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Okwui Enwezor and African Modernity

bricolagee wrote 2 weeks ago: The Okwui Enwezor talk at the tate Trienalle 2009 was quite interesting as it lies at the intersecti … more →

Tags: Audio_pool, Achilles Mbembe, Africa, African Modernity, Art, difference, Henri Lefebvre, humour, Industrial

A Scanner Darkly - introducing Fred the vague blur.

andrewburgess wrote 1 month ago: “Gentlemen of the Anaheim Lions club” the man at the microphone  said, “we have a … more →

Tags: Philip K. Dick, Blur, Hyper-Real, Posthuman, residue, Self, simulacra

Let's hear it for the vague blur. Text from 'A Scanner Darkly' and images from Google Maps Street View

andrewburgess wrote 1 month ago: What am I actually? He asked himself. He wished momentarily for his scramble suit. Then, he thought … more →

Tags: Coursework, google maps street view, Philip K. Dick, A SCANNER DARKLY, absence, Google maps, Hyper-Real, Mundane, Self

Cosmopedia

marinahass wrote 2 months ago: Κόσμος + παιδεία —> the comprehensive organization of knowledge. The ultimate, all-encompa … more →

Tags: Design, disaster, Figure, Memorial, secret, aca/fan, Amateur, Archive, chaos

Doubting the validity of the external.

andrewburgess wrote 5 months ago: ”When work loses it’s tangible, palpable quality, loses the character of the transformation of … more →

Tags: Work, ethics, detatched, Irony, TANGIBLE, Transformation., subjectivity, abstract, abstraction

Inauthenticity and inner Emptiness. '

andrewburgess wrote 5 months ago:   ‘The proliferation of visual and auditory images in a ’society of spectacle’ as it has been … more →

Tags: Study Notes, culture of narcissism, narcissism, Emptyness

Authenticity: Business vs. Design

amritaraja wrote 5 months ago: I’m about half-way through Authenticity: What Consumers Really Want, and have mixed reactions: … more →

Tags: Theory, Domains, Coffee shops, starbucks, Perception, Disney

Zadie Smith, brain plasticity and optimism about human nature4 comments

harrylam wrote 6 months ago: Happy New Year from the Social Brain!   Here at the RSA, we like to be optimistic. We even like to b … more →

Tags: Philosophy, Neuroscience, brain plasticity, zadie smith, optimism, credit crunch, enlightenment self, remainder, authenticity

The Sadly Futile Pretence 1993

arlenecorwin wrote 8 months ago:                  The Sadly Futile Pretence “This is the last song that you’ll ever hear me pla … more →

Tags: vaguely about music, 1993, Special People, Lessons to Be Learned, processes creative thinking meditative, Music, small stories book, Performing, small stories

BEING

Sofs wrote 9 months ago: It is amazing to me how liberating it is to BE. For the past year, I have been actively seeking the … more →

Tags: Grandma's Hands, Celebration of Creation, landmark Forum, Landmark Education, Lightness, being, running around in circles, just being, The Matrix Trilogy

How do we become authentic human beings?4 comments

midlifecrisisqueen wrote 10 months ago: “There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it … more →

Tags: Acceptance, Alienation, authenticity, Brains and aging, CoDependency, Control Issues, Creativity, Defining midlife, Depression

Inauthenticity or Authenticity?

DrB wrote 1 year ago: If you met Sandra at a party, you would be struck by her success and confidence. She exudes it in th … more →

Tags: authenticity

Phony conversation

Nathan Hobby wrote 2 years ago: It was the phoniest conversation you ever heard in your life. They both kept  thinking of places as … more →

Tags: Conversation, The Catcher in the Rye, Salinger - J.D.

Because they hate us, they hate us for being diffe...

Nathan Hobby wrote 2 years ago: Because they hate us, they hate us for being different, for not being them, for their own not being … more →

Tags: existentialism, Fowles - John, The Collector, Herd

Old Jesus would have puked

Nathan Hobby wrote 3 years ago:   I said old Jesus would’ve puked if He could see it – all those fancy costumes and all. … more →

Tags: Jesus, theology in literature, The Catcher in the Rye, Salinger - J.D.


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