Arthur David Spota
@adaspota.bsky.social
Surrealist, Writer/Artist, Media Editor
Galaxist, Tulpa at-large
Galaxist, Tulpa at-large
Pinned
Arthur David Spota
@adaspota.bsky.social
· Nov 12
My recent kinetic poem 'As Above' is featured in Issue #8 of the Surrealist Journal, Peculiar Mormyrid #8.
The poem maps the correlation extreme phenomena has to the unreliability of perception as it plays to one's emotional state.
📷Bill Wolak
peculiarmormyrid.com/arthur-spota...
The poem maps the correlation extreme phenomena has to the unreliability of perception as it plays to one's emotional state.
📷Bill Wolak
peculiarmormyrid.com/arthur-spota...
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Goodnight wherever you are 🌟
Art by Harvey Weiss from Time Is When by Beth Youman Gleick
Art by Harvey Weiss from Time Is When by Beth Youman Gleick
January 6, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Goodnight wherever you are 🌟
Art by Harvey Weiss from Time Is When by Beth Youman Gleick
Art by Harvey Weiss from Time Is When by Beth Youman Gleick
“Without democracy freedom is a chimera”
- Octavio Paz, Libertad bajo palabra
📷 Fabienne Verdier Cercle - Ascese
(from Silencieuse Coincidence, 2006)
- Octavio Paz, Libertad bajo palabra
📷 Fabienne Verdier Cercle - Ascese
(from Silencieuse Coincidence, 2006)
January 6, 2026 at 7:37 AM
“Without democracy freedom is a chimera”
- Octavio Paz, Libertad bajo palabra
📷 Fabienne Verdier Cercle - Ascese
(from Silencieuse Coincidence, 2006)
- Octavio Paz, Libertad bajo palabra
📷 Fabienne Verdier Cercle - Ascese
(from Silencieuse Coincidence, 2006)
Sea Oleena ~ If I'm
(From Shallow, 2014)
#NowPlaying #SeaOleena #MusicSky
Montreal native Charlotte Loseth inhabits her own dream world. Utterly brilliant and compelling stuff.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6tR...
(From Shallow, 2014)
#NowPlaying #SeaOleena #MusicSky
Montreal native Charlotte Loseth inhabits her own dream world. Utterly brilliant and compelling stuff.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6tR...
Sea Oleena ~ If I'm
YouTube video by Charlotte
www.youtube.com
January 6, 2026 at 6:23 AM
Sea Oleena ~ If I'm
(From Shallow, 2014)
#NowPlaying #SeaOleena #MusicSky
Montreal native Charlotte Loseth inhabits her own dream world. Utterly brilliant and compelling stuff.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6tR...
(From Shallow, 2014)
#NowPlaying #SeaOleena #MusicSky
Montreal native Charlotte Loseth inhabits her own dream world. Utterly brilliant and compelling stuff.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6tR...
American Contemporary artist Hera Kim
Orchestra, 2015
(oil and acrylic on canvas)
#HeraKim #ContemporaryArt
Orchestra, 2015
(oil and acrylic on canvas)
#HeraKim #ContemporaryArt
January 6, 2026 at 5:59 AM
American Contemporary artist Hera Kim
Orchestra, 2015
(oil and acrylic on canvas)
#HeraKim #ContemporaryArt
Orchestra, 2015
(oil and acrylic on canvas)
#HeraKim #ContemporaryArt
Reposted by Arthur David Spota
January 6, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Cocteau Twins • Sugar Hiccup
(Sunburst & Snowblind EP, 1983)
#CocteauTwins
This floored me the first time I heard it. It was in a club called Hurrah's in NY, and they played it really loud. The chord changes are just sublime and Liz is reaching for the stratosphere.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WORz...
(Sunburst & Snowblind EP, 1983)
#CocteauTwins
This floored me the first time I heard it. It was in a club called Hurrah's in NY, and they played it really loud. The chord changes are just sublime and Liz is reaching for the stratosphere.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WORz...
sugar hiccup/cocteau twins
YouTube video by Leslee Hopper
www.youtube.com
January 6, 2026 at 5:11 AM
Cocteau Twins • Sugar Hiccup
(Sunburst & Snowblind EP, 1983)
#CocteauTwins
This floored me the first time I heard it. It was in a club called Hurrah's in NY, and they played it really loud. The chord changes are just sublime and Liz is reaching for the stratosphere.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WORz...
(Sunburst & Snowblind EP, 1983)
#CocteauTwins
This floored me the first time I heard it. It was in a club called Hurrah's in NY, and they played it really loud. The chord changes are just sublime and Liz is reaching for the stratosphere.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WORz...
Reposted by Arthur David Spota
Georgia O’Keeffe ~ Blue and Green Music (1919)
January 6, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Georgia O’Keeffe ~ Blue and Green Music (1919)
Reposted by Arthur David Spota
How Music Motivated Artists from Matisse to Kandinsky to Reinvent Painting.
(Jackson Arn • Artsy)
www.artsy.net/article/arts...
(Jackson Arn • Artsy)
www.artsy.net/article/arts...
