Murphy LeighAesthetic Perceptions; a reaction to Huxley’s ‘Doors of’I was reading the first portion of Aldous Huxley’s The Doors of Perception, where he discusses his experience with mescaline, and I…Oct 24, 20181Oct 24, 20181
Murphy LeighJackie Curtis In Reverse: A Story About Language and Dysphoria.I’ve never been able to really describe my gender. I know it’s there, but I can’t describe it in the words that people want.Oct 2, 2018Oct 2, 2018
Murphy LeighBetween the Same Four Walls: El West’s “Olivine” and Millennial MalaiseOr, how I’m starting to see music as an outlet for our collective ennui, cynical or otherwise.May 24, 2018May 24, 2018
Murphy Leigh“You Make a Fool of Death With Your Beauty”Or, how Florence + the Machine’s “Hunger” visually expresses the need to be loved.May 23, 2018May 23, 2018
Murphy LeighSo, I fell off the Digital Minimalist wagon a little bit.But it’s cool, it’s okay!May 19, 2018May 19, 2018
Murphy Leigh‘Havok/Wolverine: Meltdown,’ Queer Subtext, and Nuclear Anxietya.k.a. How the Myth of the American Southwest Turned Me Gay for James Dean, or Something.May 17, 2018May 17, 2018
Murphy LeighThree Days Without Twitter: The Effects of Digital Minimalism (So Far)So, Sunday evening I determined that Twitter and YouTube were doing my life more harm than good. I wasn’t getting things done; I spent more…May 16, 2018May 16, 2018
Murphy LeighThe Holy Mountain by way of alt-Pop: Zella Day’s “Hypnotic” as Jodorowsky homage.So my girlfriend sent me a music video she’d never seen to introduce me to an artist she really likes. Which, honestly, is the kind of…May 16, 2018May 16, 2018
Murphy LeighCherry Cola: a Story About Hair, Beauty, & Lana del ReyI paint my nails black. I dye my hair a darker shade of brown… The reasoning might be different, but as I type this with my ‘cherry cola’…May 5, 2018May 5, 2018
