2026-10-20T13:31:33Z https://nostr.now tehn https://nostr.now/npub1c0y4tdkaft5rj3l7kweqehgpg7r7da2gjepu9l53lxpmcxujl4usemjmzp https://assets.merveilles.town/accounts/avatars/000/089/487/original/13a921e7d7c46261.jpg https://assets.merveilles.town/accounts/avatars/000/089/487/original/13a921e7d7c46261.jpg https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszhnlpvk9elsudsvdy5neytq8vnhnhpjt36wzltkl0vpqydyzh8pqzyrpuj4dkm49wsw28l6emyrxaq9rc0eh4fzty8sh7j8uc80qmjt7hjnhtdys In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx0nj37nfa5mny8lg4smy349zdzyvjd33ug2894ygtjq0nhf83n9sft0jxd'>nevent1q…0jxd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>amazing work, everyone!<br/><br/>track notes: live capture of rehearsal, euclidean rhythm, 80&#39;s new age cassette of ocean waves, manipulated field recordings of the hermit thrush in behind our house, hot mics on a metallophone manipulated by norns/mlr, very loud PA 2026-10-31T23:47:49Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsz0t5w47gaawlc2ghq2g82hdpwj6mr7jpkc2k7mg5rqrlszg007dgzyrpuj4dkm49wsw28l6emyrxaq9rc0eh4fzty8sh7j8uc80qmjt7hjmdpg2y seeking advice for bitmap to vector conversion with extremely simple line art. inkscape&#39;s centerline autotrace is perplexing, i&#39;ve tried various settings, various amounts of image preparation, the results are always a mix of both inaccurately complex and wrongly simplified. i&#39;d just trace by hand if these were small, but trying to identify a repeatable process (i do understand the comedy of drawing absolutely huge in order to pen plot very very tiny, but that&#39;s just what we&#39;re doing here...)<br/> <img src="https://assets.merveilles.town/media_attachments/files/117/174/083/358/863/873/original/516c4e9a19d67077.png"> <br/> <img src="https://assets.merveilles.town/media_attachments/files/117/174/085/670/728/961/original/f78a61d614472985.png"> <br/> 2026-08-28T16:32:21Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszrg5haq950wus8c94q3y0q030ggjlq8l4j33qf29y9lqtn0dvusszyrpuj4dkm49wsw28l6emyrxaq9rc0eh4fzty8sh7j8uc80qmjt7hjeztzd8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstaq7zy96v75nmxnznxmc9ltnc9lgsm6wy6vjp545j6j45fh2nefqufkre2'>nevent1q…kre2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>kindest words, thank you. i always dreamed of a mnt monome collab if there was ever enough time 2026-05-27T15:12:34Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8sdfn377ekle4z6xdhwckdqlpmf90s7jw7kddnul06nqxdw66ytczyrpuj4dkm49wsw28l6emyrxaq9rc0eh4fzty8sh7j8uc80qmjt7hjs37h7k monome is twenty. we put together a photo collection. part how it happened, part work-art-life entanglement, part disbelief.<br/><br/>deep thanks to so many of you here who supported and participated in this journey towards other ways of being.<br/><br/><a href="https://monome.org/twenty">https://monome.org/twenty</a> 2026-05-26T14:41:56Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszj0dperl39jcvyewkw4lzg2xj34ngws472keluyqg5uk0v8ul25qzyrpuj4dkm49wsw28l6emyrxaq9rc0eh4fzty8sh7j8uc80qmjt7hjkuhm75 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8ff60l50h22kpj06mkexq9f0dadagtuv7n8sg65uzfmpnzkum94s38llud'>nevent1q…llud</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>it&#39;s in rotation at luck dragon (our rural art store) along with some others on this list which is funny to see<br/> <img src="https://assets.merveilles.town/media_attachments/files/116/422/135/951/875/856/original/cb77d53527ed453c.jpg"> <br/> 2026-04-17T21:21:22Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsr379zvegh96j0u0fuj94vy54rzpdze6uyqf4370cqqkgvr5lzauszyrpuj4dkm49wsw28l6emyrxaq9rc0eh4fzty8sh7j8uc80qmjt7hj09euml In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2k2z8k32jxnl434yyyynmqmtka4g5drn072jwgpelay6nyr6rwngepaysy'>nevent1q…aysy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>if shown a photo of this i&#39;d likely react skeptically<br/><br/>which is sad for imagination, believing what might be possible. but weirdly also sad for computers, which previously unlocked imagination rather than... whatever they do now<br/><br/>maybe the result is some sort of re-enchantment where just looking around and noticing things becomes an ecstatic experience 