swanswanswanswanswanswanEdward Hopper’s “Nighthawks”The general theme of Edward Hopper’s paintings is modern loneliness, usually urban. And this pathos is clearly what Nighthawks is deeply…Jan 28, 2022Jan 28, 2022
swanswanswanswanswanswanQueenhood— I want to explain to you a way of seeing that is very deep and beautiful to me, so that you can see certain paintings the same way too. —Jan 28, 2022Jan 28, 2022
swanswanswanswanswanswanThe Sweet Melancholia of Viewing Art Depicting a Beautiful PersonOpening Poem:Jan 28, 2022Jan 28, 2022
swanswanswanswanswanswanDisco is an Extraordinary-Powerful Symbol — and Simply Incredible MusicThere are three things about Disco that you must understand; and the interrelation of these elements is what makes it an extraordinarily…Jan 12, 20221Jan 12, 20221
swanswanswanswanswanswanDoes One Find the Good in Music — or Make it Good?Oh? The song doesn’t sound good to you? Then listen to it again. And again. And again; because by listening to a song over and over like…Jan 11, 2022Jan 11, 2022
swanswanswanswanswanswanPlayboi Carti’s Avant-Garde “Anti-Concerts”NOTE: I am somewhat-indebted to this video from Professor Skye of Professor Skye’s Record Review, which helped launch some of my thinking…Jan 8, 2022Jan 8, 2022
swanswanswanswanswanswanTalking to Strangers: Tethers and ErosIt’s weird to cold-approach a stranger and begin a conversation that’s anything more than contingent and perfunctory. It’s even weirder if…Jan 7, 2022Jan 7, 2022
swanswanswanswanswanswanArtists and Art MediumsThere exist both things that can’t be done in a medium due to the given medium’s deficiencies qua medium, and things that can’t be done in…Jan 7, 2022Jan 7, 2022
