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Art As Search
(Rembrandt, A Scholar in his Study, c. 1640s) In 1998, when Google introduced their proprietary Internet search engine, the definition of the word search shifted. Searching had long been a laborious process of seeking carefully and thoroughly for information and insight on a topic. It took a lot work, usually by an individual with a Continue reading
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Resonant Thoughts: Craig Mod’s “Things Become Other Things: A Walking Memoir” (2025)
“Mostly, I remember anti-patterns. Teaching in what-not-to-dos” (29). “Although I’m walking roads, I’m also walking this map representing things beyond what we can see. A layering deeper and weirder than we ever dreamed” (53). “A series of astonishments” (56). “And so each time I walk these routes, these same paths, the conversations come back as Continue reading
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Fragments: Musical Advice
Musical virtuosity and musicianship are not the same. The first is obvious and focuses on Me, while the second is subtle and dissolves into Us. The first iteration of a series of pieces is often the most interesting, because you don’t yet know what you’re doing. Preserve that naïveté. You don’t have to know all Continue reading
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Database: Oklou On Loops
“…take as the basis of the tracks this idea of a loop that I could be listening to forever. Just because I think it sounds close to perfection. Shorter patterns and this idea of a cycle repeating itself forever and ever, and how I can build a pop song on top of that.” Oklou database Continue reading
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Resonant Thoughts: Matthew B. Crawford’s “Shop Class As Soul Craft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work” (2009)
“The craftsman’s habitual deference is not toward the New, but toward the objective standards of his craft. However narrow in its application, this is a rare appearance in contemporary life—a disinterested, articulable, and publicly affirmable idea of the good. Such a strong ontology is somewhat at odds with the cutting-edge institutions of the new capitalism, Continue reading
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