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1:16

Respiration

Le Lapin ·

2024/12/15

As weathered skins grow paper thinthe weight foreshadowedcould only be for nightTo hide shocked currents of contritionFlowing from eyes drownedBy deep wells bent into bonesThe sea waves salted command:lay loss, within the landAnd so the storyOf rocks stilled by soulsGrow to become facesForming wind whispersBy those, strandedFrom a birthright to loveToo many attempt to feignOr resign to living withoutOpening up to knowingThe land offers her armsWhen cold, or hard handsRemain absentIn the violence of

17:02

Making it Rain

Le Lapin ·

2024/12/08

The idea that art is an elitist activity is a commonplace attitude. I’m not sure which is more dangerous, the idea or the attitude. Attitudes seem to change with greater ease than ideas, so perhaps the construct of the idea can be the culprit to the follied results of making art for a special class. Of course, I can be easily dead-wrong, as I have been on the premise that anyone could make art. Yes, everyone can create things - the differences are the varying degrees of mind, skill, and care. This

1:46

A Dedication

Le Lapin ·

2024/12/03

If we cannot have peace in the world, perhaps love and beauty can save us. Remember evil is real. To deny or misname evil as human allows anyone to embody it. It allows the distortion of a lie to become animated by the hatred in the heart making blind eyes to beauty. Through the wetness of crying eyes, the lashes upon our lids become sand beaches aching for the warmth of sun in this persistent eclipse. People whisper that only when we have nothing left, the value of poetry, music and art will return

13:22

Waters Rising by Choice

Le Lapin ·

2024/11/20

What kind of reality do people want to live in? This question surely rests in an increasing number of minds. Relative to culture production, the advent of new systems permitting or butressing stews of cultural values calls a critique, or at least, an examination of how ideas and visions play out in reality. I should rather call this: Reality Therapy. Starting from the end, is usually where I like to begin, and work backwards. This is different from brain storming, and allows forms to emerge, to be

3:34

When the Earth Sings to Us

Le Lapin ·

2024/09/16

The Earth Sings to Us, a title by friend and curator, became When The Earth Sings to Us. The Artistic Research is at https://mariamman.net/aesthetic-resonances/ Here we gather, perchedatop the world naming privilegeas badge of honorfor not we be heardbut our ancestors appreciatedfor the courage to make risksto loveand to endurebetrayal and good meanings gone wrongwe stand here, not only to be strongbut to first question, then long before sagacity be performedpaying diligence to, the power of

4:18

Obliterating Worries

Le Lapin ·

2024/07/25

There is a strange seductive quality worry has to it. Worry masquerades as care. Worry invents conclusions and outcomes that usually do not come to pass. And if those worries do arise in reality, an exponential worry complex emerges.Rebecca Solnit had described worry as an activity claiming to know something that one truly does not. In this bodied activity, done in the face of the unknown, worry digs pits in stomachs, summons acid in the the soft canals for precious air and water, and can

7:21

Paris

Le Lapin ·

2024/06/12

This is the first collaboration between Remontant Press and photography of Mari Amman. Limited Edition pre-orders are now open. A closing date on orders will soon follow. That means the window of opportunity to make this vision of Time, silkscreen printed with black plastisol ink on ivory ring-spun fabric runs a bit like mortality. This high-quality wardrobe essential is for those who appreciate bespoke design wearing in sweetly over time. There are currently 7 shirts available now, for those who

1:42

Structure

Le Lapin ·

2024/04/29

"Structure, in the making and demolition of form, when brought into light with the human relationship with environment makes outcomes of social relationships evident to me. The description of toxic masculinity can be ascribed to the absence of masculinity. The exhausting petulance of progressive ideology has an emotional labor that seems to justify the self-proclaimed and righteous feminist. There are always costs and risks associated with any temporary benefit. The necessity for difference and

5:33

Images versus reality

Le Lapin ·

2024/04/22

How to put this lightly? Dead butterflies not pictured. This was one of the editorial photographs printed on the cover of a Malibu newspaper of a fundraising event for a tragic death, that resulted in further-preventable tragedy. I feel terrible about making an image that looks so happy, because that was what I was hired to do. I get it: in a cost ratio assessment of life, we cannot sit around in sad heaps for everything. The rub of nausea with me witnessing this “liberating” of life to vainly

1:02

A Little Bit

Le Lapin ·

2024/04/16

Le Lapin is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.So far I have yet to find any placebo or remedy for my cat allergy*. I adore them, and most of them seem to be fond toward me. Alas, my immune system doesn’t like cats, and not more than a day before my eyes are puffy, red, throat itchy, and body exhausted. Hearing the sweet mew of the cat while everyone was away, made me cave, inviting the fluffy beauty in. I offered her

