Northwest Wind
@keewatin.bsky.social
Dad and outdoor enthusiast in the Mountain West | Environment | Climate | Community | Indigenous Rights | Circumpolar North | Film | Literature | Poetics.
“Then we came forth, to see again the stars” (Dante Alighieri, the Inferno).
“Then we came forth, to see again the stars” (Dante Alighieri, the Inferno).
Pinned
Northwest Wind
@keewatin.bsky.social
· Nov 26
“Anyone for tea? I’ll be scouting the backyard for Western Whiptail and Common Sagebrush Lizards.”
Introducing our newest generous soul: Aya.
#catsky #catsofbluesky
Introducing our newest generous soul: Aya.
#catsky #catsofbluesky
"What do I really want with my pictures …?
Really nothing but disappearing into my picture.
'Our need for comfort is insatiable' (Stig Dagerman)"
enjoyscandinavianart.com/the-artists/...
Really nothing but disappearing into my picture.
'Our need for comfort is insatiable' (Stig Dagerman)"
enjoyscandinavianart.com/the-artists/...
Fishing Village - etching by Swedish artist and printmaker, Eva Holmér Edling
More of this artist's stunning work, here: enjoyscandinavianart.com/the-artists/...
#art #printmaking
More of this artist's stunning work, here: enjoyscandinavianart.com/the-artists/...
#art #printmaking
February 14, 2026 at 8:08 PM
"What do I really want with my pictures …?
Really nothing but disappearing into my picture.
'Our need for comfort is insatiable' (Stig Dagerman)"
enjoyscandinavianart.com/the-artists/...
Really nothing but disappearing into my picture.
'Our need for comfort is insatiable' (Stig Dagerman)"
enjoyscandinavianart.com/the-artists/...
A pretty impressive reflection on the intersection of architecture and liberation (and resistance to neo-classical forms of "beauty" as a coded and exclusionary ideal).
And a gorgeous video too!
"If you wanna have fun
With charm and delight
You just have to live (Where?)"
And a gorgeous video too!
"If you wanna have fun
With charm and delight
You just have to live (Where?)"
This is faaaaar outside my expertise, but I'm fascinated by these repeated architectural and urban references in BB's work :)
www.domusweb.it/en/news/2025...
industrialkonzept.com/blogs/editor...
averyreview.com/issues/48/lo...
www.domusweb.it/en/news/2025...
industrialkonzept.com/blogs/editor...
averyreview.com/issues/48/lo...
BAD BUNNY - NUEVAYoL (Video Oficial) | DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS
YouTube video by Bad Bunny
www.youtube.com
February 14, 2026 at 6:20 PM
A pretty impressive reflection on the intersection of architecture and liberation (and resistance to neo-classical forms of "beauty" as a coded and exclusionary ideal).
And a gorgeous video too!
"If you wanna have fun
With charm and delight
You just have to live (Where?)"
And a gorgeous video too!
"If you wanna have fun
With charm and delight
You just have to live (Where?)"
I appreciate the geopolitical implications of paper: indigenous population highly adapted to their unique marine homeland and polynya. Less excited that this is somehow a population of extremist who pushed the boundaries of the known and the unknown (more in media coverage than actual paper).
Ancient Paleo-Inuit people had nautical tech, know-how to cross hazardous Arctic channel. New research from @ucalgary.bsky.social
Ancient people had nautical tech, know-how to cross hazardous Arctic channel | CBC News
Archeologists have found the remains of a cluster of tents with hearths on a remote High Arctic island that date back more than 4,000 years. They offer surprising new insights about the first people w...
www.cbc.ca
February 14, 2026 at 5:17 PM
I appreciate the geopolitical implications of paper: indigenous population highly adapted to their unique marine homeland and polynya. Less excited that this is somehow a population of extremist who pushed the boundaries of the known and the unknown (more in media coverage than actual paper).
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Zion National Park
February 14, 2026 at 1:20 AM
Zion National Park
A departure for rural indexing, open air shopping complex in heart of Playa del Inglés Gran Canaria Spain.
