Journal · On Substack from October 18, 2026
The Semiotic Diaries
Readings of the Ordinary
Short semiotic readings of the ordinary — a painting, an object, a place. Each diary takes one everyday thing and shows how much meaning it quietly carries.
The journal
The season opens on Sunday, October 18, 2026 with Jacques a dit, a reading of Jacques Derrida and his method; Edward Hopper’s Office at Night follows.
New readings then appear every Sunday on Substack. Follow free for one reading each month; a paid subscription ($5/month · $50/year) opens the full weekly essays and the complete archive, and a Founding Member tier is there for readers who want to support the imprint directly. The essays range across painting and photography, the uncanny and the everyday, objects and places.
The first print volume (free for paid subscribers) gathers the opening season (about two dozen pieces) and arrives in spring 2027, in the Phenomenon Books design.