I began at the end. The Chōishi-michi pilgrimage route is an amazing 12-mile trail that winds its way up through the forest from the Jison-in temple in the town of Kudoyama in the valley to the Danjo Garan temple in the town of Kōyasan in the mountains. The origins of the trail
The James Webb Space Telescope’s Near-InfraRed Camera (NIRCam) captured the star as it reaches the end of its life. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article
From NY Times reporter Anna Kodé (whose “intersection of culture and real estate” reporting I’ve been enjoying lately), a short video on the increasingly hostile architecture of NYC. The spread of the leaning bench and the lack of seating at places like Moynihan or around the
The museum space of NYU Abu Dhabi launches its second decade with a mid-career retrospective of Ala Younis, asking how to investigate our temporal universe.
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Bud Smith built a desk for his truck so he could write during breaks in his work as a mechanic and welder. “Now that I had my Truck Desk , that vehicle was my very own rolling cubicle.” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
These meticulously crafted vessels practically define "deceptively simple." Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article Ceramics Mimic Cardboard in Jacques
“ Glowing sperm helps to reveal secrets of mosquito sex .” And what are those secrets you might ask? “Female mosquitoes are actually in charge during sex.” Good for her. 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Courtesy of login.jp (“archiving the Japanese experience through music”), a jazz jungle mix by Takuya Nakamura , played in a Japanese rice field to celebrate the importance of rice in Japanese culture. A trumpet makes a few appearances. Nakamura recently played a set in an
The South Jakarta-based artist repeats the playful, well-dressed motif of "nona kecil." Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article Irene Saputra Invents
Yessss. I noticed that a 4K remaster of Princess Mononoke was playing in some IMAX theaters here in Japan last week, and now the movie is opening wider , with showings w/ English subtitles. So excited to see this! 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Scientific progress depends on disagreement. So why are vaccine sceptics and other science critics not worth listening to? - by Collin Rice & Kareem Khalifa Read on Aeon
This is not a promise to be made lightly. It’s not, “I’ve got your back until it becomes difficult or inconvenient for me.” It puts us on the hook, without exception. This is a powerful promise, a commitment that can change the life of both parties. Don’t do it lightly, but do
In 1957, the BBC program Panorama aired one of the first televised April Fools’ Day hoaxes. Above, you can watch a faux news report from Switzerland narrated by respected BBC journalist Richard Dimbleby. Here’s the basic premise: After a mild winter and the “virtual
Certain cult historical figures have served as prescient avatars for the techno-visionaries of the digital age. Where the altruistic utopian designs of Buckminster Fuller provided an ideal for the first wave of Silicon Valley pioneers (a group including computer scientist and
The hero of the modern myth is the victim, the emblem of the modern self the pronoun. We seem to have forgotten that we are survivors of innumerable spasms of space and time, creatures who never would have given up the gills for lungs if we attached identity to gillness. Not so