Kimberly Van Munching
@herdarkmaterials.bsky.social
I’m trying to make all the things. This is my note pad. 🪡🧵🧶🌈🇵🇸🌹
“For people wanting to experience God, we are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church.” —Rev. Michael Woolf, senior minister of Lake Street Church of Evanston, Illinois
Photo: AP/Erin Hooley 10/3/25
Photo: AP/Erin Hooley 10/3/25
November 16, 2025 at 5:20 PM
“For people wanting to experience God, we are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church.” —Rev. Michael Woolf, senior minister of Lake Street Church of Evanston, Illinois
Photo: AP/Erin Hooley 10/3/25
Photo: AP/Erin Hooley 10/3/25
Relieved that yesterday the CT Senate passed HB8004, a bill that adds courthouse and data protection provisions for immigrants to the Trust Act.
November 15, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Relieved that yesterday the CT Senate passed HB8004, a bill that adds courthouse and data protection provisions for immigrants to the Trust Act.
Knitting and watching D.W. Griffith’s The Sorrows of Satan (1926)
November 15, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Knitting and watching D.W. Griffith’s The Sorrows of Satan (1926)
“I have not mutated myself in any way. Joel and I have this conversation a lot. He literally has to stop me physically from saying something to people — to friends who’ve had work. I’m so full of fear and rage about what they’ve done.” —Frances McDormand
Bruni, F. (2014, October 19) NYTimes
Bruni, F. (2014, October 19) NYTimes
November 11, 2025 at 10:16 PM
“I have not mutated myself in any way. Joel and I have this conversation a lot. He literally has to stop me physically from saying something to people — to friends who’ve had work. I’m so full of fear and rage about what they’ve done.” —Frances McDormand
Bruni, F. (2014, October 19) NYTimes
Bruni, F. (2014, October 19) NYTimes
The constellation Sirius depicted as a dog, from an astronomical miscellany.
British Library Cotton MS Tiberius C.I., fol. 28r
British Library Cotton MS Tiberius C.I., fol. 28r
November 11, 2025 at 9:44 PM
The constellation Sirius depicted as a dog, from an astronomical miscellany.
British Library Cotton MS Tiberius C.I., fol. 28r
British Library Cotton MS Tiberius C.I., fol. 28r
November 9, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Today my son and I went to see “Predator: Badlands” which is about the limitations of individualism and how coalition building across different cultural groups is crucial for achieving collective action.
We give it 3 out of 4 Kalisk head trophies
We give it 3 out of 4 Kalisk head trophies
November 8, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Today my son and I went to see “Predator: Badlands” which is about the limitations of individualism and how coalition building across different cultural groups is crucial for achieving collective action.
We give it 3 out of 4 Kalisk head trophies
We give it 3 out of 4 Kalisk head trophies
Rae Klein
Bodyguard, 2024–2025
oil on canvas
80 x 80 in
203 x 203 cm
Bodyguard, 2024–2025
oil on canvas
80 x 80 in
203 x 203 cm
November 7, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Rae Klein
Bodyguard, 2024–2025
oil on canvas
80 x 80 in
203 x 203 cm
Bodyguard, 2024–2025
oil on canvas
80 x 80 in
203 x 203 cm
I left Spotify when I learned that Daniel Ek invested €600 million in an AI military drone company. I downloaded my playlists using Soundiiz and moved them to Qobuz. Super easy.
November 7, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I left Spotify when I learned that Daniel Ek invested €600 million in an AI military drone company. I downloaded my playlists using Soundiiz and moved them to Qobuz. Super easy.
I thought one of my son’s friends made this in photoshop as a joke. It’s real?!
November 5, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I thought one of my son’s friends made this in photoshop as a joke. It’s real?!
Enjoying proto-slasher Thirteen Women (David Archainbaud, 1932) based on the novel by Tiffany Thayer. It’s streaming on HBO until the end of November
#precode
#precode
November 5, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Enjoying proto-slasher Thirteen Women (David Archainbaud, 1932) based on the novel by Tiffany Thayer. It’s streaming on HBO until the end of November
#precode
#precode
"I am convinced, the hope of the future lies in woman: woman honoured, woman cultured, woman free."
