alexi gunner
@idlegaze
cultural strategist
writes idle gaze; a newsletter exploring the undercurrents of the modern zeitgeist.
founder @ idle gaze consulting
cultural futurist @ RADAR
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The show’s portraits feature youthful muses with hip, online sensibilities. In “Some pleasant lies would be nice” (2021), a woman with bleached hair and a butterfly tattoo stares at the viewer with a pouty gaze. She’s nude, save for a pair of Apple headphones that twist naturally between her breasts. In front of her, we spy the forehead and eyes of... See more
Alana Pockros • The Blithe Realism of Chloe Wise
Modern luxury is the ability to think clearly, sleep deeply, move slowly, and live quietly in a world designed to prevent all four.
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Common Ground on LinkedIn: “Brain rot” is the Word of the Year – but is short-form content really so…
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What journalist W. David Marx calls “savvy consumers,” those desiring cool and convention-breaking pop culture, are still consumers. When the names of products or celebrities appear in a book, they prick us like a targeted ad, jumping from the page as digestible morsels. Reference novels work because of globalized digitization; the danger in them i
... See moreGreta Rainbow • IYKYK: When Novels Speak a Language Only Part of the Internet Gets | The Walrus
it’s never been so easy to look up an unknown term. But there’s a reward if you get the reference: you are in communion with the author; your specific habits and tastes are seen, confirmed, and validated by the knowledge that someone else is watching the same shows, reading the same books, reposting the same posts as you.
Greta Rainbow • IYKYK: When Novels Speak a Language Only Part of the Internet Gets | The Walrus
The results showed that real-life artworks activated the precuneus, the part of the brain associated with self-reflection. “Girl with a Pearl Earring” elicited the strongest response, inducing “deeper personal engagement and self-reflections” than the other works tested, according to the report. The pattern of artworks inducing stronger positive re
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