Evie May
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Evie May
Nostalgia Was, in Freud’s Day, an Illness Steeped in the Past. Today, It Can Be a Joyful Emotion That Reframes the Future
Agnes Arnold-Forsterpsyche.coScience fiction properly conceived, like all serious fiction, however funny, is a way of trying to describe what is in fact going on, what people actually do and feel, how people relate to everything else in this vast sack, this belly of the universe, this womb of things to be and tomb of things that were, this unending story.
Ursula K. Le Guin • Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, Places
In 1980, Dolores Hayden asked: What would a non-sexist city look like?
Her vision wasn’t just housing tweaks — it was collective kitchens, childcare woven into neighborhoods, safer streets, and cities planned around care instead of commutes.
40+ years later, why do our cities still feel hostile to... See more
instagram.comPictorialism, with a small “p” always has been an essential element in the best photographs throughout the medium’s history. And it is still true. It acknowledges that photography is a PICTURE-making process. Pictures are very good at emphasizing feeling; they are very bad at conveying ideas. Ideas need words. If the words or ideas already exist,
... See moreBill Jay • LensWork #83 (The Bill Jay's Best of EndNotes issue)
Digital affordances seem to often constitute what Marshall McLuhan would call ‘hot media’ (1967), which require little active participation on the part of the audience, and are of highly predictable nature. Rosa would insist that to achieve resonance, we would want to cool media down to encourage active participation – a prerequisite for resonant... See more
Vikram • Resonance Theory: How Can Connection Create Disconnection?
The crowd is the flâneur’s indispensable counterpart: the crowd turns people into observable objects . In Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Man in the Crowd’ the protagonist pursues an intriguing figure through the streets of London for a whole night without ever being able to see his face: in big cities, one can stroll through busy streets without... See more
Alexander • August Flânerie
Have you ever written a poem that never made it out of your notes app—one that still lingers in your mind, waiting for its moment? Imagine that poem becoming the first page of your published book. The Publishing Prize closes tomorrow at midnight, and one poet will win a full year of guided book creation, editing, cover design, publishing, and full... See more
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