epistemology, philosophy, theology, religion
soundtrack Feelings by Morris Albert art Standard Loneliness Package by Charles Yu Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind by Charlie Kaufman Brave New World by Aldous Huxley commerce Affective Labour, Pret a Manger and the political economy of post-recession England by Paul Myerscough AKB48 member’s ‘penance’ shows flaws in idol culture Private Dancer by Tina [...]
TO THE HYPHENATED POETS Richer than mother’s milk is half-and-half Friends of two minds, redouble your craft. Our shelves our hives, our selves a royal jelly, may we at Benares and Boston, Philly and Delhi
Like many, I found the sequence in which the new Ripley gives herself a Caesarian to be the best and truest to form. The magic of the original Alien movie was largely the alien in all its unsubtle sexuality. That is, the species will or drive for self-preservation programmed into all life. Yes, the movie [...]
About 15 years ago I saw Tyler Brule, then just two years into Wallpaper, give a presentation that would forever change my understanding of art and commerce. He explained how Wallpaper was cajoling its clients into letting the magazine’s art team redo their ads so that these would play better as facing pages to the [...]
Spanish tapas are said to have been invented in the 13th century when the Spanish king Alfonso X The Wise required that all bars serve a plate of cold cuts along with every glass of wine. (The word “tapas” means “covers” as in a small plate of food which covers the glass of alcohol with [...]
in the actor-spectator relationship, both participants experience self-knowledge by “trading places” with another person. for the actor, self-knowledge is gained by looking inward, as if into a mirror. the actor is trained to master her own mind and body so that she may produce the gestures and voice that convey another person. the better the [...]
A tick > Lyme disease > absent boss > riskier trades > $2bn trading loss.
From the Wikipedia entry on the origins of the scrapbook in the 15th century and their ongoing function as self-portraits: From the standpoint of the psychology of authorship, it is noteworthy that keeping notebooks is in itself a kind of tradition among litterateurs. A commonplace book of literary memoranda may serve as a symbol to [...]
The making of planet Earth – a process better known as globalization – begins after the Renaissance, as newly empowered groups embrace the idea that, contra the Church, the world is both knowable and mostly unknown. before The frontier – the unsettled terrain – is thus not just an economic and political prize but also, importantly, a [...]
Surely, for every lover who says “I love you” (which is to ask “Do you love me?”) there is another who asks “What went wrong?” – or, simply, “Why don’t you love me anymore?” Few movies so deftly tackle this whodunnit as well as Blue Valentine. Using the techniques of a mystery – the withholding of [...]