2026-04-15T13:27:34Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2k2z8k32jxnl434yyyynmqmtka4g5drn072jwgpelay6nyr6rwngzyrpuj4dkm49wsw28l6emyrxaq9rc0eh4fzty8sh7j8uc80qmjt7hj0gymfd earlier this evening i witnessed lightning strike through a rainbow against a pink sky<br/><br/>i ran and told k who said what? and then we saw it again<br/><br/>the most astonishing things, just happen 2026-04-15T02:29:36Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2dtcxu3rf9y4us8xdntahdlvgkddfj02qcejq27vvuccpnl4dn5czyrpuj4dkm49wsw28l6emyrxaq9rc0eh4fzty8sh7j8uc80qmjt7hjgjquyh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs97nupn5mr8ev7ex0nth08zfgu9f2cqgyzvwteqttwaeghdkl0nwq4p46dm'>nevent1q…46dm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>ah that&#39;s brutal. norns oled was totally fine luckily, i think the grid could survive some serious extremes<br/><br/>actually the worst was trying to cram all the power cables from the PA back into a bag, they were so stiff they would not bend, just a big nest of daggers 2026-02-02T02:41:16Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfxvh2a9nc5v94gqehet863nsv97djsu6auq6mmljzh3a99wz88xqzyrpuj4dkm49wsw28l6emyrxaq9rc0eh4fzty8sh7j8uc80qmjt7hj734m2y just played my coldest show ever, in an old farm structure, hovering around 5f/-15c degrees<br/><br/>i should&#39;ve known that potentiometers get really hard to turn at this temperature 2026-02-02T02:29:27Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdrc0carmp4gf8vpgpd5c0emrafqn4w29drfss3hl3xc9jv0aaq3qzyrpuj4dkm49wsw28l6emyrxaq9rc0eh4fzty8sh7j8uc80qmjt7hj2l7ydh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0w2r7st30grkkp5538jt26q7mwsd502cluwv3gnxvj7y34ayl6tcyxhq07'>nevent1q…hq07</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>perfection<br/><br/>&#34;can i borrow a pen?&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;NO&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;but you have 5&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;it&#39;s complicated&#34; 2026-01-29T23:34:46Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszmmne5squer58kc4n4lcxvx9zn0yvyavff5qrvpkqu8nyxxc0vlqzyrpuj4dkm49wsw28l6emyrxaq9rc0eh4fzty8sh7j8uc80qmjt7hj6y2hff In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr57267gg6l6evql3n2f30s9c9wdxmjqmqqnqn0x83h2x5ynxhajc2s4pdf'>nevent1q…4pdf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;private slack channels&#34; as the future frontier. these people have no credibility in culture forecasting. 2025-12-06T20:20:09Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs92cxvunhjrhuj024450dyrcnecwe76jax7kuqamvnal6rn7dl03czyrpuj4dkm49wsw28l6emyrxaq9rc0eh4fzty8sh7j8uc80qmjt7hjndmvuv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9cvwxu0d6lvvvyhpzj2dfs7aq7d5jc5feh2kv6h99l7m02ahu30cvp5ky8'>nevent1q…5ky8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>looks phenomenal. what&#39;s the venue? have a great show! 2025-11-26T21:49:13Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswyd73yzky3kqgddc7r24teejnyljnagur330fged0jc62aurasyqzyrpuj4dkm49wsw28l6emyrxaq9rc0eh4fzty8sh7j8uc80qmjt7hj5f0k5d In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8tcsn6hgpe34jktnvv2x6tlsept7xqen5m9t96lesa7z7fpuddwqdr89k2'>nevent1q…89k2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>it&#39;s come to our attention that due to the mineral content and water source, we&#39;ve been quite mistaken for some time, what we&#39;ve been calling our bog is actually a fen 2025-11-17T21:36:52Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9jmzkfx45mp4a0384zmcu3dwgrgufqamd468dt65nfgyc6xvn02qzyrpuj4dkm49wsw28l6emyrxaq9rc0eh4fzty8sh7j8uc80qmjt7hjc436hp you all must really like computers 2025-07-30T14:39:36Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdex0kw2usa8zwzqrn9hkv3axq77f03q59j4dezwkrak0hkjtf5fgzyrpuj4dkm49wsw28l6emyrxaq9rc0eh4fzty8sh7j8uc80qmjt7hjz5cfun In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd2edvvm78lsvfckcd0au3588hg2w0n6ssmjwddcjpxyv0m3d08jqr4kz0r'>nevent1q…kz0r</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>nah i actually took it really literally, as in, do i really like this stuff? 