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Culled from the Instagrams of notable artists, writers and other creatives, Just Looking encourages readers to find small delights in the world around themRedstone Press, the makers of the Redstone Diary, Surrealist Games, Seeing Things and many other unexpected titles, invite you to join us on a visual odyssey. Curated from the Instagram pages of writers, artists and other observers, Just Looking invites readers to pause and contemplate the extraordinary within the everyday. From city streets to country landscapes, Just Looking showcases the diverse perspectives of those who have mastered the art of observation, encouraging us to lift our gaze from the screens of our busy lives in order to appreciate the strange beauty that lies in plain sight all around us. Everyone possesses the capacity to be a keen observer, to see the world with fresh eyes and to find inspiration in the most unexpected places.Just Looking transcends geographical boundaries and cultural differences. Here, the lens becomes a universal language, communicating stories that resonate with shared human experience and that encapsulate the breadth and depth of our daily existence. More than just a collection of photographs, this is a celebration of the simple art of looking.Featured Instagrams include: Shirin Neshat, Eileen Myles, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Roz Chast, Peter Doig, Olivia Laing, Mel Chin, David Byrne, Simon Wallis, Keith McNally, Lee Shulman, Toby Litt, Cornelia Parker, Polly Samson, Max Porter, Thomas Adès, Olivia Sudjic, Rachel Whiteread, Kamila Shamsie.

This year's edition of Redstone's beloved cult diary celebrates happiness and the exploration of joy in everyday lifeLife, the philosophers say, should be spent in pursuit of happiness. We are bombarded with advice on what fulfillment looks like: on how to be, what not to do, improvement plans, mantras of wellbeing, being kind to oneself and others. But such contentment remains elusive; nor is it a rational goal, however alluring. We can, at best, only see glimmers of such pleasures and recall them in retrospect. But if we can place these moments together, day by day, across weeks and months, we can achieve something resembling a good life. Edited by Julian Rothenstein, founder of the Redstone Press, the 2025 Redstone Diary is a calendar of these essential moments of flourishing. From Virginia Woolf's diary to Confucian texts, the syncopations of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, to the Pillow Book of Shea Shonagon, Moments of Happiness brims with photography, painting, poetry and more. It opens with a thought-provoking introduction by English author and historian Marina Warner that questions how and why we pursue our bliss. Coveted by creatives and stationery aficionados alike, the Redstone Diary is a practical, inspiring and aesthetically pleasing companion for the calendar year.

"A sunset. A famous writer at the door. A fire hydrant that casts a beguiling shadow. A sinister note from a hotel cleaner. An archival portrait that speaks across the decades. This book gathers some of the most captivating images from the Instagram pages of well-known artists, writers, musicians and archivists, each pursuing interests beyond what they're known for. This hugely entertaining Redstone collection will surprise you, make you laugh and see new things you might have missed."--Provided by publisher.

Alan loves the beach. More than a weekend respite, it is his home, his refuge, his sanctuary. And for most of the year, he strolls the sand in blissful solitude, letting nature-and no one else-touch him. But spring has given way to summer, and soon, the annual invasion of vacationers and tourists will subdivide the beach with blankets, umbrellas, and chairs, depriving Alan of his privacy and seclusion-the fundamental touchstones of his life.Resigned to endure another seasonal onslaught of beach-goers, Alan believes there is nothing he can do but prepare for the worst.But fate has other plans.Delivered to him on the crest of a rogue wave, the strange object appears to have no purpose, no practical use-until Alan accidentally discovers what waits inside. Now he must attempt to unravel an ageless mystery, unaware that the final outcome will change his life, and the beach, forever.In the companion novella Short Time, you'll meet a respectable but bored middle-class executive, who exchanges his future for six months of excess and extravagance, only to find out the price he must pay for his hedonistic indulgence is beyond anything he could have imagined.

Are you bored by daily routine? Learn how to restore play to the everyday, with games and life tips from artists, writers and thinkers from Louise Bourgeois and Hunter S. Thompson to Lydia Davis and Karl Lagerfeld"Life must be lived as play," said Plato, and this book will help you rediscover the wonder in the weekly grind, and the extraordinary in the ordinary. Throughout history, philosophers, artists and writers have found liberation in taking play seriously. Everyday Play shows you how you can use creativity, games and the imagination to transform your life.Learn how to be someone else for a day; explore how to draw a poem, paint a book and reorient your library; enjoy writers using constraints or languages they don't understand; play the Edible Book Game or become a living sculpture; become a writer and play word games to find new ways of saying what you mean.Everyday Play is the essential compendium of artists' games, philosophers' inquiries and manifestos against the banal. They will challenge our perceptions of work, rest and play, with contributions from, among others, Joan Acocella, Luis Buñuel, Lewis Carroll, Robert Creeley, Adam Dant, Lydia Davis, Jeremy Deller, Dashiell Hammett, Will Hobson, Nina Katchadourian, Andrei Monastyrski, Francis Ponge, Erik Satie and Mark Wahlberg."Everyday Play is fabulous!" -Cornelia Parker"Everyday Play will jiggle your syntax and bio-energize your astral enzymes. It reads like the misbehaving son of 'Redstone.'" -Ed Ruscha

The photography and revolutionary graphics work which featured across W. E. B. Du Bois's Paris Exposition exhibit on African American life since the abolition of slavery from 1900 are brought together here. Du Bois's exhibit sought to present the nuance and sophistication of black lives in America and debunk the racist stereotypes of the era.