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Cognitive Connoisseur
Apr 3, 20241 min read
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...
Alex Pear
Apr 3, 20243 min read
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 25, 20241 min read
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 20, 20244 min read
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 14, 20243 min read
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 8, 20244 min read
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 30, 20241 min read
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 25, 20241 min read
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...
Reed Silbernagel
Jan 11, 20244 min read
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 7, 20241 min read
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 1, 20241 min read
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 read
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...
Rachel Levy
Mar 3, 20234 min read
Getting Well Soon
A balloon floats in uselessness in the corner, slowly twisting back and forth at a mesmerizingly slow pace. Back and forth, back and...
Rachel Levy
Jul 20, 20221 min read
Questions for a Rock
What is it like to be a rock in a river? With the water rushing about on all sides, I wonder if the feeling is of strength or weakness....
Rachel Levy
Jun 15, 20221 min read
Corfu and Silence
Many parts of Corfu are hard to resist; topping the list of my favorite things to indulge in here so far has been the silence. Besides a...
Rachel Levy
Jan 4, 20225 min read
It Wasn't My Sister Then, But It Will Be My Sister Now
We have a shared tragedy in my family. By tragedy, I don’t mean a loss or an accident, but a gruesome, throbbing scar that marks us all...
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