Posted inBook Review History Technology
Beauty and “no-thingness”
A meditation on beauty and a book review of Patrick Bringley's All the Beauty in the World. Beauty could save us from AI.
Uff Da! Yeah, You Betcha.
Lutefisk does have a distinctive odor, but it's a unifying force, too.
Posted inLiving Poetry Technology
Fiat ars, pereat mundus
Can one use art in times when it feels so useless? Should one do art at all?
Posted inHistory Living Technology
Today, typewriters are for art
Your grandfather's typewriter is coming back as a tool for creating art.
Posted inAutomobiles History Living
Deep influence of the asphalt below us
Four meditations on roads, highways, and ancient paths
Posted inTechnology
Between artist and GPT
Avital Meshi says, “I don’t want to use it, I want to be it.” “It” is generative AI.
Posted inCommentary Technology
Why I’m Quitting Substack
Substack has evolved, as a business characterized by "network effects." That's (mostly) why I'm no longer there.
Posted inCommentary History Living
“This is a test of the Emergency Handwriting System”
Handwriting enriches human expression. A side effect of a New Year's resolution.
Posted inCommentary History Living
Islands of Safety and Ironic Points of Light
When hunkering down can also renew foundations.
Posted inAutomobiles History
Blurry Patina: Grimy Reverence or “Polished Turd”
Writing about American cars stranded in Fidel Castro’s Cuba, John McElroy observed…