What are we so afraid of when we sit alone with a book?
December 14, 2024 at 12:39 PM
What are we so afraid of when we sit alone with a book?
In a letter in 1810, Hegel criticised the public for favouring utility and convenience in education over intellectual and cultural growth. For Hegel, the spiritual influence (geistig) of studying the Classics transcended practical use, shaping understanding and character in ways unappreciated.
!["Of Greek and Latin in particular such parents recall only the bitter toil they had to expend on these languages in their youth due to faulty arrangements and poor methods. Yet in part these parents are ungrateful to such instruction, seeing no utility in it because no direct use is made of the two languages. For they have not come to insight into, or consciousness of, the spiritual [geistig] influence which such training has had on them and - unbeknownst to them - continues to have. The better portion of the public remains aloof to the views of this portion which wishes its children to reap the harvest without ever having had to sow or till."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ajvhgyriyhisqq4z6pmm4b3s/bafkreibqxtlhawin72oahc4pxa4oizujhxtnxpawwiob5ltpihssqf7t5a@jpeg)
December 8, 2024 at 5:51 PM
In a letter in 1810, Hegel criticised the public for favouring utility and convenience in education over intellectual and cultural growth. For Hegel, the spiritual influence (geistig) of studying the Classics transcended practical use, shaping understanding and character in ways unappreciated.
Godot: No longer waiting for the emptiness that never arrives, the embodiment of emptiness is always "here to help". (Claude)
November 28, 2024 at 11:58 AM
Godot: No longer waiting for the emptiness that never arrives, the embodiment of emptiness is always "here to help". (Claude)
Have you seen Safe (1995) dir. Todd Haynes? Beautiful pace. And the cinematography 🤩Firmly in a Gregory Crewdson/ Jeff Wall mid-90s aesthetic. The protagonist (Julianne Moore) looks directly at the camera several times. No closeups. Always at a distance.
November 27, 2024 at 4:31 PM
Have you seen Safe (1995) dir. Todd Haynes? Beautiful pace. And the cinematography 🤩Firmly in a Gregory Crewdson/ Jeff Wall mid-90s aesthetic. The protagonist (Julianne Moore) looks directly at the camera several times. No closeups. Always at a distance.
I think it's the opposite. The television screen, the internet, the endless stream of "content," these are the narratives of anaesthetised pleasure, a managed ignorance that comes from stunting educational systems so that no voter looks too deeply into the mechanisms of their own subjugation.
October 30, 2024 at 9:34 AM
I think it's the opposite. The television screen, the internet, the endless stream of "content," these are the narratives of anaesthetised pleasure, a managed ignorance that comes from stunting educational systems so that no voter looks too deeply into the mechanisms of their own subjugation.
This NYT headline "The Story of Kamala Harris" (and photo) show Harris' relevance comes through understanding a personal journey rather than position or policy. Trump's cast as a powerful figure, while Harris is a 'character' to be understood, a secondary figure. See Alt-text for more photo analysis
October 30, 2024 at 9:07 AM
This NYT headline "The Story of Kamala Harris" (and photo) show Harris' relevance comes through understanding a personal journey rather than position or policy. Trump's cast as a powerful figure, while Harris is a 'character' to be understood, a secondary figure. See Alt-text for more photo analysis
This NYT headline and photograph frames Trump's return as imminent, a presidency already prepped for his return. See Alt-text for image analysis.
October 30, 2024 at 8:48 AM
This NYT headline and photograph frames Trump's return as imminent, a presidency already prepped for his return. See Alt-text for image analysis.
Despite her later regret and discomfort, the initial “Suchen Sie sich etwas aus, ich bezahle„ is actually moment of radical hospitality. In this moment, she opens herself to the homeless man with an unconditional welcome, without concern for borders, calculations, or judgments of worthiness.
