What Comes Next_
Thoughts on AI, predictive text, technological metaphors, and the string of thought.
🗺️More delicate
Quoting Elizabeth Bishop.
🧠Eat when you eat
This insight by Joshua-Michéle highlights the paradox of digital distraction in our interconnected world.
📱What do 80 texts a day add up to?
A look into how texting affects the development of teenage autonomy, with insights from psychologist Sherry Turkle.
🌊Astoria Pool, by Angie Smith
Memorial Day marks the beginning of summer, and this beautiful image captures the essence of the Astoria Pool in Queens, NY.
🍷Drinking less, online
This exploration highlights a novel approach to temperance and addiction through a self-help program that emphasizes moderated drinking over complete abstinence.
🎨Our national art project
A reflection on the relationship between great art and the greatness of a nation.
🎨Jennifer Daniel for the Baltimore City Paper
Darn good advice captured in a creative illustration about storytelling and genre.
🤔Nothing succeeds like failure?
The persistence of quack medicine highlights the complexities of belief and human psychology in health practices.
🐍São Paulo, Brazil, by Carlos Cazalis
Exploring the Minhocão, a unique elevated expressway in São Paulo, transformed into a vibrant public space on Sundays.
🔧Kranzberg’s 2nd
Exploring the profound relationship between invention and necessity.
🎨Cocktails with Picasso, by Mimi Jensen
A chance encounter with familiar objects in art inspires reflection on personal connections to artwork and memories.
🏺Why loot when you can fake?
How eBay's influence changed looting dynamics.
🌊Storm King Wavefield, by Maya Lin
An exploration of Maya Lin's stunning earthworks at Storm King Art Center.
🌍Mongolian Bling
A reflection on the irony of cultural exchange in a project celebrating nomadic hip hop.
🏛️That’s one way to fight the war on cliche
Liz Glynn and her team created and then dismantled a model of Rome in a day at New York's New Museum.
🕍Six days shalt thou offer unmatched prices and customer service
Fascinating trivia (and not-so-trivia) about one of the iconic advertisers of my video-camera-obsessed early adolescence.
🎤Auto-Tune and the cyborg embrace
Embracing the artifice of Auto-Tune can lead to innovative musical expressions.
🎥D.W. Griffith and the Watson Twins
I rented _Intolerance_ only to find a lackluster public domain cut, but I turned it into a unique experience with my own soundtrack.
😷Who was that masked man?
A reflection on the social impact of masks during the swine flu outbreak.
🙏Merci
A beautiful exploration of faith and gratitude captured in tiles at a Catholic shrine in France.
🦅No one here but us fanatics
Quoting Annie Dillard.
🌱Real simple
Exploring Wendell Berry's thoughts on complexity and simplicity reveals the deeper connections we must navigate in life.
🎨Whitman sampler
A delightful exploration of Walt Whitman's influence on poetry and art, featuring a discussion with three diverse poets.
🌍Forty-seven kinds of greens
Reflecting on the insights of Fran Osseo-Asare about the complexity of African cuisines and the risks of ethnocentrism.
🎶We’re gonna copy like it’s 1897
Music piracy has a long history, as evidenced by this 111-year-old New York Times article discussing the early challenges of copyright in the music industry.
🏠Case Study Home, by Peter Bialobrzeski
Exploring the unique blend of traditional architecture and impermanent structures in the Baseco compound, showcasing the resilience of community spirit.
🌍Playing for Change - Global street musicians cover “Stand By Me”
An exploration of global musical collaborations that create vibrant, diverse soundscapes.
☠️To arrr is human
Exploring our fascination with pirates reveals deeper existential themes about boundaries and identity.
🌱Our riches have buried our treasures
In times of economic struggle, we may discover the true value of relationships and gratitude.
🎶The slightly universal language?
A study reveals the nuanced relationship between music and emotion across cultures, highlighting its effectiveness in conveying feelings with some limitations.
🎭Instead of adoring eyes, a sea of lenses
An exploration of how technology impacts our experiences at high school performances, emphasizing the contrast between the roles of different types of videographers.
🚫Blue law blues
From Kat Long's exploration of the unintended consequences of New York City's attempts to regulate vice and morality.
🎶Some sweet, sweet South Indian song
A celebration of the soulful Carnatic music in the Malayalam film "Bharatham," featuring the captivating song "Gopangane."
🌐Babel undone
The transformative journey of a biblical story through many languages.
🌳Tapumes, by Henrique Oliveira
Brazilian artist Henrique Oliveira transforms discarded wood into vibrant sculptures in his latest installation, _Tapumes_.
🌸Painting with Adam’s palette
From Vivian Guroian, reflections on the divine nature of gardening.
📖Comforts and delights
I’ll be weighing in there with my thoughts about interesting cultural artifacts.
🎸Monastic fantastic
A look at the Monks, a groundbreaking band that fused punk music with monastic aesthetics in the '60s.
📚Astrid Stampe’s Picture Book, by Hans Christian Andersen
A glimpse into the charming world of Hans Christian Andersen's picture books for the young and imaginative.
🌊Ponte Vecchio 5, by Leigh Wen
Taiwanese-American artist Leigh Wen captures the essence of water in her stunning mural-size paintings, like "Ponte Vecchio 5."
🧠The brain, the body, and the world
A philosopher challenges the notion that our consciousness is solely determined by our brains.
🎨Sharp VII, by Frank Gonzales
I appreciate the unique blend of traditional and digital influences in Frank Gonzales' bird artworks.
🎶That Old-Time Religion
Quoting Al Sharpton.
📡Computer bites newspaper, 1981 edition
A retrospective look at a technology report predicting the future of print news distribution from 1981, highlighting the accuracy of past forecasts.
🎬Fridge logic
An exploration of TV-writer jargon that highlights the intricacies of scriptwriting with a humorous touch.
🚫Invest now in youth prevention!
An exploration of societal attitudes toward youth, featuring unconventional methods to deter teenagers from certain spaces.
🎨My Astronomical Romance
How the aesthetics of Hubble Space Telescope images reflect cultural choices, blending art and science to inspire a sense of wonder about the cosmos.
🌍Everything, everywhere
Quoting Susan Sontag.
🌼S C Road, Gandhinagar, Bangalore, India
A look at the heart of the Kannada Film Industry as fans and producers gather for a film premiere.
🗑️Sign your work!
Yvonne Froud, a shopkeeper in Joys Green, Gloucestershire, has taken a creative approach to combat littering among local children by marking snack wrappers with their names and encouraging them to take responsibility for their waste.