How Music Motivated Artists from Matisse to Kandinsky to Reinvent Painting
To study the modern canon is to discover a host of ingenious solutions to an unsolvable problem: how to recreate visually what music does sonically.
www.artsy.net
January 6, 2025 at 1:13 AM
How Music Motivated Artists from Matisse to Kandinsky to Reinvent Painting.
(Jackson Arn • Artsy)
www.artsy.net/article/arts...
(Jackson Arn • Artsy)
www.artsy.net/article/arts...
Reposted by Arthur David Spota
“Color is a power which directly influences the soul.”
– Wassily Kandinsky
Wassily Kandinsky ~ Striped (Rayé) (1934)
#Kandinsky #Expressionism #AbstractArt
– Wassily Kandinsky
Wassily Kandinsky ~ Striped (Rayé) (1934)
#Kandinsky #Expressionism #AbstractArt
January 6, 2025 at 12:56 AM
“Color is a power which directly influences the soul.”
– Wassily Kandinsky
Wassily Kandinsky ~ Striped (Rayé) (1934)
#Kandinsky #Expressionism #AbstractArt
– Wassily Kandinsky
Wassily Kandinsky ~ Striped (Rayé) (1934)
#Kandinsky #Expressionism #AbstractArt
What Hew Locke Carries
Making art that deals incisively and repetitively with the legacies of empire with its symbols of political, social, legal, and economic power, the Guyanese-British artist reminds us that when we survive, so do our ghosts and our wounds.
hyperallergic.com/what-hew-loc...
Making art that deals incisively and repetitively with the legacies of empire with its symbols of political, social, legal, and economic power, the Guyanese-British artist reminds us that when we survive, so do our ghosts and our wounds.
hyperallergic.com/what-hew-loc...
What Hew Locke Carries
With his haunting exhibition, Passages, the Guyanese-British artist reminds us that when we survive, so do our ghosts and our wounds.
hyperallergic.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:50 AM
What Hew Locke Carries
Making art that deals incisively and repetitively with the legacies of empire with its symbols of political, social, legal, and economic power, the Guyanese-British artist reminds us that when we survive, so do our ghosts and our wounds.
hyperallergic.com/what-hew-loc...
Making art that deals incisively and repetitively with the legacies of empire with its symbols of political, social, legal, and economic power, the Guyanese-British artist reminds us that when we survive, so do our ghosts and our wounds.
hyperallergic.com/what-hew-loc...
The captivationg Françoise Hardy, just for you🌟
Françoise Hardy ~ L'amitié
(Official Promotional video from Picadilly Show - Diffusion, 25/12/1965)
#NowPlaying #FrançoiseHardy #MusicSky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7fF...
Françoise Hardy ~ L'amitié
(Official Promotional video from Picadilly Show - Diffusion, 25/12/1965)
#NowPlaying #FrançoiseHardy #MusicSky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7fF...
Françoise Hardy - L'amitié (Picadilly Show - Diffusion 25/12/1965)
YouTube video by FrancoiseHardyVEVO
www.youtube.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:48 AM
The captivationg Françoise Hardy, just for you🌟
Françoise Hardy ~ L'amitié
(Official Promotional video from Picadilly Show - Diffusion, 25/12/1965)
#NowPlaying #FrançoiseHardy #MusicSky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7fF...
Françoise Hardy ~ L'amitié
(Official Promotional video from Picadilly Show - Diffusion, 25/12/1965)
#NowPlaying #FrançoiseHardy #MusicSky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7fF...
Reposted by Arthur David Spota
The faces of greedy warmonger imperialism.
January 5, 2026 at 3:52 PM
The faces of greedy warmonger imperialism.
Reposted by Arthur David Spota
“This is abuse of women on an industrial scale”
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Writing this I had to look through Grok's mentions. Earlier I counted around 8 requests PER MINUTE featuring "bikini" and "her". Thousands of women and girls stripped each day. I found users stripping dozens of women per hour, from female celebrities to gym selfies.
www.thetimes.com/uk/technolog...
www.thetimes.com/uk/technolog...
MPs urge boycott of Elon Musk’s X over Grok AI’s undressing
The call to end use of X for official government communication follows posts of digitally undressed women and children that may have broken UK law
www.thetimes.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:18 AM
“This is abuse of women on an industrial scale”
🧵
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Pretty wild how fast MAGA went from “no new wars!” to “Invade Venezuela, bomb Iran, bomb Nigeria, destabilize Cuba, attack Colombia, threaten Mexico, and annex Greenland!!”
TAPPER: Can you rule out the US is going to take Greenland by force?
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
January 6, 2026 at 1:17 AM
Pretty wild how fast MAGA went from “no new wars!” to “Invade Venezuela, bomb Iran, bomb Nigeria, destabilize Cuba, attack Colombia, threaten Mexico, and annex Greenland!!”
Reposted by Arthur David Spota
Today the Pentagon censured Senator Mark Kelly and moved to strip part of his earned military retirement benefits for stating the truth.
This administration is trying to convince Americans that truth is whatever it says it is—even when the evidence is plainly in front of us.