Charlotte Despard speaking at an anti-fascist rally, Trafalgar Square, 12 June 1933 at age 94 (photograph by James Jarché, Daily Herald Archive)
Charlotte Despard speaking at an anti-fascist rally, Trafalgar Square, 12 June 1933 at age 94 (photograph by James Jarché, Daily Herald Archive)
November 4, 2025 at 9:24 PM
"I am convinced, the hope of the future lies in woman: woman honoured, woman cultured, woman free."
Charlotte Despard speaking at an anti-fascist rally, Trafalgar Square, 12 June 1933 at age 94 (photograph by James Jarché, Daily Herald Archive)
Charlotte Despard speaking at an anti-fascist rally, Trafalgar Square, 12 June 1933 at age 94 (photograph by James Jarché, Daily Herald Archive)
I’m reading “Matisse at War.” Matisse stayed in France during WW2, not wanting to desert his country. Although his work was designated “degenerate” by the Nazis, that did not stop Hermann Göring from stealing multiple Matisse paintings from the collection of Jewish art dealer Paul Rosenberg.
November 2, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I’m reading “Matisse at War.” Matisse stayed in France during WW2, not wanting to desert his country. Although his work was designated “degenerate” by the Nazis, that did not stop Hermann Göring from stealing multiple Matisse paintings from the collection of Jewish art dealer Paul Rosenberg.
“Who saw him die?
I, said the Fly,
with my little eye,
I saw him die.”
Illustration by H. L. Stephens for “Death and Burial of Poor Cock Robin,” circa 1865, the book that completely traumatized me in kindergarten. Why did the sparrow do it? I had so many questions.
I, said the Fly,
with my little eye,
I saw him die.”
Illustration by H. L. Stephens for “Death and Burial of Poor Cock Robin,” circa 1865, the book that completely traumatized me in kindergarten. Why did the sparrow do it? I had so many questions.
November 1, 2025 at 1:07 AM
“Who saw him die?
I, said the Fly,
with my little eye,
I saw him die.”
Illustration by H. L. Stephens for “Death and Burial of Poor Cock Robin,” circa 1865, the book that completely traumatized me in kindergarten. Why did the sparrow do it? I had so many questions.
I, said the Fly,
with my little eye,
I saw him die.”
Illustration by H. L. Stephens for “Death and Burial of Poor Cock Robin,” circa 1865, the book that completely traumatized me in kindergarten. Why did the sparrow do it? I had so many questions.
“This is my out. This is what puts me on the outside.” - Chill, incarcerated quilter
The Quilters, directed by Jenifer McShane, 2024 (Netflix)
The Quilters, directed by Jenifer McShane, 2024 (Netflix)
November 1, 2025 at 12:22 AM
“This is my out. This is what puts me on the outside.” - Chill, incarcerated quilter
The Quilters, directed by Jenifer McShane, 2024 (Netflix)
The Quilters, directed by Jenifer McShane, 2024 (Netflix)
Shoutout to my friends who are spooky 365 days a year
Pretty Birdies, Hungry Kitties by Julia Soboleva
Pretty Birdies, Hungry Kitties by Julia Soboleva
October 31, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Shoutout to my friends who are spooky 365 days a year
Pretty Birdies, Hungry Kitties by Julia Soboleva
Pretty Birdies, Hungry Kitties by Julia Soboleva
Scrolls stitched by Lorina Bulwer (1838–1912) while interned within a Norfolk workhouse
(Thackray Museum of Medicine)
#textileart
(Thackray Museum of Medicine)
#textileart
October 31, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Scrolls stitched by Lorina Bulwer (1838–1912) while interned within a Norfolk workhouse
(Thackray Museum of Medicine)
#textileart
(Thackray Museum of Medicine)
#textileart
The American federal government has confirmed it does not plan to issue November SNAP grocery benefits, leaving families hungry in one of the richest countries in the world.
Photo: 10th October 1908: The unemployed marching in Trafalgar Square, London.