Rural indexing documents visual trends in buildings & streetscapes with photo catalogue of built environment (documented by Zach Huelsing and Jon Lehman).
www.ruralindexingproject.com/about
Rural indexing documents visual trends in buildings & streetscapes with photo catalogue of built environment (documented by Zach Huelsing and Jon Lehman).
www.ruralindexingproject.com/about
🚨 Special Urban Report 🚨
Yumbo Centrum Shopping
Maspalomas, Spain
Yumbo Centrum Shopping
Maspalomas, Spain
February 14, 2026 at 4:15 PM
A departure for rural indexing, open air shopping complex in heart of Playa del Inglés Gran Canaria Spain.
Rural indexing documents visual trends in buildings & streetscapes with photo catalogue of built environment (documented by Zach Huelsing and Jon Lehman).
www.ruralindexingproject.com/about
Rural indexing documents visual trends in buildings & streetscapes with photo catalogue of built environment (documented by Zach Huelsing and Jon Lehman).
www.ruralindexingproject.com/about
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The greatest paintings will never compete with what I get to see every morning
February 13, 2026 at 2:47 PM
The greatest paintings will never compete with what I get to see every morning
Thank you for introducing me to this corrido. A captivating version below from Lara Manzanares with description and translation reflecting on her northern New Mexico childhood and roots.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xfs...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xfs...
Seems a good day to revisit Américo Paredes's famous book With a Pistol in His Hand
February 13, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Thank you for introducing me to this corrido. A captivating version below from Lara Manzanares with description and translation reflecting on her northern New Mexico childhood and roots.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xfs...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xfs...
“How did they move forward? They stayed together.”
"... The Delbert Anderson Quartet, which doesn’t operate like a typical 'band', but moves like a circle. It’s four people listening hard, trading responsibility, letting the music expose the truth and raw emotions of the moment."
"... The Delbert Anderson Quartet, which doesn’t operate like a typical 'band', but moves like a circle. It’s four people listening hard, trading responsibility, letting the music expose the truth and raw emotions of the moment."
Delbert Anderson is a Diné Jazz trumpeteer, composer, and educator, whose music flows from a deeper understanding of kinship and responsibility.
redpopnews.com/sound-that-c...
#indigigsky #redpopnews #jazz
redpopnews.com/sound-that-c...
#indigigsky #redpopnews #jazz
Sound That Carries Beyond Place and Time: Bringing Diné Values and History Into Contemporary Jazz | An Interview with Delbert Anderson
In this interview, Anderson discusses the inspiration behind the music and opens up about the emotional weight of composing around Diné history. He also gives insight into the push and pull between co...
redpopnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:41 PM
“How did they move forward? They stayed together.”
"... The Delbert Anderson Quartet, which doesn’t operate like a typical 'band', but moves like a circle. It’s four people listening hard, trading responsibility, letting the music expose the truth and raw emotions of the moment."
"... The Delbert Anderson Quartet, which doesn’t operate like a typical 'band', but moves like a circle. It’s four people listening hard, trading responsibility, letting the music expose the truth and raw emotions of the moment."
"Following Modersohn-Becker’s early death, Rilke wrote a mournful poem titled 'Requiem for a Friend,' lamenting, 'It troubles me that you should stray back, you, who have achieved more transformation than any other woman.'"
Some of the same in English:
www.artic.edu/articles/114...
Some of the same in English:
www.artic.edu/articles/114...
A great year to see Modersohn-Becker’s work! Germans must make everything cosmolitan, but her undeniable strength is in being a fantastically intimate regional painter, which is why her landscapes and portraints against natural backdrops have this mad pull taz.de/Erste-Maleri...
Erste Malerin der Moderne wird 150: Glückwunsch, Paula!
Sieben Ausstellungen begehen Paula Modersohn-Beckers 150. Geburtstag. In deren oft verwurstetem Werk hat eine drängende Suchbewegung überlebt.
taz.de
February 10, 2026 at 2:37 PM
"Following Modersohn-Becker’s early death, Rilke wrote a mournful poem titled 'Requiem for a Friend,' lamenting, 'It troubles me that you should stray back, you, who have achieved more transformation than any other woman.'"
Some of the same in English:
www.artic.edu/articles/114...
Some of the same in English:
www.artic.edu/articles/114...
"Thinking about [visual artists engaging with history and science] feels quite organic to me. It feels nice to be in a world where you get to see someone thinking in real time about creating for the world, thinking deeply about the implications, and trying to create a legacy for how to do better."
“People need to educate themselves about the history of biology and public health more broadly.”
