“ Dictionary of the Illegible proposes...
“ Dictionary of the Illegible proposes illegibility as a strategy for navigating a world increasingly governed by visibility, efficiency, and total surveillance.”
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“ The average paid newsletter costs $10 per month or $100 per year , according to analysis of thousands of publications hosted on Beehiiv.” KDO memberships start at $3/mo. and I haven’t raised prices since 2016. You folks are getting an incredible deal!
Museum of Fine Arts Boston Reimagines America on Its 250th Birthday
A Mohawk artist’s bust of George Washington, a matrilineal home altar, and a Dunkin’ cup are among the 400 objects in a new major reinstallation.
Hank Green interviews Ze Frank , who kind of invented...
Hank Green interviews Ze Frank , who kind of invented the modern YouTube format (aka vlogging). “At the episode’s end, Ze lays down some of the best advice Hank’s ever heard.”
The Brits Panning for Gold
"In remote rivers, prospectors still hunt for treasure .They even hold tournaments."
Parker Molloy on why the panic about trans women in...
Parker Molloy on why the panic about trans women in sports is not actually about fairness or protecting women & girls (in the similar way Gamergate was not about “ethics in games journalism”).
Will America Ever Give White-Man Rights to Everyone...
Will America Ever Give White-Man Rights to Everyone Else? “These documents…were written by rich white men for the benefit of rich white men, and this country has never for a day recovered from their failure.”
The US Constitution Is for Simple Folk Still Burdened by...
The US Constitution Is for Simple Folk Still Burdened by the Belief That Words Have Meaning . “The true Constitution is not a document. It’s more of a gut feeling. It is a shimmering legal gas that settles wherever conservatives need it most…”
Rebecca Solnit: What Is the United States of America...
Rebecca Solnit: What Is the United States of America Now? “The United States of America is a truck that has driven into a ditch. The United States of America is a program that has been hacked.” But also: “It is the country that gave the world jazz…”
Report from a cruise full of celebrity impersonators ....
Report from a cruise full of celebrity impersonators . “A woman sat a toddler down beside us, while another, larger toddler tugged at her capris. At this point, every child was starting to look like Wallace Shawn.”
How Mexico’s World Cup Run Brought a Small Oregon Town to Life
"A little less than eighty miles from the Oregon coast and a little more than a thousand miles from the U.S.-Mexico border, Jose was selling the feeling of being around something familiar."
Katherine Wolkoff Meditates on Absence in Her Tender Photos of Deer Beds
The artist wanders along deer paths on Block Island, which sits a few miles off the coast of Rhode Island. 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
One Last Run
"A dispatch from the final Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, where the drinks were good, and the nature documentaries were, for the most part, sad."
Karl Hess: toward liberty
‘Society, in fact, is neighbourhoods’ – how Karl Hess transformed from a Republican speechwriter into a radical welder - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon
Venezuelan Artists Come Together
Artists share stories of grief and community after deadly earthquakes; plus, Mamdani’s budget for culture in NYC.
The anguish of choice
In the shattered aftermath of war, Sartre delivered a formidable lecture on freedom and meaning. Its urgency remains - by Skye C Cleary Read on Aeon
Constructions, Concoctions, Conjurations: A Reading List on the Curious World of Conlangs
Making stuff up is harder, stranger, and occasionally more dangerous than it looks. Seven stories that explore the world of constructed languages.
Left unsaid
It’s difficult to ride a bicycle in the pitch darkness. We need to see where we’re going to avoid obstacles. And it’s hard to maintain our balance. When we choose to avoid the conversations that make us uncomfortable, we’re pedaling in the dark. Talk about it. Turn on the lights.
Meet the Syntopicon: The Ambitious Index That Tried to Organize All of Western Thought (1952)
Mortimer J. Adler rose to cultural prominence in the mid-twentieth-century United States, not that a figure like him could have done so in any other place or time. A haphazard professional and intellectual path involving copy-boy work at the New York Sun, night school, and an
After Earthquakes, Venezuela's Artists Turn to Each Other
Facing a humanitarian crisis, everyday citizens have become rescue workers, and tight-knit art communities are creating networks of support.
Value of Looted Objects at Met Museum Tops $95M After New Seizures
Several ancient sculptures and vessels acquired between 1971 and 2001 were among the objects extracted from The Met's collection this June.
Erling Haaland “brings the intensity of a raiding...
Erling Haaland “brings the intensity of a raiding party to the sport” . And: “Haaland can call to mind a shark circling dark waters.”
Remembering Rune Mields, Onai Quiñonez, and Song Burnsoo
This week, we honor a German artist who plumbed the depths of geometry, a Venezuelan painter, and a Korean museum director and printmaker.
10 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles This July
Marc Kreisel’s secret art practice, Gwyneth Bulawsky’s queer and trans landscapes, Barbara Carrasco’s lifelong muralism, and more.
The Violinist Who Solved the Ancient Riddle of How the World Holds Together
This essay is adapted from Traversal. She is looking at the staff lines of a strange symphony in blue, her cautious disbelief punctured by a burst of delirious wonderment. Brushes and tubes of paint are scattered about her — paint she has spent years mixing into the perfect
My Family Has Been Here Since 1621. That Is Not What...
My Family Has Been Here Since 1621. That Is Not What Makes Me American. “We are a nation of immigrants that has watched as immigrants arrive, assimilate and begin pulling the ladder up behind them.”
NYC Mayor Mamdani Approves Record $323M Funding for Culture
The overall city budget also establishes a "Cultural Stability Fund" for struggling arts organizations.
There’s been so much crazy to pay attention to over the...
There’s been so much crazy to pay attention to over the past few weeks that I missed this: Midjourney, the AI image-maker that you access through Discord, is making a medical imaging machine . “It starts by stepping into a shallow pool of golden light…”