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A Peer’s Tube

Robert Winter
July 19, 2021

Winter Ink PeerTube will allow for the documenting and preservation of videos to which I can link in my ongoing speculations about life and art. Links, and the content they reference, which are permanent and will always work. A necessity to promote the adoption of individually-owned and controlled sovereign spaces which enable an open and healthy web.

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Scribble, Scribble, Scribble

Robert Winter
May 17, 2021

I think it was the George III who is reputed to have said to the great historian Edward Gibbon: “Another damned, thick, square book! Always scribble, scribble, scribble! Eh! Mr. Gibbon?” Apocryphal or not, the sentiment is the apologetic title…

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How I Publish – Back to the Future

Robert Winter
August 12, 2020
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Printer working an early Gutenberg letterpress from the 15th century

A few months back I gave a short sketch of how I publish online. But today is back to the future as I return to WordPress.

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Contribution Manifesto

Robert Winter
August 9, 2020

Oil painting of men having a conversation, by Arnold Borisowich Lakhovsky

Second last day for the 100daystooffload.com challenge and I continue to contemplate ‘what’s next.’ Which is both technical and philosophical. Time for a contribution manifesto, me thinks. I don’t currently support ‘comments’ on my blog. I have long been in…

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Copying Old Masters

Robert Winter
August 8, 2020

For the better part of 400 years, the production of art in France was largely controlled by artistic academies. With the first official academy being the Académie Française (“French Academy”), founded in 1634 by Cardinal Richelieu. A key element of…

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Serialisation

Robert Winter
August 5, 2020

Advertisement for Great Expectations in All the Year Round

Whether pre-prepared or thought out during serialisation, it provides for a short or medium content format which addresses a long form topic.

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Self-Gaze

Robert Winter
August 1, 2020

It is possible to find a subjectivity and objectivity of the written word and know I am on the right track, even if my work is temporarily out of fashion.

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Finding Confidence

Robert Winter
July 30, 2020

While the fool is wise who opens not his mouth, the quiescence of the thoughtful is a loss for society. This is particularly the case when it comes to social media and blogging.