A new shape
“The word glamour originally meant a literal magic spell that made people see things that weren’t really there. In its contemporary sense, glamour still contains an illusion. It obscures difficulties, flaws, and costs. It hides boredom and pain. It seems effortless. The beach holiday entails no delayed flights, the electric car charges instantly,
... See morethought without agency is just yearning, but acting without imagination is just busywork.
From Radar futurist collective
“But,” I said, “when I see my work I take for granted what other people value in it. I see only its ineptitude, inorganic flaws, and crudities. I am not pleased or satisfied.”
“No artist is pleased.”
“But then there is no satisfaction?”
“No satisfaction whatever at any time,” she cried out passionately. “There is only a queer divine dissatisfaction, a... See more
“No artist is pleased.”
“But then there is no satisfaction?”
“No satisfaction whatever at any time,” she cried out passionately. “There is only a queer divine dissatisfaction, a... See more
Choreographer Agnes de Mille
I am sensitive, finely attuned, and as soon as I experience suffering, I have to pivot. I have no ability to stick it out. A quitter, you might call me. Undisciplined, Lazy, Child like, Weak, You might call me.
I certainly called myself those things.
I now realise that my intolerance for suffering is one of my greatest gifts.
I watch people who have a... See more
I certainly called myself those things.
I now realise that my intolerance for suffering is one of my greatest gifts.
I watch people who have a... See more
The subtitle of James Pethokoukis’s recent book The Conservative Futurist is ‘How to create the sci-fi world we were promised’. Like Peter Thiel’s famous complaint that ‘we wanted flying cars, instead we got 140 characters’, the phrase captures a sense of betrayal. Today’s techno-optimism is infused with nostalgia for the retro future.
In Pasadena, California, photographer Gregg Segal embarked on a project capturing individuals from diverse backgrounds and ages within his garden. Utilizing three distinct settings - water, beach, and forest - Segal juxtaposed each subject amidst a week’s accumulation of their waste. Participants were tasked with gathering and preserving all their... See more
instagram.comI can move through pain, but I have an intolerance for a life that doesn’t sparkle.
Let’s assume that we will soon live in a world in which intelligence - narrowly defined - is cheap. In this world, any job that primarily depends on the manipulation of information - on a knowledge of rules, on conventional uses of language, on data-based analysis - comes under threat. Which qualities and attributes become relatively more valuable?... See more