Andrew McCluskey

Artists are agents of invention who attempt to change the dominant conventions (although many individuals operating under the rubric of "artist" have much more pedestrian and commercial goals.)

1.9.1 The avant-garde exposes, devalues, and alters existing conventions in search of new cultural arrangements that could provide new aesthetic... See more

Michael Tomasello's book "The Cultural Origins of Human Cognition" argues that humans' unique cognitive abilities stem from our capacity for shared intentionality - the ability to participate in collaborative activities with shared goals and intentions. This enables cultural learning and the creation of artifacts, practices, and institutions that... See more

‘The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea.’ by Karen Blixen, writing as Isak Dinesen.

It's just different flavors of how human values, such as dignity and decency, lose out once they are pulled down to the arena of the market—Marx's crippled monstrosity.

What are the practices and mindsets that can be helpful to navigate loss, grief, change and transitions? And what does it mean to make good compost as we close ideas, forms, collective creations that no longer serve us?