Photo: 10th October 1908: The unemployed marching in Trafalgar Square, London.
October 30, 2025 at 11:09 PM
The American federal government has confirmed it does not plan to issue November SNAP grocery benefits, leaving families hungry in one of the richest countries in the world.
Photo: 10th October 1908: The unemployed marching in Trafalgar Square, London.
Photo: 10th October 1908: The unemployed marching in Trafalgar Square, London.
Raúl de Nieves, Who Would We Be With Out Our Memories, 2017-2021
Paper, xerox copies, photographs, ribbons, feathers, plastic flowers, yarn, dirt, tape, glue, vintage postcards, beads, fabric, glitter, ink, acrylic paint, and graphite
107 x 204 x 6 inches
Courtesy of Morán Morán
Paper, xerox copies, photographs, ribbons, feathers, plastic flowers, yarn, dirt, tape, glue, vintage postcards, beads, fabric, glitter, ink, acrylic paint, and graphite
107 x 204 x 6 inches
Courtesy of Morán Morán
October 30, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Raúl de Nieves, Who Would We Be With Out Our Memories, 2017-2021
Paper, xerox copies, photographs, ribbons, feathers, plastic flowers, yarn, dirt, tape, glue, vintage postcards, beads, fabric, glitter, ink, acrylic paint, and graphite
107 x 204 x 6 inches
Courtesy of Morán Morán
Paper, xerox copies, photographs, ribbons, feathers, plastic flowers, yarn, dirt, tape, glue, vintage postcards, beads, fabric, glitter, ink, acrylic paint, and graphite
107 x 204 x 6 inches
Courtesy of Morán Morán
Felipe Baeza’s “Finding Home in My Own Flesh” | “When I speak about the body as a landscape, it is a response to questions around belonging. There is something powerful about choosing not to belong. That's where the body is a landscape. The body is your own home—the only home that many of us have.”
October 30, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Felipe Baeza’s “Finding Home in My Own Flesh” | “When I speak about the body as a landscape, it is a response to questions around belonging. There is something powerful about choosing not to belong. That's where the body is a landscape. The body is your own home—the only home that many of us have.”
Kara Walker, Unmanned Drone, Bronze, 2023
Wish I were in LA to see the “Monuments” show at The Brick
Wish I were in LA to see the “Monuments” show at The Brick
October 29, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Kara Walker, Unmanned Drone, Bronze, 2023
Wish I were in LA to see the “Monuments” show at The Brick
Wish I were in LA to see the “Monuments” show at The Brick
Fiber artists of the Bauhaus, Dessau 1927. Lena Bergner, Grete Reichardt, Lijuba Monastirsky, Otti Berger, Lis Beyer, Elisabeth Mueller, Rosa Berger, Ruth Hollos, Lisbeth Oestreiche, and Gunta Stölzl in front.
Photo Lux Feininger (Colorized)
Photo Lux Feininger (Colorized)
October 29, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Fiber artists of the Bauhaus, Dessau 1927. Lena Bergner, Grete Reichardt, Lijuba Monastirsky, Otti Berger, Lis Beyer, Elisabeth Mueller, Rosa Berger, Ruth Hollos, Lisbeth Oestreiche, and Gunta Stölzl in front.
Photo Lux Feininger (Colorized)
Photo Lux Feininger (Colorized)
Does someone know a doctor who will prescribe a stay in a sanatorium preferably in the Swiss Alps.
October 29, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Does someone know a doctor who will prescribe a stay in a sanatorium preferably in the Swiss Alps.
Kurt Schwitters and Theo Van Doesburg, Poster for the “Kleine Dada Soirée”, 1922/1923
Lithographic poster
Image size: 11 3/4 by 11 3/4 in.
Lithographic poster
Image size: 11 3/4 by 11 3/4 in.
October 28, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Kurt Schwitters and Theo Van Doesburg, Poster for the “Kleine Dada Soirée”, 1922/1923
Lithographic poster
Image size: 11 3/4 by 11 3/4 in.
Lithographic poster
Image size: 11 3/4 by 11 3/4 in.