Caramblogage

A recent acquaintance inspired me to take up cartoon documentaries again, and so the "Book of Faragh" was born. Faragh means "emptiness", free space, free time. As it compiles a month of sketches (done in my free time) on a topic, I like the name for this personal little project. Hope you enjoy reading as much as I did making this, although this particular issue feels a bit too close to realities that are currently unfolding. It's been accompanying some of the stuff I've been writing here recently, but I thought it might be nice to have it collected in one place.

This IGAF (Is Goodness a Fashion) series explores, from a non-expert point of view the social, economic and narrative ramifications I see developing from the COVID-19 crisis, worries, but also hopes for a future that the current shock to the system may result in. Somehow, the shop I work at has escaped all the shutdowns so far- apparently, printing remains essential, as does the picking up of packages (or the purchase of ethically questionable medical masks ). I did go to work on Sunday- yesterday, by now. I needed a few hours of normality for myself and this is where I find some of it- work therapy. Immersing myself in other people's problems for a while, dealing with easily solvable and routine tasks and generally pleasant people- assuming the role of the genial shopkeep. It's not a bad place to be in a crisis. It's 20 minutes away on foot. At the tobacconist under my house, they set up beer boxes to mark safe distances. The old man, Uncle, I call him, whom I like,...

This IGAF (Is Goodness a Fashion) series explores, from a non-expert point of view the social, economic and narrative ramifications I see developing from the COVID-19 crisis, worries, but also hopes for a future that the current shock to the system may result in. Hello. It's been a while. It's been a lot of living, some work, but mostly just getting things back to a place I feel comfortable from. There's been some shit, there's been mostly good, there have been many encounters with unexpected people and some adventure was had along the way. And now, after this long while, I find myself sat at home, wondering what to do with myself. The streets are becoming quieter by the day, people locking themselves away at home, every headline in the past weeks has been about exactly one thing: a Coronavirus and its effects on the world. The last time I remember we as humans dealt with a possible pandemic was the Bird flu- H1N1, I believe- and even though those were worry...

Welcome to this installment of wondersome walls. This is the stickers week. Always remember: Thursday is temporary.

Walking through Kreuzberg, I can't help but keep my eyes glued to the walls, much to my co-pedestrians chagrin. The other day, I came across the above. Now, this is a huge wall, which spans most of a building. It's by Blu– (Streetfiles Archive ), who has already brought me much photographic joy with other works of his, which the link above will take you to. This wall is also in an awkward location from a photographic point of view. Short of climbing onto the roof of the building opposite, there was no way to capture it all in one take. So, enlisting the help of my father, who has done more stitches than I care to think of (see this for an example) , we set out to create a more complete view of this particular wall. It goes something like this: I still consider this as something of a work in progress, but we're getting there.  Thunderous Thursday!