Is this a thing?
I go to car washes and “grok” it.
How can soap have so many colors?
Someone folded a piece of paper in front of me and for a split second – I was the substrate and fibers bending to their will.
I am Jack’s origami crane.
Your local library is a server for books. Call numbers are IP addresses.
Print can provide anonymity if you have the knowhow.
Melvil Dewey
I stare at black ink on white paper and see gray. No one should enjoy reading this much.
Me:
“you know, I really like Don Quixote …”
Araceli Capilla:
“you ARE Don Quixote.”
You can burn and shred paper.
No hard copy is immortal. Just lead remains.
I touch rusty metal and marvel at its chalky texture.
Isn’t Mars just a large ball of rust?
Is Earth just a drop of water with dust in it?
Mars – with a little less blush – as seen in FLOMM!
There is a compound known as ammonium dichromate. When lit it produces an exothermic reaction. It was used in film to transfer images. With it, one can open A PORTAL TO HELL.
We can save the world through books. Now, there is an idea.
Analog will also save us. It always has.
Johannes Gutenberg was punk.
Why do I lean into awkward situations?
Is it Dharma, ASMR, OCD, or a weird hybrid of all three?
All this is a thing right?
—louis hernandez
Flommist Louis Herdandez is obsessed with going Bauhaus and becoming The Machine. Preferably a drill press. Copyright © 2016 Louis Hernandez.
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