Jesse MiksicOn Twin Peaks: The Return, and the Present DeleriumNote: Spoilers below for Twin Peaks: The Return, Parts 1–11.Jul 27, 2017Jul 27, 2017
Jesse MiksicReductions: 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
Jesse MiksicA Manifesto, dedicated to Fernando PessoaYour style is a straitjacket.Apr 7, 2017Apr 7, 2017
Jesse MiksicDads 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
Jesse MiksicA Defense Against the Dark CloudsIt’s hard to think about anything but politics these days.Feb 22, 2017Feb 22, 2017
Jesse MiksicPlatitude Review: “Those who would sacrifice liberty for safety…”A disfiguration of a Ben Franklin quote:Jan 6, 2017Jan 6, 2017
Jesse MiksicAn 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
Jesse MiksicThe 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
Jesse MiksicThe 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
Jesse MiksicPlatitude 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