This administration is trying to convince Americans that truth is whatever it says it is—even when the evidence is plainly in front of us.
January 5, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Today the Pentagon censured Senator Mark Kelly and moved to strip part of his earned military retirement benefits for stating the truth.
This administration is trying to convince Americans that truth is whatever it says it is—even when the evidence is plainly in front of us.
This administration is trying to convince Americans that truth is whatever it says it is—even when the evidence is plainly in front of us.
Reposted by Arthur David Spota
OUT: Helping you pay for health care.
IN: Helping oil companies pay for their infrastructure in a foreign country.
IN: Helping oil companies pay for their infrastructure in a foreign country.
January 6, 2026 at 12:14 AM
OUT: Helping you pay for health care.
IN: Helping oil companies pay for their infrastructure in a foreign country.
IN: Helping oil companies pay for their infrastructure in a foreign country.
Reposted by Arthur David Spota
Reposted by Arthur David Spota
Redbook, January 1966
April 27, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Redbook, January 1966
Reposted by Arthur David Spota
This vile new Stephen Miller tweet, along with the news that Miller may run the occupation of Venezuela, is a good time for you to read our deep dive into Miller's actual worldview and agenda, especially this part comparing Miller's language with Pat Buchanan's:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
January 5, 2026 at 7:36 PM
This vile new Stephen Miller tweet, along with the news that Miller may run the occupation of Venezuela, is a good time for you to read our deep dive into Miller's actual worldview and agenda, especially this part comparing Miller's language with Pat Buchanan's:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
Reposted by Arthur David Spota
This isn't standing up for children's health. It is the *opposite* of that.
This isn't based on "gold standard science." It is the *opposite* of that.
And this isn't common sense. It's the profound ignorance of Donald Trump, which allows him to be easily manipulated by dishonest, extremist kooks.
This isn't based on "gold standard science." It is the *opposite* of that.
And this isn't common sense. It's the profound ignorance of Donald Trump, which allows him to be easily manipulated by dishonest, extremist kooks.
January 6, 2026 at 12:01 AM
This isn't standing up for children's health. It is the *opposite* of that.
This isn't based on "gold standard science." It is the *opposite* of that.
And this isn't common sense. It's the profound ignorance of Donald Trump, which allows him to be easily manipulated by dishonest, extremist kooks.
This isn't based on "gold standard science." It is the *opposite* of that.
And this isn't common sense. It's the profound ignorance of Donald Trump, which allows him to be easily manipulated by dishonest, extremist kooks.
Reposted by Arthur David Spota
Reposted by Arthur David Spota
American artist and AIDS activist David Wojnarowicz
Where I'll Go After I'm Gone (1988-89)
#DavidWojnarowicz #ContemporaryArt
Where I'll Go After I'm Gone (1988-89)
#DavidWojnarowicz #ContemporaryArt
August 19, 2025 at 4:34 AM
American artist and AIDS activist David Wojnarowicz
Where I'll Go After I'm Gone (1988-89)
#DavidWojnarowicz #ContemporaryArt
Where I'll Go After I'm Gone (1988-89)
#DavidWojnarowicz #ContemporaryArt
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American artist and AIDS activist David Wojnarowicz
Untitled (Violence)
(from Ant Series, 1988)
#DavidWojnarowicz #ContemporaryArt
Untitled (Violence)
(from Ant Series, 1988)
#DavidWojnarowicz #ContemporaryArt
August 19, 2025 at 1:33 AM
American artist and AIDS activist David Wojnarowicz
Untitled (Violence)
(from Ant Series, 1988)
#DavidWojnarowicz #ContemporaryArt
Untitled (Violence)
(from Ant Series, 1988)
#DavidWojnarowicz #ContemporaryArt
Reposted by Arthur David Spota
David Wojnarowicz: Love and Rage in the Time of Cholera
(Zuzanna Stańska - Daily Art Magazine)
Sex, spirituality, love, and loss – for artist, writer, and activist David Wojnarowicz these were the main subjects of the art he created.
www.dailyartmagazine.com/david-wojnar...
(Zuzanna Stańska - Daily Art Magazine)
Sex, spirituality, love, and loss – for artist, writer, and activist David Wojnarowicz these were the main subjects of the art he created.
www.dailyartmagazine.com/david-wojnar...
David Wojnarowicz: Love and Rage in the Time of Cholera
Sex, spirituality, love, and loss – for the artist, writer, and activist David Wojnarowicz these were the main subjects of his art.
www.dailyartmagazine.com
August 19, 2025 at 1:26 AM
David Wojnarowicz: Love and Rage in the Time of Cholera
(Zuzanna Stańska - Daily Art Magazine)
Sex, spirituality, love, and loss – for artist, writer, and activist David Wojnarowicz these were the main subjects of the art he created.
www.dailyartmagazine.com/david-wojnar...
(Zuzanna Stańska - Daily Art Magazine)
Sex, spirituality, love, and loss – for artist, writer, and activist David Wojnarowicz these were the main subjects of the art he created.
www.dailyartmagazine.com/david-wojnar...