Topic: Modern culture
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Ali posted a blog entry
Musings on News(ings): Nature's Salvation
Note the clever ambiguity of the title to this blog post, my second in half-cocked summarizing and semi-ranting about major...
Note the clever ambiguity of the title to this blog post, my second in half-cocked summarizing and semi-ranting about major...
Ali posted a blog entry
Goddess in the Details (in three parts): Two
Light on the WaterIt's funny, the similarity between the feeling of disorientation, and disgust. Almost as though we weren't...
Light on the WaterIt's funny, the similarity between the feeling of disorientation, and disgust. Almost as though we weren't...
Ali posted a blog entry
Goddess in the Details (in three parts): One
"And too, bearing witness,like a woman bears a child,with all her might."- Ani DiFranco, "grand canyon"Spin Away, WorldThe...
"And too, bearing witness,like a woman bears a child,with all her might."- Ani DiFranco, "grand canyon"Spin Away, WorldThe...
alanwilensky posted a tweet
People are mechanical. Not machines. Modern culture makes mechanical people into machines, predictable, unable to adapt without reprogram.
TheAestheticElevator posted a blog entry
Intentional Observation: Working retail
These are a few observations so far from the part-time retail job I took a couple months ago at Kohl’s. Wastefulness:...
These are a few observations so far from the part-time retail job I took a couple months ago at Kohl’s. Wastefulness:...
18 days ago
The Aesthetic Elevator
| Topics: Disposable..., Environmental..., Handmade, Intentional...
The Aesthetic Elevator
| Topics: Disposable..., Environmental..., Handmade, Intentional...TheAestheticElevator posted a blog entry
Sacrificial generosity
I thought this post card from Post Secret was a fitting way to mark the first day of this Advent season.I must admit, though,...
I thought this post card from Post Secret was a fitting way to mark the first day of this Advent season.I must admit, though,...
Ali posted a blog entry
Why We Need Love and Gratitude Despite Chaos and War
The world was spinning. Where was the law? There was the barricade. Who was it protecting from what? The city was run by a...
The world was spinning. Where was the law? There was the barricade. Who was it protecting from what? The city was run by a...
Ali posted a blog entry
Fear and Thanksgiving in Lancaster County
Driving to my parents' house through central Pennsylvania, we passed a billboard that read, "Without Coal, Most Cities Would...
Driving to my parents' house through central Pennsylvania, we passed a billboard that read, "Without Coal, Most Cities Would...
TheAestheticElevator posted a blog entry
Networks cutting all the best TV shows
Why does it seem like all of the more artistically brilliant TV shows are getting cut?Most of the TV I watch ends up being...
Why does it seem like all of the more artistically brilliant TV shows are getting cut?Most of the TV I watch ends up being...
Ali posted a blog entry
Elements of Peace: What Any of Us Can Do
I suppose everyone has been talking recently about the shooting at Fort Hood. It's been difficult for me to wrap my head...
I suppose everyone has been talking recently about the shooting at Fort Hood. It's been difficult for me to wrap my head...
TheAestheticElevator posted a blog entry
Art collectors buying locally
From a recent Wall Street Journal article titled Local Artists Are on the Rise:From Bloomfield Hills, Mich., to Turin, Italy,...
From a recent Wall Street Journal article titled Local Artists Are on the Rise:From Bloomfield Hills, Mich., to Turin, Italy,...
BSC posted a blog entry
Michael Jackson Twitter Seance: Tweance With Kurt Cobain and River Phoenix
What do you get when you mix Twitter, a psychic, and a bunch of nincompoops who will believe just about anything? You get a...
What do you get when you mix Twitter, a psychic, and a bunch of nincompoops who will believe just about anything? You get a...
TheAestheticElevator posted a blog entry
Business as the generic major
Last night I vegged in front of the Gilmore Girls. The wife had it on again while she knitted something called a shadowbox...
Last night I vegged in front of the Gilmore Girls. The wife had it on again while she knitted something called a shadowbox...
Ali posted a blog entry
How to Save the World: Seven Pillars of Vegetarianism
So the title of this post is a bit grandiose, but we're talking about climate change here today, because it's Blog Action Day...
So the title of this post is a bit grandiose, but we're talking about climate change here today, because it's Blog Action Day...
TheAestheticElevator posted a blog entry
The artistry of the day-job artist
Aspiring journalist Serena Renner put the plight of a day-job artist in pretty succinct terms earlier this week. Below is an...
Aspiring journalist Serena Renner put the plight of a day-job artist in pretty succinct terms earlier this week. Below is an...
