reflected waters

akin to predictable lines 📈

ramblings

another year around the sun. one would think that as we reach these markers of age, of time passing through our fingers, our bodies, there would a revelation. a g-dly appearance reflected back. somehow, that passing through time grants us a certain ancient wisdom and serenity. lounging next to a river, on its surface, the sky reflected back, the clouds filled with water reflected on the water’s surface. a substrate that is also the subject. paper on paper. the proximity of sameness as touch. placing time against time, a function squared. in following a mathematically created line, its path written in the stars, predictable at any point, yet its infinite nature requires a certain notion of faith. that this lack of end (or beginning) connect in untouchable ways. water in clouds touching the water in rivers. any reflection has a risk of narcissism, an asymptotic relationship, where proximity creates beauty. a risky relationship.

n=6
and so 3 less or more reaches a numbness,
a half-life later, diminutive returns,
but growing interest, proximity to the image,
in the beginning...

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studio

Juan A. Franco Ricardo, Untitled, 2025. Scanned collage. [Upwards pointing, a gesture of certainty or blame. A distorted index finger floats across the black rectangle of paper. It’s starkness commands attention. A hand knowingly communicating. Above are scattered images of electrical wires, a head wrap, foliage, a body of water and a painterly figure sleeping. This division of elements is poignant, a recognizable human feature set at the bottom of the composition dominates softly and visually. The figure in the head dress remains anonymous, the face edited out by the cut of the paper. A tension develops from the almost-peering figure].

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shoutouts

tune in on thursday 5/15 for ciénaga on east village radio, 4–6pm est.

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scraps

1. dinosaur 2. a preview to akua 3. ping pong at the beach 4. oh on 5. oh yes 6. speechless

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