025 at 9:41 AM
“What do I believe in? Imagination, gardens, science, poetry, love, and a variety of nonviolent consolations. I suspect that in this aggregate all this isn’t enough, but that’s where I am for now.”
~ Teju Cole, ‘Known and Strange Things: Essays.’
#Photography by Teju Cole.
~ Teju Cole, ‘Known and Strange Things: Essays.’
#Photography by Teju Cole.
November 27, 2025 at 9:28 AM
“What do I believe in? Imagination, gardens, science, poetry, love, and a variety of nonviolent consolations. I suspect that in this aggregate all this isn’t enough, but that’s where I am for now.”
~ Teju Cole, ‘Known and Strange Things: Essays.’
#Photography by Teju Cole.
~ Teju Cole, ‘Known and Strange Things: Essays.’
#Photography by Teju Cole.
Pair of Eye Inlays, Stone, alabaster, pigment.
Late Period, 25th-26th Dynasty (722-525 B.C.) #art #sculpture #Egypt
Late Period, 25th-26th Dynasty (722-525 B.C.) #art #sculpture #Egypt
November 27, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Pair of Eye Inlays, Stone, alabaster, pigment.
Late Period, 25th-26th Dynasty (722-525 B.C.) #art #sculpture #Egypt
Late Period, 25th-26th Dynasty (722-525 B.C.) #art #sculpture #Egypt
November 27, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Morality is not the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness.
~ Immanuel Kant, ‘Critique of Practical Reason’ (1788)
#Painting
~ Immanuel Kant, ‘Critique of Practical Reason’ (1788)
#Painting
November 27, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Morality is not the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness.
~ Immanuel Kant, ‘Critique of Practical Reason’ (1788)
#Painting
~ Immanuel Kant, ‘Critique of Practical Reason’ (1788)
#Painting