Leon
@disincarnateevl.bsky.social
Art Historian | Esotericism, Abstraction, Science
Author | Triadic Intimacy ('23, @incastellated.bsky.social)
Art History + DH | Williams College
Author | Triadic Intimacy ('23, @incastellated.bsky.social)
Art History + DH | Williams College
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Leon
@disincarnateevl.bsky.social
· Aug 24
Exploring the Parafloral: Mediumship and Plant-Human Entanglement | Center for the Study of World Religions
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A few months ago, I was invited by Harvard Divinity School’s Center for the Study of World Religions to blog about my parafloral research, a new ecocritical approach to mediumistic practice & the visual & material culture of spiritualism. Read here: share.google/hHY42vcbKOoc...
Just going to leave this quote from Moby Dick here: "Take my body, who will, take it I say, it is not me."
November 14, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Just going to leave this quote from Moby Dick here: "Take my body, who will, take it I say, it is not me."
Getting so excited as I prepare the content for my new seminar The Schematic Imagination: The Diagram as Theory of Thought, forthcoming 2026.
October 30, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Getting so excited as I prepare the content for my new seminar The Schematic Imagination: The Diagram as Theory of Thought, forthcoming 2026.
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New lecture series/reading group coming in 2026!
New lecture series/reading group coming in 2026!
The Schematic Imagination
A new lecture series coming in 2026!
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October 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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New lecture series/reading group coming in 2026!
New lecture series/reading group coming in 2026!
Weaving to Brian Eno's Night Thoughts.
October 21, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Weaving to Brian Eno's Night Thoughts.
In the early phase of developing a new lecture series on visual thinking, specifically geometric & diagrammatic methods. This series w/ a focus on the philosophy of the diagram explores a multiplicity of histories, theories, & practices from lit, math, arts & crafts, DH, occult & magical practice.
October 20, 2025 at 12:10 AM
In the early phase of developing a new lecture series on visual thinking, specifically geometric & diagrammatic methods. This series w/ a focus on the philosophy of the diagram explores a multiplicity of histories, theories, & practices from lit, math, arts & crafts, DH, occult & magical practice.
Spending time this morning thinking on the earth's own collective consciousness as I write a couple of abstracts for panels on weird modernisms & co-creation: human & non-human making processes & their environmental entanglements.
October 18, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Spending time this morning thinking on the earth's own collective consciousness as I write a couple of abstracts for panels on weird modernisms & co-creation: human & non-human making processes & their environmental entanglements.
If you want to lose your passion for knowledge production & intellectual engagement, work in higher ed.
October 18, 2025 at 10:29 AM
If you want to lose your passion for knowledge production & intellectual engagement, work in higher ed.
In my office on campus thinking about Bucky Fuller's earth:
October 6, 2025 at 12:04 PM
In my office on campus thinking about Bucky Fuller's earth:
I hope everyone is eating the Sun today.
October 3, 2025 at 11:39 AM
I hope everyone is eating the Sun today.
What is the last thing you watched? Me: Donald Duck in Mathmagic Land. What are you currently reading? Me: The Grid Book by Hannah B. Higgins
October 3, 2025 at 10:07 AM
What is the last thing you watched? Me: Donald Duck in Mathmagic Land. What are you currently reading? Me: The Grid Book by Hannah B. Higgins
Next up in my reading list: Memoirs of My Nervous Illness by Daniel Paul Schreber.
October 2, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Next up in my reading list: Memoirs of My Nervous Illness by Daniel Paul Schreber.
Just in case some of you forgot (self included): I want you to remember how fucking powerful you are! Slay! 🔥⚔️🔥 youtu.be/R29W_PvTT7M?...
Sinéad O'Connor - Fire On Babylon (Official Music Video)
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October 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Just in case some of you forgot (self included): I want you to remember how fucking powerful you are! Slay! 🔥⚔️🔥 youtu.be/R29W_PvTT7M?...
Where the caves at in western mass!?
October 1, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Where the caves at in western mass!?
I'm practicing magic again:
September 28, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I'm practicing magic again:
Being decisive is magical.
September 26, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Being decisive is magical.
Mine mind feels chaotic. Perhaps this is another iteration of Dionysian consciousness? I truly feel mad. I’d love to poison u w/ stories of how I’ve been ravaged by intellectual ecstasy, when I felt the slipperiness of language penetrate the labyrinth of sulci floating in cerebrospinal fluid.
September 24, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Mine mind feels chaotic. Perhaps this is another iteration of Dionysian consciousness? I truly feel mad. I’d love to poison u w/ stories of how I’ve been ravaged by intellectual ecstasy, when I felt the slipperiness of language penetrate the labyrinth of sulci floating in cerebrospinal fluid.
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We're excited to be hosting Alpaca conference from 12-20th September 2025, with a huge range of talks, workshops and performances exploring algorithmic patterns in the creative arts.
Algorithms aren't just about computers, they're also used to make […]
[Original post on social.thentrythis.org]
Algorithms aren't just about computers, they're also used to make […]
[Original post on social.thentrythis.org]
August 12, 2025 at 10:37 AM
We're excited to be hosting Alpaca conference from 12-20th September 2025, with a huge range of talks, workshops and performances exploring algorithmic patterns in the creative arts.
Algorithms aren't just about computers, they're also used to make […]
[Original post on social.thentrythis.org]
Algorithms aren't just about computers, they're also used to make […]
[Original post on social.thentrythis.org]
I can't get over how insane Dead Can Dance is.
September 18, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I can't get over how insane Dead Can Dance is.
Weaving is a form of magic. For me, it has been not only an act of discovery that invites multiple readings, but it has cleared my mind of much of the stress that has plagued me for 3 yrs, & has brought much needed clarity in the avenues I not only want to pursue but need to pursue in the future.
September 18, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Weaving is a form of magic. For me, it has been not only an act of discovery that invites multiple readings, but it has cleared my mind of much of the stress that has plagued me for 3 yrs, & has brought much needed clarity in the avenues I not only want to pursue but need to pursue in the future.
PIZZA HAS HEALING PROPERTIES !
September 15, 2025 at 9:32 PM
PIZZA HAS HEALING PROPERTIES !
My hands smell like sheep:
September 14, 2025 at 12:59 AM
My hands smell like sheep:
Today (now)! There's a live stream option.
Alpaca festival overlaps with Alpaca conference, which you'll be able to join online, with watch parties for the second weekend in Berlin and Barcelona:
2025.algorithmicpattern.org/conference/
2025.algorithmicpattern.org/conference/
Alpaca Conference – Alpaca
2025.algorithmicpattern.org
September 12, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Today (now)! There's a live stream option.