This is a fun essay from Katherine Rundell. I’ll forgive her for using Plato to argue for censoring social media at the end when she… Read More »The chain reactions of literature: more from Katherine Rundell on children’s books
I’ve just watched Ron Howard’s Jim Henson, Idea Man (trailer below, link to Disney+ discount coupon here). Highlights include: Recommended! See also: Photomasochism: Industrial Light… Read More »Affectionate Anarchy: Jim Henson, Idea Man & Time Piece
Many novelists have had the experience of being approached by someone convinced that they have a great idea for a novel, which they are willing… Read More »Ted Chiang: AI ain’t art
According to IMDB, D.W. Griffith (1875-1948) directed 518 films between 1908 and 1931 Wikipedia – D.W. Griffith filmography Scenius Arthur Marvin, brother of Henry and… Read More »Quality as a function of quantity: the prolific D.W. Griffith
Wandering Generalities The individual clips are remarkable and jaw-dropping for the technology they represent, but the use of the clips depends on your understanding of… Read More »Eye on AI: Platonic banana trouble
Can art corrupt? Well, can art transform us? Is it art if it doesn’t? Is the object art, or is art what happens in the… Read More »Can art corrupt?; or, Changing the subject
Not necessarily entirely true, but generative. Since culture is itself a poiesis, all of its participants are poietai—inventors, makers, artists, storytellers, mythologists. They are not,… Read More »James Carse on culture as art
Here’s an excerpt from a great little essay by Animation Obsessive:
Hat-tip: The Whippet #168 These excerpts are from Montero’s article Against Flow, in Aeon magazine. Recommended. Against the flow; or, Improving Everything When I was… Read More »Barbara Gail Montero on flow and sprezzatura