Cognitive Connoisseur
A Social Self-Portrait
What is it to interact with someone, If not to be presented with a mental canvas? A canvas upon which one may paint a picture of an...
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Alex Pear
Apr 33 min
Kacey Musgraves’ “The Architect”: An Offer of Solace in a Chaotic World
In "The Architect," Kacey Musgraves offers a welcoming space to grapple with life's chaos. With the charm of acoustic guitar and banjo,...
Rachel Levy
Mar 251 min
I Haven't Been Seeing You
Inspired by Billie Holiday’s I’ll Be Seeing You Listen first for best experience: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDlKb2cBAqU You’d never...
Reed Silbernagel
Mar 204 min
Between Wolf and Dog
Spanish artist Salvador Dalí would apparently doze in a stiff chair with a ring of keys in his hand so when he slipped into that...
Alex Pear
Feb 143 min
Noah and the Whale’s “5 Years Time”: A Song to Nurture Your Romantic Inner Child
In the midst of February and the accompanying cacophony of Valentine’s Day fervor—its mix of cringe-worthy commercialism and genuine...
Reed Silbernagel
Feb 84 min
Best Films To Sleep Through
Falling asleep watching a Studio Ghibli film feels natural. It’s dreamy; it’s nightmarish; the tether to reality is simultaneously...
Cognitive Connoisseur
Jan 301 min
Little Boxes
What is the difference between day and night? The lighting? The temperature? The distribution of molecular clusters relative to their...
Cognitive Connoisseur
Jan 251 min
Speed
Check the time Not fast enough Think faster What time is it? Too slow You missed it Days Not fast enough Hours Not fast enough Minutes...
Alex Pear
Jan 235 min
Rihanna’s Higher: A Song For Everyone Guilty of Compulsively Pouring Their Heart Out
At exactly two minutes, “Higher” feels like a drunk 2 a.m. call that you’ll inevitably regret the next morning despite the fact that you...
Reed Silbernagel
Jan 114 min
The French Dream
I’m living in France and I’ve adopted a monastic existence. I live for the evening spaces between dreaming and reality, particularly now...
Reed Silbernagel
Jan 71 min
À L’Étranger
I like to walk – a stranger, à l’étranger to see things unknown, now discovered stranger still not knowing – better practicing with...
Rachel Levy
Jan 11 min
Inhale of Eternity
Clouds in the sky: an inhale of eternity. Might you take me behind your walls? Then perhaps recreate me, before I once again fall. Next...
Rachel Levy
Dec 26, 20231 min
Scorched Earth
Heavy with the weight of our sin they slouched; Forced to bear a load that shouldn’t be theirs to hold, their black bodies bent towards...
Maddie Stuhlreyer
Oct 5, 20230 min
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Mar 25, 20230 min
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Maddie Stuhlreyer
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