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January 6, 2013

How reading flip-flops from digital to physical | Books | The Observer

Robin Sloan, author of Fish, the acclaimed iPhone essay featured here a few months ago, used the term “flip-flop” to define an increasingly common process by which a work of art moves between different formats, and specifically between the physical… Continue reading

December 20, 2012

Meditatio

You can listen to a piece that I put together called Meditatio by clicking here. Continue reading

December 19, 2012

Roman Ingarden (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)

An important philosopher whose work should be read by anyone who has an interest in grasping the ontology of the work of art. This is especially true of his work on music & film. Roman Ingarden (1893 – 1970) was… Continue reading

December 18, 2012

@babette_babich: Arches in Koblenz

As always, some beautiful images from philosopher & photographer Babette Babich. This time, Arches in Koblenz. Follow her on Twitter: @babette_babich Continue reading

December 18, 2012

Human//Again: Texas Artist John Coté

Jonathan Coté is an artist from Texas. He grew up in the big alienating city of Dallas,TX. As a young adult he spent many years in Austin,TX as a rickshaw driver, bike activist, freegan chef to the homeless punk kids… Continue reading

December 17, 2012

Getting back to film | naomiguest

Getting back to film | naomiguest. Continue reading

December 15, 2012

3quarksdaily: Active Imagination

In many ways, Jung has aged worse than Papa Freud. His world now seems quaint and naïve in its lack of suspicion and irony, in its insistence on treating symbols as universal, in its belief that all peoples are telling… Continue reading

December 12, 2012

Aphorism 12 Dec 2012

The goal of science is the utility of understanding. The target of philosophizing is the beauty of comprehension. Continue reading

December 10, 2012

Leaving the woods

December 8, 2012

4 Eco-Friendly Structures Straight Out of Science Fiction | Cracked.com

With their usual wit & sarcasm, the Cracked.com team lets us know about some pretty cool structures. A few chuckles does not take away from the feeling of how fricking cool all these things are. 4 Eco-Friendly Structures Straight Out… Continue reading

December 6, 2012

Rochen (Batoidea, Syn.: Rajomorphii)

Some really great stuff over at hellboy2503. Rochen (Batoidea, Syn.: Rajomorphii). Continue reading

December 6, 2012

Adding Color To The Most Iconic Photos In History | The Roosevelts

I usually don’t go in for the colorizing of B&W. This is probably a holdover of when the fad was colorizing films, some of which directors had purposefully chosen to do in B&W as an aspect of the film. But… Continue reading

December 4, 2012

Who Needs College? The Swiss Opt for Vocational School | TIME.com

This is something we really need to be doing in the USA. I would still encourage folks to learn & be engaged in the arts, humanities, & sciences, but we have to admit that the overwhelming majority of people who… Continue reading

December 4, 2012

Dreamstate: Holographic & Multidimensional « Thoughts of a Taoist Babe

Interesting take on things from an artist… and some stunning art as well. For quite awhile now, I have been going on and on about my vivid dreams and the process of dreaming, ad nauseum. Not only have I given… Continue reading

December 2, 2012

ARTSblog » Blog Archive » STEM Promotes Science Instruction at the Expense of Humanities

My good sister & colleague Kelli Barr responded to the ARTSblog piece to which I posted a link the other day. Besides a response here at Reason & Existenz, she also wrote a longer reaction at ARTSblog. She goes into… Continue reading

December 1, 2012

Survival of the biggest | The Economist

Interesting cover for this week’s Economist. Survival of the biggest | The Economist. Continue reading

November 21, 2012

Situating Street Artists

Cool. Filmmakers Z.S. Grant and John Carr have spent the better part of the past year ricocheting around the country, capturing the stories of politically minded street artists for their documentary series, “Voice of Art.” Their eight-episode Web series —… Continue reading

November 19, 2012

Camille Paglia, George Lucas, & the Work of Art

Thanks to my beautiful friend Joy Harris who told me about this article. Time to pull out my own writings on this and dust them off. Who is the greatest artist of our time? Normally, we would look to literature… Continue reading