It's finally here
It's finally here
The print version of Mercurius’s iconic Surreal-Absurd series is now available!
An anthology like no other.
Between nature and culture
It is normal to be worried and dissatisfied these days. Former icons are invalid, old narratives are deceitful, mainstream thinking is biased, our feelings betray us, and reason only hastens arguments against ourselves. One might say: our entire culture is opposed to nature, and nature is always right. However, this opposition seems misconceived.
Meditations: Tree of death
On the solstice 2020, I encountered the ancient Crowhurst Yew and had a conversation.
Transform your mind: the sun’s gravity
We are not only being pulled down towards the earth. There is a distant yet tremendously greater force influencing and choreographing our days: the sun, the orgasmic burning centre of our solar system.
The sun: To build or not to build?
The history of philosophy can be reduced to a hypothetical conversation between the structure builder, Plato, and the artifice destroyer, Diogenes.
Platform
Platform, acrylic and oil on linen. 146 x 180cm. 2020. Jose Castiella.
I must keep from breaking into the story by force
When I met Joy Harjo, I fell under the spell of her sylvan gaze. I felt I was before a kind of astrolabe that ponders the silences of heaven and earth. She read us her verses and sang, and her song caught up and drew together the invisible threads that tie us to those who came before us.
He Contains Multitudes: Dylan’s new album keeps the mystery going
When the radio did a midnight reveal of his latest album “Rough and Rowdy Ways” on Thursday night, it felt like Bob Dylan had made way for the Bob Zimmerman underneath. Transitioning from Mercury to Mercurius. Here was an old friend checking in and leaving his mask at the door. Or is it just another one?
Who is Mercurius?
There are deep currents to the alchemical personality of Mercurius. Mercurius stands not only for political transformation, but also spiritual, philosophical and psychological perfection.
Mercuries #2: One hour in Vilnius
The material of literature is language and the material of performance is liveness. These improvised, talking performances explore the various tropes of public speaking, such as recitation, reading and introductions. They tend to grow from small gestures into weirder things.
Metamorphosis
Metamorphosis by Ariadna. Presented to the public for the first time by Mercurius Magazine.
Noli me tangere
Noli me tangere. C-print on paper, 65 x 65 cm, 2020. Victor Manzanal.
Meditations: The Dark Rose
The wind the sun the hum
The drip the drop the distraction
The fifth element(s): Time, space and consciousness
The fifth element is the most mysterious of all the elements. It is the missing link that crowns and completes our earthly knowledge.
Meditations: Air
As the borough and bankside start to receive an influx of 200 skyscrapers, the trees are dwarfed. Can they survive?
The thin place
In Gaelic, the “thin place” translates as “closest place to heaven on Earth”. The cloud appears to touch the water. As you gaze on the iron clad surface, the peaty mud between your toes, a deafening silence surrounds your ears.
Air: the double magic of words
Words themselves are empty: hollow draughts of spit encasing air. In Tarot cards, the element of air is defined by swords that cut both ways. Words foster clarity or wreak havoc and self-harm. We should be careful how we use them.
La gaviota (the seagull)
La gaviota (the seagull) by Ariadna. Presented to the public for the first time by Mercurius Magazine.
Being a body
Ser un cuerpo (Being a body), C-print on paper, 60 x 65 cm, 2020. Victor Manzanal.
Riding the first wave: Lockdown in Paris
Lockdown can feel like prison. No long walks, nor catching up with friends. Everyone you know is scattered across the city, out of physical reach. Policemen patrol the streets. You sit alone in your room, grim and anxious, perhaps even depressed.
Fire
As the yearly heat begins again, the city comes to life. With lockdown eased, the roads pulsate with cars, and the terraces of bars are brimming with drinkers and diners. Those eerie days of March, of emptiness and birdsong-haunted avenues, have started to recede. Perhaps all this will be a memory soon. How much normality will be restored, if any?
The never-ending quest…
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