TheAestheticElevator posted a blog entry
Manly minimalism begins with goals
“The things you own end up owning you.” — Tyler Durden, Fight ClubIn high school I became a collector of stuff, mostly...
“The things you own end up owning you.” — Tyler Durden, Fight ClubIn high school I became a collector of stuff, mostly...
Heather B posted a blog entry
The Challenge of Changing
If you have been “working on yourself” for so long that you are about ready to give up; if you are having...
If you have been “working on yourself” for so long that you are about ready to give up; if you are having...
75 days ago
BAD! Kitty Art Studio Artist Blog
| Topics: Thinking, depression, education, family life
BAD! Kitty Art Studio Artist Blog
| Topics: Thinking, depression, education, family lifeAli posted a blog entry
Archetypes in Market Mythology & The Role of Protest
This is a continuation of my previous post, inspired by the G20 Summit in my city this week, and a post on A Heathen's Day...
This is a continuation of my previous post, inspired by the G20 Summit in my city this week, and a post on A Heathen's Day...
sillydad posted a blog entry
Supermanning That Ho!
God, I’m ignorant. As you will see from my video, the top sought after bits of information this morning on Google was...
God, I’m ignorant. As you will see from my video, the top sought after bits of information this morning on Google was...
Andrew B posted a tweet
Quote "Hopefully the great linkrot apocalypse causes all of modern culture to dissapear in a puff of smoke." joshua blog http://is.gd/3EPay
87 days ago
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I Have The Moon, You Have The Internet
[Note 1: This little piece was inspired by the title of a track by an artist called The Field][Note 2: I am no poet and my...
[Note 1: This little piece was inspired by the title of a track by an artist called The Field][Note 2: I am no poet and my...
TheAestheticElevator posted a blog entry
Dangerous things you should let your children do
Just for fun this Friday:Via The Educated ImaginationPosted in Handmade, Imagination, Modern culture
Just for fun this Friday:Via The Educated ImaginationPosted in Handmade, Imagination, Modern culture
TheAestheticElevator posted a blog entry
Why is art not considered “real” work?
This may be something I’ve talked about (or at least alluded to) before on the blog, but I don’t remember for...
This may be something I’ve talked about (or at least alluded to) before on the blog, but I don’t remember for...
BSC posted a blog entry
Military Smoking Ban; Veterans Affairs Department Study on Smoking
Within 20 years a military smoking ban could be in effect, so says a study by the Veterans Affairs Department and the Pentagon....
Within 20 years a military smoking ban could be in effect, so says a study by the Veterans Affairs Department and the Pentagon....
Ali posted a blog entry
Cultivating an Environment of Truth
"Truth is generated from its environment; in that way it becomes a powerful reality."- Chögyam TrungpaThe man is a regular....
"Truth is generated from its environment; in that way it becomes a powerful reality."- Chögyam TrungpaThe man is a regular....
TheAestheticElevator posted a blog entry
Value of college degree overrated
When I met an old childhood acquaintance in a store a few weeks ago who is on her way to college this weekend I implored her...
When I met an old childhood acquaintance in a store a few weeks ago who is on her way to college this weekend I implored her...
TheAestheticElevator posted a blog entry
Modern furniture aesthetics and design (or lack thereof)
I loathe shopping for furniture in a retail setting.Just before we moved back to Nebraska I sold our couch. We liked it quite...
I loathe shopping for furniture in a retail setting.Just before we moved back to Nebraska I sold our couch. We liked it quite...
Beaverbrook posted a blog entry
Ah. So it has come to this.
Chivalry has of course long been dead; the revolving door, invented in the 1880s, was by then probably merely urinating on its...
Chivalry has of course long been dead; the revolving door, invented in the 1880s, was by then probably merely urinating on its...
Ali posted a blog entry
Comfortable with Crazy: The Dis-ease of Trusting Truth
"Certitude is seized by some minds, not because there is any philosophical justification for it, but because such minds have...
"Certitude is seized by some minds, not because there is any philosophical justification for it, but because such minds have...
Ali posted a blog entry
Lost & Found
Almost two weeks ago, I received a thoughtful letter from a reader about my previous post, "Lost in Thought." Unlike most...
Almost two weeks ago, I received a thoughtful letter from a reader about my previous post, "Lost in Thought." Unlike most...
TheAestheticElevator posted a blog entry
Lessons learnt via moving
One thing packing up and moving an American household causes a person to realize is the inordinate amount of schtuff we...
One thing packing up and moving an American household causes a person to realize is the inordinate amount of schtuff we...