34:51

Identity

Le Lapin ·

2024/04/15

Le Lapin is a reader-supported publication. Become a contributing subscriber.In the perspective of geological time, the concept of personal becomes relegated to bones. In the imaginary realm, our life stories become echos. As Freud-freaks battle it out with Lacanian devotees, and the Jung hummers, the notion of self, in my experience and perspective of spirituality, can be ascribed as a notion of a memory body. The memory body performs as the soma animation, a kind of ghost-like connection with the

2:14

Saddest season

Le Lapin ·

2024/04/10

Spring has always been the saddest season full of big promises and instability knowing all will pass after summer anyway The rainThe sunThe shinefor Heaven-sakes make up your mind Wind You make me want to blow over all your pauses and gusts whatever celestial becoming forces living beings to endure such impatient forces soon to be scorched and released the most intense beauty before the snow we all once had feared the deep sleepand yet on repeat Spring is the hardest seasonas another round of

1:25

Screaming in Silence

Le Lapin ·

2024/04/07

I promise to screamif I have to hear about another self indulgent alibi for polyamoryI promise to screamif I have to to hearabout another ignorant claimto people having no right to self defensebut you see I have already notScreamed but exposed my crown to the icy cold fjordto keep a facade of calmto comfort those all aroundbut I have to screamBecause love should not be tabooand money not god but a meansI do not abide by the sophist intricaciescomplicating thingsI’ve exposed myself to those waysand

16:25

Mind Your Clicks

Le Lapin ·

2024/04/03

OH YEAH ….if you want to be a guest, or have a recorded discussion…let’s do that since I’m getting tired of the sound of my own voice: mariammanart@icloud.comThe risk of sharing with whoever stumbles down the Le Lapin rabbit hole I ventured into or simply existing in this world has begun to feel more like the Netflix series: You. There have been more than a few encounters with someone’s like Joe, in the show, to which I wish had been aired decades ago. Despite being raised a bit sheltered and

1:11

Osmen

Le Lapin ·

2024/03/30

Poetry Prose &Suche will soon release as a published set with ISBN. All those who order copies will receive a lifetime paid version of Le Lapin. The heart is capable of so much more than the mind alone. Let us allow men to cry and our arms to drop, if only to lift open up to an embrace. May we be free of our conditioning and have the courage to a hearts open future. Even if it means to stand shaking, naked, a light protect those who are confronted by a sword. For those who walked away from the

11:18

Currency

Le Lapin ·

2024/03/27

Taboos become larger cultural palpitations. These manifest themselves in waves of group-think, which can sometimes result in the masses doing something retrospectively incorrect that seems like the right thing in the moment. That incorrectness is often disregarded in favor of turning a cheek. The path to redemption is indeed arduous and often seemingly fruitless. Acknowledging error and working to grow has led to more gratitude, work and understanding; so, I wonder why the isolation of taboo

16:33

Reality Theaters

Le Lapin ·

2024/03/20

Along with free speech is the important aspect of allowing people to see things the way they do. That is to open up the mind instead of inform it, and box it, with a neat little label. This is one of the reasons I appreciate the visual and sensorial realm more than the often coined nature of text or commodity market sloganeering playing upon the way words can be read, interpreted and digested in several ways. I see it as a responsibility when creating something to be ultra-careful to knowing this

0:36

Cavern

Le Lapin ·

2024/03/08

what shapes are writtenon the wallfor howthe body howlsa man’s painstransferredto herin wavesof pleasuresettles assediments of sorrowlatera womanbecomesa vesselfor the warof lifeand a containerthat flowsevery moonredor growsa seed with warmthand care.* Mari Amman, Oslo, Norway 2023 Get full access to Le Lapin at lelapin.substack.com/subscribe

6:13

Gurus and false prophets

Le Lapin ·

2024/03/06

One of the wonders of free speech is the possibility of knowing who or what you’re being faced with. The experience of a parrot-in-human-form becomes obvious when particular phrases are regurgitated by different people, as if the same psyche was inhabiting their body. One of the peculiar aspects of this encounter is how unique the speaker seems convinced they are. Such as in the Dunning-Kruger effect, where someone is too daft to know they are ignorant, when it comes to parroting propaganda or

6:16

Agreement

Le Lapin ·

2024/02/28

Perhaps there is one thing people can agree on today, anyone with a sane mind that is: destroying creates anguish. Finding acceptance of unacceptable behavior has been one of the tumultuous mental strains the notion of freedom has made my mind wrestle with. What would humanity be if they were allowed to do absolutely anything they want? Tribalistic? Canabalistic? Are they not doing these things, in tacit ways already? The pursuit of winning has seemed to be in vein…and I mean vein not vain. A life

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