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swimming in a post-Gutenberg society: May 2023 Essay Recommendations
Why is the best Harry Potter adaptation the next one? Why do people keep 'queering' Frog & Toad? Can you be fun, flirty, Christian, *and* heroic…
May 31
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Daniel Whyte IV
subsuming present creations with the light of the next: notes from Hutchmoot UK 2023
A few days of fellowship and fervent engagement with art, truth, and light.
May 26
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Daniel Whyte IV
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i left my book in a hotel in Toulouse
On preserving the status of the physical book as an aesthetic, social, and spiritual good.
May 6
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Daniel Whyte IV
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April 2023
trolls, devils, sex, and the fantastic mind: April 2023 Essay Recommendations
Rated-R for reality. One helluva discovery, all hail Kyrsten Sinema, thinking fantastically about sex, the Brandon Sanderson drama + more you really…
Apr 29
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Daniel Whyte IV
(almost) break time: some pre-holiday notes
There's no post on aesthetic this week, so here's some stuff about losing a book in a foreign land, the Mandalorian, and American Christians' weird…
Apr 22
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Daniel Whyte IV
what movie do you want to live in?
Wipe your moodboards clean! What are we talking about when we talk about 'aesthetic'?
Apr 8
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Daniel Whyte IV
it's okay to end the suffering of Queen Elizabeth: March 2023 Essay Recommendations
Determinedly spicy takes about Big Media's sequel fetish, the actual reason kids don't read books, gender-neutral naming + more in this month's…
Apr 1
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March 2023
it’s for the aesthetic: so let’s begin
“…aesthetic communication is arguably a more powerful form of communication…”
Mar 25
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Daniel Whyte IV
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out of context, it sounds like a heresy
On truth, beauty, promiscuity, and the transgressive, trickster God. A manifesto of sorts. Plus, in praise of Bari Weiss.
Mar 11
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Daniel Whyte IV
he gets us, but Rihanna doesn't need you to: February 2023 Essay Recommendations
Takeaways from the parts of the Super Bowl that actually matter, more on AI, and why canon still matters -- this month's things you should read (and…
Mar 1
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Daniel Whyte IV
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February 2023
Keats, Kierkegaard, and (negative) capability
Or what happens with art-media that satisfies a high appetite... Plus, an unexpected endorsement of "Antman and the Wasp: Quantumania" (kinda) and my…
Feb 26
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what's to be done about a society with low appetite?
From Emily in Paris to Single's Inferno, our culture has descended into an era of apocalyptic bad taste. Andor reminded me what a good story made for…
Feb 12
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