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"Chic-ness" and Cheapness - the materiality of the modern aesthetic
We find today everywhere examples of mass produced luxury. Sitting in a coffee house atop dark wood chairs, next to a floor to ceiling fireplace adorned with an exotic artwork, I am both everywhere an… more →
Only a Northern Song
"Chic-ness" and Cheapness - the materiality of the modern aesthetic
northernsong wrote 2 weeks ago: We find today everywhere examples of mass produced luxury. Sitting in a coffee house atop dark wood … more →
Summer Ponderings, Existential Crisis, Meaning and Purpose
northernsong wrote 3 months ago: “Back in touch” This summer I have not spent much time reading and writing. In other wor … more →
Serra's Shift
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northernsong wrote 5 months ago: Yesterday morning my father, myself, and a few roomates and friends piled into my new one dollar van … more →
On Eating Alone, or Engagement and the Social Valuation of Food Consumption
northernsong wrote 6 months ago: I noticed after returning from Montreal that I was finding eating much less enjoyable than I did whi … more →
A Walking Artist
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northernsong wrote 9 months ago: Whilst walking down Dundas street last sunday, I happened across a small gallery. Inside, I found a … more →
Polytelism and cultural objects
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northernsong wrote 1 year ago: A month or so ago I saw an academic talk with the inciendiary title, “Aristotle’s Worst … more →
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Robert Pirsig)
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northernsong wrote 1 year ago: On one level, Zen is a book about a motorcycle journey taken by John and his son Chris from Chicago … more →
Mathias and Kiersten's wedding
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northernsong wrote 1 year ago: This morning I arrived from M and K’s wedding in Portland, Oregon, followed by a 3 day honeymo … more →
Questions for Life
northernsong wrote 1 year ago: A) What are we doing when we retrieve Ancient Philosophy? B) How does the answer to A differ from wh … more →
Why it is necessary to have children.
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northernsong wrote 1 year ago: I must have children – it is not a matter of choice. Why? Because I myself am a child – … more →
Ethics - for what kind of human beings?
northernsong wrote 1 year ago: Ethics seems to be about universal, abstract values – like “killing is wrong”. On … more →
Waiting for the gallery to open
northernsong wrote 1 year ago: This morning I walked from my home at Spadina and Bernard to the PowerPlant gallery at Waterfront ce … more →
Merleau Ponty on Real and Illusory Love
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northernsong wrote 1 year ago: Citing from the “Cogito” chapter of “Phenomenology of Perception”, my transl … more →
Waterfront "PowerPlant" gallery
northernsong wrote 1 year ago: Despite many potentially usable networks detected by my Eee’s wireless card, I was able to con … more →
First Post from New Machine
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northernsong wrote 1 year ago: So, after accepting the offer to stay at York to do my PhD, I decided I deserved a present. So here … more →
What has the mind-body distinction done for us lately?
northernsong wrote 1 year ago: If you want to be uncontroversial in Philosophy today one thing you can do is oppose is the mind-bod … more →
The Library
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northernsong wrote 1 year ago: We think of library as a civic or institutional space, it is essentially public. However, we also ha … more →
Body Phenomenology Field Trip
northernsong wrote 1 year ago: On a snowy day in late January a troop of devout phenomenologists traveled many miles to Toronto … more →