2025-07-30T14:36:26Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstjs4duepzur0dqj0f38ymkq5xt0knxldzer3q0gn7qzr0wadwywgzyrpuj4dkm49wsw28l6emyrxaq9rc0eh4fzty8sh7j8uc80qmjt7hjgtwvy2 live sound guy at last night&#39;s show: &#34;whoa you must really like monome gear&#34; 2025-07-30T02:20:37Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9s9lzp0qqp7phrwtwz5n7gp0dyd002w4rs7d3jn8u05s4nr0lcrszyrpuj4dkm49wsw28l6emyrxaq9rc0eh4fzty8sh7j8uc80qmjt7hjyw02s5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq8mkdsddssj8j97p3d70pmtwzp6n8nplnk3qjq7v5y2w63yhsxgg0c0pst'>nevent1q…0pst</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>it was a beautiful era. imagined it as part if _the delivery_<br/><br/>what&#39;s next for you? 2025-07-03T16:39:10Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqg3nar8829pn3qgtv58m76cjjxqsgvy7kef9c3l0r9g7fe4kmm6gzyrpuj4dkm49wsw28l6emyrxaq9rc0eh4fzty8sh7j8uc80qmjt7hjt3ax48 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqhrfmy6dhrxrlchyu04ne9mf9ga63zq6r2e9j5vw9rt9ynnnldfgc9jxcp'>nevent1q…jxcp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>we inflated a tube and just sat in the pond, so much life around it felt like we were at a party 2025-06-25T00:35:35Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszsg9p92863jas5t0pkw585yper9z6vle8a5pfwhj0dk8sfmrrm9szyrpuj4dkm49wsw28l6emyrxaq9rc0eh4fzty8sh7j8uc80qmjt7hj8exnfy izzzzi really has become a sort of daily collaborative zine, an anticipated morning ritual, prompting little flurries of emails or texts-- today was particularly wonderful<br/><br/>so often we can imagine a thing, but then seeing it enter reality can still be a total surprise 2025-01-17T14:46:09Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsz4ad5fa250cxsylc5zcesql6ys3877kkfdd7zahjeua7wns0xauqzyrpuj4dkm49wsw28l6emyrxaq9rc0eh4fzty8sh7j8uc80qmjt7hj7x2j8a how wonderful is it that you can unwind an old discarded sweater. to easily become a precious raw material that can be imagined and worked into a new thing.<br/><br/>i wish more things in life were so elegantly reversible. 2025-01-13T00:51:22Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsp77l3lwxnhgqczhx6l8rqufkdh9783hgdwytu78sud0z8g3kltqgzyrpuj4dkm49wsw28l6emyrxaq9rc0eh4fzty8sh7j8uc80qmjt7hjh6zka4 <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1lq5qek8ma2kt5wpyadyandh504tvusjj4mpe2adjkapla4l06dssln6wl7" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Deb Chachra</span> (<span class="italic">npub1lq5…6wl7</span>)</a></span> moments ago your book helped de-escalate a father-son debate which was happening in our art store (which also sells anticapitalist books).<br/><br/>son was passionate about _how to blow up a pipeline_ and father was concerned with people freezing without heat. after about ten minutes i gently interceded with a sort of &#34;both things can be true&#34; and conveyed some of the premise of your book and let them know about your talk online.<br/><br/>perhaps, some great ideas about infrastructure saved someone&#39;s family holiday. 2024-12-28T17:52:34Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspzmjckpay0v3whm5wnz0yzsd8ug0rlmywznxrxghhel44sxqlnxgzyrpuj4dkm49wsw28l6emyrxaq9rc0eh4fzty8sh7j8uc80qmjt7hjrt2hg5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfjyu8q5xqsxnh9807p3zfrw59qn6qxfls95r4363vpwn6yz9x5aga8m6z5'>nevent1q…m6z5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>let&#39;s see how the $13/mo server holds up<br/><br/>(luckily the site is very lightweight but hey this is not my specialization) 2024-12-06T18:20:56Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg54lc8jp2w98ual2vhnrc5f64g6jqqlsgvm73vsppen7qqsmj69czyrpuj4dkm49wsw28l6emyrxaq9rc0eh4fzty8sh7j8uc80qmjt7hjy7kyc9 and old mentor and friend once told me (warning, it was art school) that if you make 100 of anything it becomes interesting. controversy ensued. but over the last month i somehow made about 100 drawings like this one below and sortof can&#39;t stop?<br/><br/>hid the plotter and ruler, like playing arpeggios instead of using a sequencer or code.<br/><br/>also i can&#39;t believe our friend skunk didn&#39;t ransack that compost bowl last night.<br/> <img src="https://assets.merveilles.town/media_attachments/files/113/580/024/543/579/890/original/cb8dc2057779d362.jpg"> <br/> 2024-12-01T23:16:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsttvwxdumcnxrsg66ud9nt0gdtg96cpdmj97y0jp63rnl3ee502xszyrpuj4dkm49wsw28l6emyrxaq9rc0eh4fzty8sh7j8uc80qmjt7hj98vzsy measuring kilowatts like we live on a tiny boat 2024-11-23T22:21:24Z