Virginia Woolf on writing in Orlando: https://blog.gr33r.com/2025/12/14/virginia-woolf-on-writing-in.html

“Winter, with its inwardness, is upon us. A man is constrained to sit down, and to think.” — Thoreau, Oct 27, 1851

Pulled noodles, pulled heartstrings in Annalee Newitz’s Automatic Noodle: https://proseandcons.social/2025/10/26/pulled-noodles-pulled-heartstrings-in.html

Katabasis takes us deep into the underworld of the mind: https://proseandcons.social/2025/09/02/katabasis-takes-us-deep-into.html

Belching bishops and domestic affairs: a review of The Pilgrimage by John Broderick: https://proseandcons.social/2025/08/04/belching-bishops-and-domestic-affairs.html

Book review: the many contradictions of Mark Twain: https://proseandcons.social/2025/06/27/book-review-the-many-contradictions.html

Review of “Perspective(s)” by Laurent Binet: Renaissance Scandal Meets Modern AI Concerns: https://proseandcons.social/2025/05/16/review-of-perspectives-by-laurent.html

AI won’t write literature—but it might push it forward: https://proseandcons.social/2025/04/21/ai-wont-write-literaturebut-it.html

Vampires and Vengeance: Review of The Buffalo Hunter Hunter: https://proseandcons.social/2025/04/07/vampires-and-vengeance-review-of.html

BBC Radiophonic Workshop passes the torch from electronic music visionaries of the past to those of the future. Check out the collection

Book Review: Lesser Ruins Captures Modern Loss: https://proseandcons.social/2025/02/02/book-review-lesser-ruins-captures.html

Book Review: Playground by Richard Powers: https://proseandcons.social/2025/01/28/book-review-playground-by-richard.html

The Nokia Design Archive released earlier this week is a treasure trove of great design. This slide from a 2003 presentation on the “street style” user group (skateboarders, snowboarders, BMX bandits, slam-dunkers, break dancers, stage divers) even includes precursors to AirPods and the Apple Watch.

Optical illusion

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