Published in Overland Issue 223 Winter 2016 · Uncategorized elliptic ecliptic Leif Mahoney to John Tranter ‘I had read in books that art is not easy’ that words hide themselves in dark corners no-one warned of the colourful spires milking evaporated carnations the emeralds phone brightly in’s Brooke painted with Betty Windsor and Bert Newton a chiaroscuro pear glowing with charisma drifting through intelligent mist in search of speed turned red in the night do electric sheep dream of silver marigolds reflecting by quiet reflections ever so ever so ever. Read the rest of Overland 223 – If you liked this article, please subscribe or donate. Leif Mahoney Leif Mahoney is a former architect and art gallery director, who is an art language artist. His major project has been the abstract dada novel Nunawading. More by Leif Mahoney › Overland is a not-for-profit magazine with a proud history of supporting writers, and publishing ideas and voices often excluded from other places. If you like this piece, or support Overland’s work in general, please subscribe or donate. Related articles & Essays 22 April 2024 · Gaming Game-death in infinite game-worlds: Darkest Dungeon 2 Josie/Jocelyn Suzanne Death is the ultimate stamp of value. It was invented to sell arcade-like 1 Up repetition to the home market. To read politics in videogames is to learn to read necropolitically, which is why gamers don’t like politics. 19 April 2024 · Friday Fiction Stilted J.E “Mahal” Cuya One hour after midnight. Everyone in rooms. Living room – dark. Table look like monsters. Like death. TV on stand. Netflix Logo. No one watching. Residents asleep. They have dementia.
