Art/Skill/Techne
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Suspended academic
Here is Prometheus bound. Continue reading
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Unchained Mind-walking
My visit to Abilene this last week has been quiet and refreshing after teaching two courses during the second part of Summer school. Humble thanks to my colleagues Doug and Loni who co-taught one course with me at UNT. First… Continue reading
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The Hierophant: There is more-so than the just-so
The most intriguing nuances of experience cannot be wholly captured by words. Positive claims within consciousness-as-such can only apprehend so-much of our being-world as an encompassing phenomenon (Jaspers 1970b: 18-22). We have known this since the very beginning of recorded… Continue reading
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A Denton coffee house gets roasted for firing a worker | The Trinity River Lookout
Thanks to Cien Fuego and the comrades at Trinity River Lookout for this great article. Solidarity! When Chris Dobbs walked into Aura Coffee Thursday, he didn’t expect to be let go without explanation. When Aura Coffee management woke up Friday,… Continue reading
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Socrates in the Anthropocene
I want to thank Scott Knowles for encouraging me to leave my little town of Denton, Texas, and come up here for the Anthropocene Campus Philadelphia at Drexel University. A word of warning as I follow up my colleagues on the roving… Continue reading
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New TV AntiHeroes as archetypes of the American nightmare
This seems right to me. The dark heroes or antiheroes of TV–and I would go back to The Sopranos for the beginning of this–represent the fundamental fear of the “middle class” losing everything in one fell swoop. Life becomes about… Continue reading
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Infrared Photography Captures the Neon World of Colorblind Islanders – Creators
On a small island in the Pacific called Pingelap, a high percentage of the population sees the world in only black and white. A startling number of island’s inhabitants suffer from achromatopsia, or total color-blindness with an increased sensitivity to… Continue reading
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Picasso and the Spanish Civil War
The Meadows Museum at Southern Methodist University acquired some sketches by Picasso that concern the Spanish Civil War: “The Dream and Lie of Franco.” All above works captured here by my photography may be under copyright and are being posted for… Continue reading
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Anti-Fascism vs. Nostalgia in “Rogue One”
Thanks to my old high school friend, John F., for pointing this out to me. Great summary of why Rogue One may be the best Star Wars film yet. The author is at pains, sometimes, to be sufficiently critical; maybe errs… Continue reading
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Leonard Cohen’s New Album is Streaming, And It’s Wonderful — Flavorwire
Thank you NPR! The venerable public broadcaster is streaming Leonard Cohen’s You Want It Darker as part of its First Listen program, and you can hear it below. You should probably stop whatever you’re doing and listen. The album is,… Continue reading
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and… still
…Still There she sits in memory Drifting on the edge of tomorrow Laughter fills the daydream light Tears baptize her pillows Time is stillness, time is… Every night in prayer for love Recalling all the dearest hearts That sometimes called… Continue reading
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Star Wars Rebels Season Three Trailer (Official) – YouTube
Get your first look at the new season of Star Wars Rebels, featuring the return of characters both new and familiar from both sides of the rebellion. Continue reading
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It’s Not Cool to Hate the ‘Star Wars’ Prequels Anymore | Inverse
I am super happy to see this. A struggle for me over the last 20 years has been to get folks to see the Star Wars prequels as films in their own right that contribute visually and allegorically to mythography established… Continue reading
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Of the usefulness of propriety and the uselessness of superheroes
Started off the day asking about why we have such a big proliferation in the stories of superheroes. Finished the day by talking about Dào 38 and touching on a lot of the problems with professional education in the USA. Continue reading
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Amanda Waller
I was trying to come up with a pithy title for reposting this Vulture report on the DC character, but whenever I tried to describe her in a couple of words, they seemed limiting and wrong. I was… Continue reading
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