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  • Petervan Studios – August 2019 Update

    For those interested, here is an overview of what happened in the last couple of months, some new insights, and some updated plans. I often hesitate to publish these snapshot-updates, because 1) they are snapshots only and don’t connect you with the day-by-day journey, 2) plans change over time, and 3) I always wonder who… Read more

  • Côte d’Azur

    The Tour de France 2019 started in Brussels this year and the route to the south passed by a village at about 20km from where I live. So, I took my bike on that super sunny day to watch the circus passing by, including the publicity caravan 3 hours in advance of the cyclists. It… Read more

  • Petervan’s Delicacies – 7 July 2019

    I decided to change the format of Delicacies somewhat. Instead of the weekly deluge, I see an irregular, unpredictable, incoherent, unfocused set of mind-sparks that got me thinking. I gather them as I go, and once every month (maybe every two, three months), I condense the harvest in maximum 5-10 Delicacies. Also a bit back… Read more

  • Neglected sensitivities

    I just started reading the briefing for the 2019 exam Art & Culture of the Art Academy in Ghent. The briefing is so well written – it almost feels like poetry – and it touches some deeper qualities/sensitivities in myself. Qualities/sensitivities that I have neglected for much too long and will keep neglecting as long… Read more

  • Petervan’s Delicacies – Week 29 April 2019

    Edition-147 of Delicacies. As usual, max 5 articles that I found interesting and worth re-reading. Handpicked, no robots. Minimalism in curation. Enjoy! About the absence of a free will, the self, and much more that is not real (by Dave Pollard). Made me think. http://howtosavetheworld.ca/2019/04/28/nothing-on-offer-here/ About Stephen Wolfram’s recent talk about computational intelligence and computational… Read more

  • Sine Parole – 30 April 2019

    Petervan Artwork © 2019 – Wasspelden/Clothespins – Acryl on Canvas – 50x50cm Read more