🌍 Culture Making

• 🦅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

  A fascinating exploration of 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.

• 🌐Babel bubbles

  An exploration of linguistic expressions for incomprehensibility across different cultures, inspired by a question about the varying equivalents of "it's Greek to me."

• 🐣Applied semiotics

  This amusing reflection on "American-style Easter" highlights the quirky blend of commercialism and tradition.

• 🌐Poking Facebook

  The ease of social networking creates challenges for self-reinvention.

• 🤠These are a few of my favorite German country-western song titles

  A humorous exploration of German Country music and its quirky celebration of Americana culture.

• 🎸All tomorrow’s parties

  Quoting ... somebody famous.

• 🎶Bring the noise

  Exploring the cultural significance of sound preferences, Stanford music professor Jonathan Berger discusses how MP3s resonate with modern listeners, revealing a fascinating shift in musical appreciation.

• 🍽️Tastes great, but is it art?

  Exploring the debate on whether cooking can be classified as an art form raises intriguing questions about aesthetic experiences and cultural significance.

• 🐎Fujimori Festival

  Calligraphy on horseback showcases an impressive skill, as highlighted in the traditional Fujimori Festival held at the Fujinomori Shrine.

• 🌍Making things that we can touch

  An exploration of the intersection between technology, human interaction, and the essence of physical experience.

• 🎶A dirge revival

  A reflection on the cultural decline and potential revival of traditional funeral dirges in the Volta region of northern Ghana.

• 📺Less is more

  A reflection on how limiting technology can boost creativity, with a nod to the simplicity of a no-button remote.

• 🧪The Plastics Inventor

  A fascinating exploration of how perceptions of plastic have shifted over time, particularly through the lens of Disney's animation in the 1940s.

• 🎶Talent is overrated, practice what you love

  An exploration of the role of practice and passion in developing talent, as illustrated by young musicians and insights from Anders Ericsson's research.

• ✈️Descending like a dove

  A fascinating visual representation of air traffic over Atlanta resembles the Holy Spirit's descent, prompting reflections on both art and geography.

• ✝️It comes from sacrifice

  This piece explores the profound connection between forgiveness and the strength of Western values.

• 🥈They also ran

  Canadian photographer Sandy Nicholson documents the competitors who are forgotten about and under-celebrated — the second-place finishers.

• ✝️Copyright or smiley face?

  Exploring the divine in the artistry of creation and the faith we see reflected in our surroundings.

• 👃Community you can smell

  Exploring the essence of true community beyond virtual connections.

• 🏘️Slums are the answer

  Insights into community resilience found in the world's squatter cities.

• 🍣Cirque du sushi

  Captured moments from a kaiten sushi experience in Tomakomai, emphasizing culture and enjoyment.