“To Wither in the Same Way We Shall”: Talking Archives, Diseases, and History with Edna Bonhomme - Public Books
“The progressive and leftist organizers that I knew before think about three things: educate, organize and agitate. And that could apply to the public health students and public health people.”
www.publicbooks.org
February 9, 2026 at 2:58 PM
"Thinking about [visual artists engaging with history and science] feels quite organic to me. It feels nice to be in a world where you get to see someone thinking in real time about creating for the world, thinking deeply about the implications, and trying to create a legacy for how to do better."
RE: public access and right to roam. "Ownership" is a dated concept (and is rife with historical and culturally specific power relations).
www.orbanwallace.com/ourland
www.orbanwallace.com/ourland
Exciting news: this May sees the national release of OUR LAND.
A beautiful documentary feature film about the @righttoroam.bsky.social campaign, directed by Orban Wallace.
Trailer here 👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=est-...
A beautiful documentary feature film about the @righttoroam.bsky.social campaign, directed by Orban Wallace.
Trailer here 👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=est-...
Our Land Trailer
YouTube video by MetFilm Distribution
www.youtube.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:42 PM
RE: public access and right to roam. "Ownership" is a dated concept (and is rife with historical and culturally specific power relations).
www.orbanwallace.com/ourland
www.orbanwallace.com/ourland
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qué padre que vivo en los estados unidos de Bad Bunny
February 9, 2026 at 1:35 AM
qué padre que vivo en los estados unidos de Bad Bunny
“a comically large point and shoot with a surprisingly sharp zoom lens …”
February 8, 2026 at 5:25 PM
“a comically large point and shoot with a surprisingly sharp zoom lens …”
"The baby newt's eye gleams gold on its top half ... "
February 8, 2026 at 5:00 PM
"The baby newt's eye gleams gold on its top half ... "
Added to my list on criterion.
www.criterionchannel.com/undercurrent-1
A nice retrospective here:
www.filmlinc.org/daily/flc-an...
www.criterionchannel.com/undercurrent-1
A nice retrospective here:
www.filmlinc.org/daily/flc-an...
Kozaburo Yoshimura’s "Undercurrent" is one of the most visually stunning 20th c. films, despite the melodrama. Every frame's a gem, & such a cool take on the tradition vs. modernity plot. Kyozome textile designer makes a pattern based on her geneticist paramour's drosophilae research--gorge!
February 8, 2026 at 3:43 AM
Added to my list on criterion.
www.criterionchannel.com/undercurrent-1
A nice retrospective here:
www.filmlinc.org/daily/flc-an...
www.criterionchannel.com/undercurrent-1
A nice retrospective here:
www.filmlinc.org/daily/flc-an...
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The aurora just now stretching out over the Yukon River with the moon rising in the distance… 158 am AKST
February 7, 2026 at 11:02 AM
The aurora just now stretching out over the Yukon River with the moon rising in the distance… 158 am AKST
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How much longer will we be able to enjoy being close to the ice? 🧊
These sensations are essential, yet have become so rare... 😢
On Argentière Glacier this morning with Les Droites and Les Courtes north faces!
📷 @lomdumtblanc.bsky.social 🙏
These sensations are essential, yet have become so rare... 😢
On Argentière Glacier this morning with Les Droites and Les Courtes north faces!
📷 @lomdumtblanc.bsky.social 🙏
February 7, 2026 at 12:52 PM
How much longer will we be able to enjoy being close to the ice? 🧊
These sensations are essential, yet have become so rare... 😢
On Argentière Glacier this morning with Les Droites and Les Courtes north faces!
📷 @lomdumtblanc.bsky.social 🙏
These sensations are essential, yet have become so rare... 😢
On Argentière Glacier this morning with Les Droites and Les Courtes north faces!
📷 @lomdumtblanc.bsky.social 🙏
“ … we moved in the same month to Landsmeer, a picturesque village in the shadow of Amsterdam. From our studio in the attic we work side by side at the strenuous but exciting endeavour of making a living of our art.”
www.ceciliadimiceli.com/about-cecilia/
www.ceciliadimiceli.com/about-cecilia/
Flamenco dancer
Pastel on Pastelmat
30x40 cm
Flamenco dancer sketched at a life model drawing session.
#pastelpainting #pastelart #pastelartist #softpastel #pasteldrawing #pastelartwork
#pastelpainter #lifedrawing #originalart #portrait #artoftheday #pastelportrait #flamenco #redwine #dancer
Pastel on Pastelmat
30x40 cm
Flamenco dancer sketched at a life model drawing session.
