Joy in Ruination
Tristan Louth-RobinsJoy in Ruination is a newsletter from Tristan Louth-Robins, taking the form of short essays touching on themes of personal recollection, the environment, acoustic ecology and the act of listening. Seeking meaning, solace and joy in the noise of decline.
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Maurilia Station: June 2026
Towards a ‘country ramble’
Following on from last month’s instalment, I’m pleased to report that as I write this, the pace of life, projects, work and everything else has settled into something that feels genuinely manageable. Currentl...
Maurilia Station: April/May 2026
This is not (yet) my beautiful quietude
As 2025 tumbled through the sky in a coil of blackened burnout, I’d resolved that 2026 would be a purposefully quieter year on the creative front. If there was going to be anything vaguely consis...
White Sands
Maryon Park, October 2025. Image: Lauren Playfair
“Later, listening back to the recording, he was surprised to find how the sound of the gulls and wind, the slap of waves, evoked not the grim reality of the crossing but the romantic ideal...
Maurilia Station: February/March 2026
Maurilia Station is my blog at Wordpress (https://www.tristanlouthrobins.wordpress.com) which I’ve maintained for over a decade. Since 2025, I’ve republished my monthly newsletter here on Substack.
A bit late on this. Things are a bit busy...
Collapse Into Now
I started working on a different version of this essay around the midpoint of 2025, when the prospect of depression had vaguely presented itself, but was being kept to the margins by the sheer frenzy of daily life. At the time, as I stewed...
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Tristan Louth-Robins is a Tarntanya/Adelaide-based artist and writer whose practice integrates sound art, acoustic ecology, and data science.
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