essay architecture
Philosophers and practitioners of architecture have long studied the relationship between physical spaces and ritual, ritual and the creation of culture, culture and the embodiment of thought.
It’s why, as a complete novice to the field, one of the first things you learn is that architecture is an irreducible mode of thinking in its own right . It’s... See more
It’s why, as a complete novice to the field, one of the first things you learn is that architecture is an irreducible mode of thinking in its own right . It’s... See more
Rebecca • Architecting digital spaces
Oscar Wilde, The Decay of Living (p.57)
“Nature has, in her eyes, no law, no uniformity.”
I believe an essay is the most flexible written medium, and it calls for a fusion of genres: the soul of a memoirist, the pen of a poet, and the rigor of an academic. By learning to shape a thesis, your essays will become more than gripping stories with beautiful sentences, they will help you and your reader make sense of the world.
Michael Dean • THESIS
Paid tiers often have the vibe of “servitude” (since you’re a customer, I have to satisfy your endless needs). Instead, I think paid tiers could be framed as a glimpses into the inner workings of the mind of an artist. You can see their in-progress, unpolished work. It satiates the curiosity of the true fans, and it gives the creator a place to tru
... See moreOur society has a love/hate relationship with quantification. The consensus is that we’ve OD’d on numbers and need to step back into a more intuitive state. I certainly feel that and find value in it too, but I’m still a number-head.
Quick pitch for Essay Architecture: Before I was a writer/editor, I was an architect. While that field has really strong books that teach the entirety of the craft, writing advice is scattered (also, too general / too specific). This makes it hard to improve at essay writing. A visual map of the craft makes it easier to grasp, and measurable patter
... See moreSome points to defend the POV that “essay quality is objective.”
Specific scope: You have to set the scope small enough to “essays.” Books, memoirs, newsletter and other written mediums have their own criteria. Songs and films are even more different. I think it’s important not to get bogged down in genre, and instead to see genre as a culturally a
I went into Susan Sontag’s “Against Interpretation” thinking we would disagree, but her take is more nuanced. She’s against interpreting an artist’s intentions to make it fit your own narrative; but she’s for analysis of the thing itself (it’s form and the sensation it evokes). By the end, she pleas for a “dictionary of forms,” which feels like the
... See moreThe trivium = logic, grammar, rhetoric.
The quadrivium = arithmetic, geometry, music, and astronomy.
Is the trivium about the foundation of language, and the quadrivium about the foundation of math?
Grammar is articulation (the sentence), Logic is the flow of causality (the paragraph), rhetoric is the larger structure and how it persuades (structure
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