Counter Arts

Hints, tips, must haves and recommended reading

For the month of September, let’s discuss Indian cinema!

To be updated throughout the year, with links to any essays and reviews about the books on our list. ***Last added to August 18th 2023***

A discussion of the historical division between the two fundamentally different sides of the aesthetic experience

“Trees are people, and people are trees.”

The city in Southern Estonia has a unique cultural landscape, and offers random photographers a lot of options to choose from

Sometimes health is complicated.

Wes Anderson’s fifth feature and second (public) short film show more emotional maturity than before

Success Obscured by a Cloud of Mediocrity

When will SHE get the peaceful shelter?

Who needs a style?

Load, Aim, Rewatch!

On disability and language

MITYA’s debut LP, TUU, is energetic and retro, but becomes predictable

We can learn from a master

This is the second in a series of essays about Reading and Writing to Overcome Trauma — written by an author who has spent decades…

Or: Why It’s Good To Break The Rules

Why The Beetle(s)?

The magic of conscientious recreation

This Argentine documentary, directed by Darío Doria, is of great political importance even if its delivery is flawed

If, like my son, you are triggered by spiders, I suggest stopping right here.

A book that resonates with the season — a match made in heaven!

How to work with colors in an aesthetically sustainable manner

The most chilling cinematic precognition of the 21st century.

Three Hungarian brothers bring Rudyard Kipling’s book to the screen.

A journey back to the Whistle Stop Cafe

How important is it to read works of literature within their literary and social contexts?