sebastian castillo
@bartlebytaco
the glass eye that stares at me in amazement from the bronze mantel, and will never be appeased
the full spread is even better 🙂 fresh, green life will be out june of next year
🍃 COVER ANNOUNCEMENT 🍃 Today we share the cover for @bartlebytaco's FRESH, GREEN LIFE, designed by @dedreytnien, with art direction by @nlcaputo. FRESH, GREEN LIFE will be available everywhere on 6/24/25, and is available to preorder now: softskull.com/books/fresh-gr…
i agree that this is beautiful. and a lovely rendition of chopin. happy sunday to you
This is what I came to the internet for
spinoza:
im sure the guy who hasnt made a single good life choice in 20 years is gonna turn it all around right now
back in my day, you used to hawk tuah spit on that thing. but you don't hear about this anymore. the past is a foreign country indeed: they do things differently there
we have some great novella recommendations by Adam Soldofsky @adamsoldofsky ! check out what Adam has to say about novellas by Sebastian Castillo @bartlebytaco, Tom Comitta @TomComitta, & Cora Lewis @cora xraylitmag.com/adam-soldofksy…
are novels written by their narrators or by the person who wrote the book? it is impossible to say and no one really knows
i actually remember really well the day the goku vs frieza fight concluded. i was visiting upstate new york and my mother’s friend wanted to take me horseback riding but i said no because i had to watch the episode. this upset him. i’ve still never ridden a horse
No kid remembers their best day in front of the TV.
heaven's getting a crazy ass concert tonight... bach on harpsicord, miles davis on trumpet, prince on electric guitar, frank sinatra on vocals, ozzy osbourne on vocals, 2pac on vocals. and johnny cash on middle finger. rip
band practice 20 years ago today. i couldn’t find skinny jeans at the store so i’m wearing a pair of my mom’s jeans that were too big for her

this was me. and i just watched it for the first time. fantastic cinema
receiving verified reports that people are out there watching Ratatouille to prepare themselves for Copi's CITY OF RATS
don’t know if it’s pop science but i remember reading that elephants emit the same neural signals when they interact with humans as we do when we interact with puppies and kittens
It's funny how baby elephants have zero awareness of how big they are.
thought about this today
watching a blur show from 1994 and spotted this couple making out during "tracy jacks" in the middle of a 8,000-person concert in london, very romantic
i would say with a few exceptions a lot of narrative art that’s made by someone in their mid 20s is clearly made by someone that age
Orson Welles made Citizen Kane at 26 years old PTA made Boogie Nights at 26 Kubrick made Paths of Glory at 26 Ryan Coogler made Fruitvale Station at 26 Chantal Akerman made Jeanne Dielman at 24 Jean-Luc Godard made Breathless at 29
william blake’s to see the world in a grain of sand but about a double kick flip
impressed that my brain immediately produced “the strokes being interviewed by nardwuar” from this image. not a testament to anything other than all the goo we have stored within ourselves that wants to get out
pattern recognition test
discovered that today, coincidentally, is mayakovsky's birthday. and so on this occasion i'll share a favorite o'hara poem, unpublished in his life: "and / always embrace things, people earth / sky stars, as I do, freely and with / the appropriate sense of space"
bought a few green integer books and this one was on top of my pile. my gf said “wow he’s really hot” it’s true
bought a few green integer books and this one was on top of my pile. my gf said “wow he’s really hot” it’s true

listening to "under the bridge" by ret hot chilli peppers contemplating all of life and its poisons