September 16, 2024 at 6:42 PM
Despite her later regret and discomfort, the initial “Suchen Sie sich etwas aus, ich bezahle„ is actually moment of radical hospitality. In this moment, she opens herself to the homeless man with an unconditional welcome, without concern for borders, calculations, or judgments of worthiness.
Aimé-Jules Dalou 1838-1902
The Reader
1872
Dalou spent the years 1871-1879 in London. He taught at the South Kensington School of Art and his sculpture was popular with a circle of wealthy patrons.
Terracotta
#womenreading
The Reader
1872
Dalou spent the years 1871-1879 in London. He taught at the South Kensington School of Art and his sculpture was popular with a circle of wealthy patrons.
Terracotta
#womenreading
July 17, 2024 at 11:11 AM
Aimé-Jules Dalou 1838-1902
The Reader
1872
Dalou spent the years 1871-1879 in London. He taught at the South Kensington School of Art and his sculpture was popular with a circle of wealthy patrons.
Terracotta
#womenreading
The Reader
1872
Dalou spent the years 1871-1879 in London. He taught at the South Kensington School of Art and his sculpture was popular with a circle of wealthy patrons.
Terracotta
#womenreading
if you fancy, you could listen to my new little pictureless film 'quiet as a flower'? it was commissioned by copy press on its becoming fireflies digital imprint for moving image and spoken word. featuring a poem by rumi, from which the film takes its title.
www.copypress.co.uk/index/quiet-...
www.copypress.co.uk/index/quiet-...
June 14, 2024 at 8:24 PM
if you fancy, you could listen to my new little pictureless film 'quiet as a flower'? it was commissioned by copy press on its becoming fireflies digital imprint for moving image and spoken word. featuring a poem by rumi, from which the film takes its title.
www.copypress.co.uk/index/quiet-...
www.copypress.co.uk/index/quiet-...
made a new little film commissioned by #copypress for their #becomingfireflies digital imprint for moving image and spoken word
featuring a poem by rumi, from which the film takes its title
www.copypress.co.uk/index/becomi...
a pictureless film, in the spirit of #lebrasiershelley #derekjarmanblue
featuring a poem by rumi, from which the film takes its title
www.copypress.co.uk/index/becomi...
a pictureless film, in the spirit of #lebrasiershelley #derekjarmanblue
June 2, 2024 at 11:42 AM
made a new little film commissioned by #copypress for their #becomingfireflies digital imprint for moving image and spoken word
featuring a poem by rumi, from which the film takes its title
www.copypress.co.uk/index/becomi...
a pictureless film, in the spirit of #lebrasiershelley #derekjarmanblue
featuring a poem by rumi, from which the film takes its title
www.copypress.co.uk/index/becomi...
a pictureless film, in the spirit of #lebrasiershelley #derekjarmanblue
Here a renegade sergeant and a second corporal shoot antelope. McCarthy's text describes the sergeant as using a "Vernier" scope, a pop-up rangefinder. Dall.e couldn't get that quite right.
November 6, 2023 at 1:53 PM
Here a renegade sergeant and a second corporal shoot antelope. McCarthy's text describes the sergeant as using a "Vernier" scope, a pop-up rangefinder. Dall.e couldn't get that quite right.
I asked dall.e to create images using text from Cormack McCarthy's Blood Meridian. The Mexican-American War (1846-1848) saw Mexico cede a vast amount of territory to the United States. The poverty, hardship and violence depicted by McCarthy's novel are reflective of the turmoil during this period.
November 6, 2023 at 1:37 PM
I asked dall.e to create images using text from Cormack McCarthy's Blood Meridian. The Mexican-American War (1846-1848) saw Mexico cede a vast amount of territory to the United States. The poverty, hardship and violence depicted by McCarthy's novel are reflective of the turmoil during this period.
Ordered this second hand OUP copy of Shakespeare's complete sonnets and poems to find someone else's notes to Venus and Adonis.
