JOHN DIAMOND-NIGH
Evolving aria on art and life
On my lap sits a packet of carrot seeds. In lieu of a handy notebook the packet is covered with scribblings–painters' names, possible first lines, addresses, existential question marks. Tomorrow I'll plant the seeds.
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John Diamond-Nigh
- May 2, 2020
- 2 min
#Fantasyland
Roosting on a hardwood pew, fidgeting with a stick of Juicy Fruit gum before my sister could catch me out, the crucifixion was of less...
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John Diamond-Nigh
- Apr 18, 2020
- 3 min
#Asheville after
What will the #reset button be, who will press it, and to what ideology will that button be wired? Will we clamber back as fast as we can...
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John Diamond-Nigh
- Apr 11, 2020
- 2 min
#Vienna waits for you
Yesterday, quite coincidentally, I heard two pop songs about Vienna. The first was by an obscure musician who lived next door to Lynne...
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John Diamond-Nigh
- Apr 4, 2020
- 3 min
#Downshift
The world has #slowed. How many friends have observed that, subtracting the perils of the #virus itself, the whirlpool skirts of...
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John Diamond-Nigh
- Jan 18, 2020
- 3 min
On #rudeness
Whenever we move, I pack a small set of six or seven words with the care I’d devote to ancestral Meissen porcelain. To friends who visit,...
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