New music can satisfy even those among us who harbor suspicions about the power of consumerism to sully mass-market artistic creations. I’m specifically thinking of “This is America” by Childish Gambino/Donald Glover, the video for which exemplifies the intensity of living with eyes so open to self and world that those observing cannot resist being…
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When minimal effort can serve far-reaching needs, it is essential to progress from “I probably should” to “of course I did.”
Remember back in 2010, when the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico rightly horrified the world? Imagine the likelihood for more of the same being compounded exponentially, at a favorite American beach near you! There is less than 24 hours remaining to leave public comment at regulations.gov, regarding “Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:…
Individuality is largely a matter of voices in the head.
As a nice break from the unfettered speechifying that most frequently occupies my version of the voicings I assume all hear within (my own consistently waxing impassioned about our triumphant restoration of earth, Union, and souls), I often also have songs running through my head (musicians call music heard in mind “ audiation”). The songs, often rhymes,…
Casting
As is congruent with my somewhat involuntary, ongoing hobby of writing a perhaps endless stream of cover letters from a place of cheerful detachment, I finished up another one today! This university position is particularly appealing in its adherence to the liberal arts tradition as a bastion of positive social change, and so inspired a…
Summarily
Successful completion of a PhD will everafter require that one be able to summarize those years of work and hundreds of pages, and how that effort continues to matter in the real world, in just a few sentences. Having written what I strive to not be a demoralizing number of cover letters, I’ve become…
Insight/Outfit of the Day 