#pastelpainting #pastelart #pastelartist #softpastel #pasteldrawing #pastelartwork
#pastelpainter #lifedrawing #originalart #portrait #artoftheday #pastelportrait #flamenco #redwine #dancer
February 7, 2026 at 8:18 PM
“ … we moved in the same month to Landsmeer, a picturesque village in the shadow of Amsterdam. From our studio in the attic we work side by side at the strenuous but exciting endeavour of making a living of our art.”
www.ceciliadimiceli.com/about-cecilia/
www.ceciliadimiceli.com/about-cecilia/
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Hey if you want to learn more about Mongolian art and culture I just published a book on this topic: bsky.app/profile/song...
Out now - for those interested in Mongolian music, animals, and what worlds are possible after this one ends, A Song for the Horses is available in all the usual places as well as directly from the publisher here:
uapress.arizona.edu/book/a-song-...
uapress.arizona.edu/book/a-song-...
Song for the Horses | UAPress
uapress.arizona.edu
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Hey if you want to learn more about Mongolian art and culture I just published a book on this topic: bsky.app/profile/song...
“The album title, borrowed from a fragment of Pessoa, suits this collection perfectly. Dora’s journey through Portugal involved concerts, residencies, and extensive field recording, capturing waves from the Atlantic, voices in the streets, and songs escaping from a park.”
Delphine Dora's "D'une nostalgie inconnue" feels ageless. Improvised piano and harmonium from rural Portugal, interlaced with street recordings. Languid repetitions, solemn timbres. Beautiful and forlorn. Read a new interview on Foxy Digitalis w/ her about it and loads more!
Inhabited Sounds with Delphine Dora
Delphine Dora’s D’une nostalgie inconnue feels ageless, almost archaeological. This music holds an interminable spirit, and listening to the album is like peering through a prism into a…
foxydigitalis.zone
February 5, 2026 at 3:11 AM
“The album title, borrowed from a fragment of Pessoa, suits this collection perfectly. Dora’s journey through Portugal involved concerts, residencies, and extensive field recording, capturing waves from the Atlantic, voices in the streets, and songs escaping from a park.”
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Ice around the Apostle Islands, Wisconsin, last year at this time. Too cloudy to see it this year. Sentinel 2 image.
February 5, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Ice around the Apostle Islands, Wisconsin, last year at this time. Too cloudy to see it this year. Sentinel 2 image.
“My work focused on applying international human rights law and international criminal law to missing and disappeared Indigenous children, including taking a human rights approach to unmarked and mass graves.”
"In Canada today, for those who deny the horrors of the residential school system and deny that children died and disappeared, nothing seems to be enough ... For denialists of atrocities—in Canada and anywhere— nothing will ever be enough."
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
What Past Atrocities Teach Us about Residential School Burials | The Tyee
The decision to dig in search of children's bodies should rest with the communities and families.
thetyee.ca
February 5, 2026 at 2:58 AM
“My work focused on applying international human rights law and international criminal law to missing and disappeared Indigenous children, including taking a human rights approach to unmarked and mass graves.”
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Kind of obsessed with my 11-year-old's drawing of a black hole barfing out a rainbow and creating the earth.
February 4, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Kind of obsessed with my 11-year-old's drawing of a black hole barfing out a rainbow and creating the earth.
“Songs were recorded in quiet corners of her home [in Norway], also on the piano in the school where she works, and it uses the physical world around her to provide percussion.”
www.nordicmusiccentral.com/juni-habel-n...
www.nordicmusiccentral.com/juni-habel-n...
#NowPlaying: Something to conjure crisp green growth from the mind-mud, courtesy of Juni Habel www.caughtbytheriver.net/2026/02/now-...
February 4, 2026 at 8:37 PM
“Songs were recorded in quiet corners of her home [in Norway], also on the piano in the school where she works, and it uses the physical world around her to provide percussion.”
www.nordicmusiccentral.com/juni-habel-n...
www.nordicmusiccentral.com/juni-habel-n...
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Resistance hat complete! #knitsky #resistance Malabrigo chunky with a strand of Rowan Kidsilk haze.
February 4, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Resistance hat complete! #knitsky #resistance Malabrigo chunky with a strand of Rowan Kidsilk haze.