On Twin Peaks: The Return, and the Present DeleriumNote: Spoilers below for Twin Peaks: The Return, Parts 1–11.Jul 27, 2017Jul 27, 2017
Reductions: The Consumer and the CriticI’m going to go ahead and post some more abstract notes, developing some ideas I’ve had floating around for a while. This is related to…Jun 21, 20173Jun 21, 20173
Dads and Daughters and Dozing OffJohn Crowley wrote about Sleep more perfectly than I could ever hope to rival, so I’ll use his words (culled from his novel Little, Big) as…Mar 11, 2017Mar 11, 2017
A Defense Against the Dark CloudsIt’s hard to think about anything but politics these days.Feb 22, 2017Feb 22, 2017
Platitude Review: “Those who would sacrifice liberty for safety…”A disfiguration of a Ben Franklin quote:Jan 6, 2017Jan 6, 2017
An Aesthetics of AspectThose of us who fetishize the expressive capacities —we self-identified “creatives” and “artists” and associated communities— we have a lot…Jan 6, 2017Jan 6, 2017
The PendulumDriving between a daycare center and a pediatrician’s office, I heard a story on NPR about Trump’s cabinet.Dec 23, 2016Dec 23, 2016
The SpectacleWhen lightning strikes on the horizon, we stand and gape for a moment, no matter how predictable it was, and no matter how prepared we…Dec 7, 2016Dec 7, 2016
Platitude Review: “If you’re not a liberal at 25, etc etc”Earliest attribution, via Quote Investigator, is that this comes from a guy named Anselm Batbie, quoted by Jules Clariete, attributing the…Jun 2, 2016Jun 2, 2016
