An exploration of order and chaos through the turbulent vision of Francis Bacon and the uneasy balance that shapes human perception. Turmoil.

An honest reflection on art, mortality and the tension between staying alive or letting go, through the lens of Matthew Wong and romanticism. Stay or go.

From the pencil dot to the pixel: a reflection on AI, video games, and the origins of visual art expression. Food for thought. The pixel, the dot.

A reflection on semiotics, ritual, cave art, and the Qatsi trilogy as the origin of human expression beyond language. The awe.

Art and science meet through photography. A reflection on imagination, technology, and Sebastião Salgado’s vision of the world. The eye inside the eye.

A reflection on forgotten artists, gifted artworks, and how art can disappear quietly over time. Inspired by Róbert Berény and the visual power of music. A Lost Sound.

A personal reflection on emptiness, light, and Edward Hopper’s “Sunlight in an Empty Room”. Art, sadness, and the quiet weight of being alive.

A short reflection on art, invisibility, and the uncomfortable truth behind the phrase “less is more.” Sometimes, in art and in life, less is simply less.

A reflection on Xul Solar’s visionary art, alchemy, hermetic thought and inner universes beyond trends, power and the art market. The alchemist.

An analysis of Franz von Stuck’s Circe and the dark beauty behind her seductive gaze. A reflection on desire, propaganda, and the modern poisoned cup. The cure.

In The Eye Inside the “I”, Ojolo reflects on the Pantheon of Agrippa, sacred space, inner vision, and the architecture of eternity. A poetic take on gaze, ritual, and meaning.

A sharp reflection on Warhol, Pop Art, business, and the battlefield every artist must face. Strategy, survival, and creation collide in this week’s Ojolo Notes. The war and the hole.

A brief meditation on emptiness as a starting point, through architecture, sculpture, and the monumental spaces shaped by Eduardo Chillida.

Ojolo reflects on how love, like art, dances between illusion and truth. Inspired by Quinten Massys’ Ill-Matched Lovers, this piece questions when love is real, and if it ever truly is.

Füssli’s The Nightmare has long been seen as a vision of horror. But what if it was actually about pleasure — and society’s fear of it?

Beyond Halloween's commercial façade lies Mexico's profound Día de Muertos, a centuries-old tradition honoring death itself. Discover the true meaning behind La Catrina and why this ancestral celebration transcends life, as told through the eyes of someone who keeps the tradition alive: Death laughs at life

A reflection on dreams, solitude, and the eternal desire to rise above reality, inspired by Caspar David Friedrich’s “The Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog.”

An introspective reflection on the thin line between madness and creation. Through the stormy brilliance of J.M.W. Turner, Ojolo questions the blindness of today’s art market, a world that often mistakes light for noise.

Art isn’t a choice —it’s a calling that can drive you to the edge of madness. In “Between Madness and Art”, Ojolo reflects on the life of Martín Ramírez, a visionary who turned schizophrenia into a landscape of creation.

A raw reflection on staying loyal to your art vision versus selling your soul to the market. With Kafka as an unexpected mirror.