As an avid internet explorer, bookmark hoarder, creative-theory inclined, and overall curious person I have a few massive lists of music, poems, books, films, websites, amongst a million other curiosities. So massive that it is extremely selfish to keep it all to myself.

As a result, in 2020 I started a series of recommendations every week. I’m reviving this series by sharing the old log from that year. Last month I shared 21 things to enjoy on Substack, and I'm resharing here for two purposes: one, I don't want to keep my writing in just one place, i care about owning what I publish and two, I love maximizing the surface of how many people I can reach or interact with online, specially if that means there's a chance someone can discover something new due to this list.

Enjoy!

Sep 6 (2020)

  1. This review of Ted Chiang's Exhalation
  2. This cool thing, just open the link and drag your mouse
  3. An online puzzle! I made this one based on an image by Studio Feixen

Aug 30 (2020)

  1. Baby Snake, one of my favorite poems, by Ramiz Rovshan a poet from Azerbaijan
  2. This interview of Sun Ra, Helsinki 1978. (Video 9:06 min)
  3. This essay with diagrams by Stan Allen, an American architect and theorist

Aug 23 (2020)

  1. An interview of James Baldwin (article)
  2. An Isolation Odyssey, by Lydia Cambron (Video, 12:04 min)
  3. Four poems by Idea Vilariño, a poet from Uruguay

Aug 16 (2020)

  1. The making of MILCAPS (video, 3:40 min), from the mind of one of my favorite artists: Marcelí Antúnez Roca
  2. The notebooks of Ana Frois, architect and visual artist from Portugal
  3. An interview about cumbia from Mario Galeano Torres (5:37 min), a Colombian musician

Aug 9 (2020)

  1. Fading, an experimental short film (11 min) with amazing music by Donavon. By Jackson Tisi
  2. The new album of Frente Cumbiero and Minyo Crusaders. Minyo Cumbiero: From Tokyo to Bogota
  3. Visual poetry by Erica Baum: The melody indicator.

Jul 21 (2020)

  1. One song: Pais nublado, from Helado Negro
  2. One article: Nina Simone on Time from brainpicker
  3. One video: about gardens

Jul 26 (2020)

  1. This cumbia selection about birds (25:01)
  2. "La inconsistencia de lo visible" by Nicolas Lamas. A peruvian contemporary artist
  3. The graphic design work of Okuyama Taiki

Jul 19 (2020)

  1. This Magritte painting
  2. A video of mountains, waves and the sea (1:39) From Morgan Maseen
  3. A few paragraphs and some beautiful images of the Tristan Tzara house designed by Adolf Loos, one of my favorite architects