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  1. Comment on Introductions | March 2025 in ~talk

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    How long have you been on Tildes? How did you find out about us? A Year? A year and a half? I think around the time of the whole Reddit API thing I saw someone talking about Tildes on some thread....

    How long have you been on Tildes? How did you find out about us?
    A Year? A year and a half? I think around the time of the whole Reddit API thing I saw someone talking about Tildes on some thread. Made my way over and I'm enjoying the type of discussion over here.

    How did you choose your username?
    It's like JLO but my name is Kevin and it has Art at the end.

    What are your interests?
    Art, reading, music, Mario kart, podcasts?, sleep!

    A/S/L (age/(gender|pronouns|identifier)/location)
    37/M/TX, seriously thinking about moving soon though. Ugh.

    What do you do? This could be in your spare time, for work, your passions.
    I'm an artist and woodworker. I use oil paints, charcoal, and wood to create figurative paintings on unique canvas shapes/structures. I also teach and do photography/videography on the side to help pay the bills.

    Do you want other users to PM/DM you from this thread?
    Sure? If you want.

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  2. Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books

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    I'm interested in the philosophy and psychology aspect. Reading about the ways behaviors developed in people because of traumatic events felt like a concrete way to drive home Fanon's points about...

    I'm interested in the philosophy and psychology aspect. Reading about the ways behaviors developed in people because of traumatic events felt like a concrete way to drive home Fanon's points about colonization. I'll look into both Arendt and Girard.

    I just checked out White Tears from my library. It is definitely scratching that psychological fiction itch for me! Thank you

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  3. Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books

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    I've just finished The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon. I'm normally more of a fiction type of person but I've been slowly leaning into philosophy and psychology texts. Does anyone have any...

    I've just finished The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon. I'm normally more of a fiction type of person but I've been slowly leaning into philosophy and psychology texts.

    Does anyone have any suggestions or recommendations for me? I was especially interested in the last essay in Wretched where Fanon discusses mental disorders in Algerians caused by French occupation from 1954-1959.

    On the fiction side of things, I finished Cixin Liu's Death's End. It was a little difficult for me to stay engaged for the first half of the book and the large time jumps were a little jarring. Though, I can understand the decision to include them, especially considering how the book ends. There were definitely interesting and entertaining concepts but the immensity and scale of the content felt unrealistic (obviously). It was still a fun read.

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  4. Comment on Looking for songs that include recordings of commentary in ~music

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    Thanks for introducing me to Slow Pulp! Milo - the esteemed saboteur reggie baylor hosts an evening at the scallops hotel is my contribution. I'm a visual artist and I've always loved this track....

    Thanks for introducing me to Slow Pulp!

    Milo - the esteemed saboteur reggie baylor hosts an evening at the scallops hotel is my contribution. I'm a visual artist and I've always loved this track. I've always enjoyed listening to artists talking about their craft and thought process and it also helps that I've been a big fan of Milo (Rory Ferreira) and his other projects for a while now.