Mastodawn

Gardening as Resistance: Notes on Building Paradise

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.themarginalian.org/2026/03/25/gardening-art-resistance/

It is Derek Jarman’s birthday - he died at 52 from AIDS related illness - he left behind a vast cache of art and beauty - I wrote this on the way to Prospect Cottage #lgbtq #derekjarman #poetry #films #kent #dungeness

Antinous the Gay God Jan 31

🪷 31 Jan 1942 is #DerekJarman's birthday. He is a Saint of #Antinous for films Sebastiane, Jubilee, The Tempest, #Caravaggio, #LastOfEngland, #EdwardII" plus stagings for #KenRussell & the #PetShopBoys also for his LGBTQ & Human Rights activism. More: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2026/01/derek-jarman-saint-of-antinous.html 🪷

Pretty Gnostic Machine Dec 14

Just bought this!

#PsychicTV
#DerekJarman

https://www.discogs.com/release/34303528-Psychic-TV-A-Prayer-For-Derek-Jarman

Psychic TV - A Prayer For Derek Jarman

View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2025 CD release of "A Prayer For Derek Jarman" on Discogs.

Discogs

Advocate.com Nov 25

Tilda Swinton on the AIDS crisis and why fluidity isn't frightening

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/news/tilda-swinton-aids-losses-fluidity

Dope Old Person Nov 4

I finished reading #DerekJarman #ModernNature last night, but as I approached the end, I realised ( he has got lots of books) there is another diary that follows on from this, so I've ordered the cheapest second hand one I could find. Awaiting delivery.

I thought a bit about the old days and libraries... I haven't gotten a book out the library for quite a while now.

The book has promoted some family conversations, as it was written 89/90 and includes throwbacks to the past ( WW2 onwards)

Father Enoch Oct 22

I've been to two #funerals this year, and I'm dreading the more inevitably to come.

But NO ONE should ever have to attend FOURTY THREE funerals in a year, unless they work in a funeral home. That's almost one funeral a week.

https://www.them.us/story/tilda-swinton-hiv-aids-cricis-deaths-derek-jarman?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

#TildaSwinton
#DerekJarman
#AidsCrisis
#HIV
#90s

Tilda Swinton on Personal Impact of AIDS Crisis: “I Went to 43 Funerals” in 1994

The actor reflected on her collaboration with Derek Jarman who died from AIDS-related complications.

Them.

Dope Old Person Oct 4

Summer luxury is sitting in the garden til late, reading and waiting for stars.

Winter luxury is waking, returning to bed with a coffee, to read, as the day gets lighter. ( Includes a cat)

Still enjoying Derek Jarman Modern Nature, as he weaves his life while living in Dungeness.

Here, the wind has dropped, at the moment. DJ comments have reminded me our council have a consultation currently about future of town centre. I must have a look at that today.

#DerekJarman #reading #books