Upon his hurt she looks so steadfastly | that her sight, dazzling, makes the wound seem three
Upon his hurt she looks so steadfastly | that her sight, dazzling, makes the wound seem three
November 6, 2023 at 1:17 PM
Ordered this second hand OUP copy of Shakespeare's complete sonnets and poems to find someone else's notes to Venus and Adonis.
Upon his hurt she looks so steadfastly | that her sight, dazzling, makes the wound seem three
Upon his hurt she looks so steadfastly | that her sight, dazzling, makes the wound seem three
The message of sonnet 68 hasn‘t aged at all! On the contrary… Do you think this is Shakespeare's point? The beauty of his poetry cuts through all the shallow artifice? This reading would make the poem's subject the poet himself.
October 31, 2023 at 7:47 PM
The message of sonnet 68 hasn‘t aged at all! On the contrary… Do you think this is Shakespeare's point? The beauty of his poetry cuts through all the shallow artifice? This reading would make the poem's subject the poet himself.
Well, I bought this after a friend's recommendation and our shared memory of seeing Pulp Fiction together in the Cameo cinema in Edinburgh.
October 31, 2023 at 9:10 AM
Well, I bought this after a friend's recommendation and our shared memory of seeing Pulp Fiction together in the Cameo cinema in Edinburgh.
But nobody ever comes
A door swings wide, with laughing in tongues,
That echo in degree:
It has nothing to do with me,
Some doors are better left alone,
Now we'll see who comes;
So mute behind my door,
I sit again on my own,
But nobody ever comes.
A door swings wide, with laughing in tongues,
That echo in degree:
It has nothing to do with me,
Some doors are better left alone,
Now we'll see who comes;
So mute behind my door,
I sit again on my own,
But nobody ever comes.
September 19, 2023 at 10:19 PM
But nobody ever comes
A door swings wide, with laughing in tongues,
That echo in degree:
It has nothing to do with me,
Some doors are better left alone,
Now we'll see who comes;
So mute behind my door,
I sit again on my own,
But nobody ever comes.
A door swings wide, with laughing in tongues,
That echo in degree:
It has nothing to do with me,
Some doors are better left alone,
Now we'll see who comes;
So mute behind my door,
I sit again on my own,
But nobody ever comes.
No one comes
A corridor swings wide, with laughter full-din,
That echoes in degree:
It has nothing to do with me,
And carries off in a world of its own,
Leaving me sadder within;
And mute by the door,
I stand again alone,
And not a single soul comes in.
A corridor swings wide, with laughter full-din,
That echoes in degree:
It has nothing to do with me,
And carries off in a world of its own,
Leaving me sadder within;
And mute by the door,
I stand again alone,
And not a single soul comes in.
September 10, 2023 at 4:44 PM
No one comes
A corridor swings wide, with laughter full-din,
That echoes in degree:
It has nothing to do with me,
And carries off in a world of its own,
Leaving me sadder within;
And mute by the door,
I stand again alone,
And not a single soul comes in.
A corridor swings wide, with laughter full-din,
That echoes in degree:
It has nothing to do with me,
And carries off in a world of its own,
Leaving me sadder within;
And mute by the door,
I stand again alone,
And not a single soul comes in.
This looks like an early Kindle. Star Trek OS S1E3. Books or "tapes" are seen lying on top. Moments before Gary Mitchell (pictured) described James Kirk in the Starfleet Academy as a "stack of books with legs". Curious.
Is the Star Trek Kindle a more sustainable model for literature consumption?
Is the Star Trek Kindle a more sustainable model for literature consumption?
September 5, 2023 at 2:05 PM
This looks like an early Kindle. Star Trek OS S1E3. Books or "tapes" are seen lying on top. Moments before Gary Mitchell (pictured) described James Kirk in the Starfleet Academy as a "stack of books with legs". Curious.
Is the Star Trek Kindle a more sustainable model for literature consumption?
Is the Star Trek Kindle a more sustainable model for literature consumption?