“Exact. We must demand of each one what each one can give. Authority rests first on reason. If thou commandest thy people to go throw themselves into the sea, they shall make a revolution. I have the right to demand obedience because my orders are reasonable.” “Here is my secret. It is very simple. One sees only with the heart. What is essential is invisible to the eye.”  “You are beautiful, but you are empty,” he said again. You cannot die for you. Of course, my rose, an ord

Is religion cope? A tool for oppression?  My friend asks where I got that from.  Playboi carti is hypnotizing us with psychoacoustics. When there's a constant repeating melody, it gets tuned out and then every new adlib or 808 is like  hypersensitive Woah , where did you learn that from?  Tiktok, and tiktok.  The words feel cheap in my mouth, like I’m outing myself as low grade, phone addicted, bargain-bin intellect. Why is it embarrassing when it is the media I choose to con

I had this notion once, half consolation, half conceit, that if I suffered and “awakened” early, if I tuned myself finely to all the invisible strings of spirituality and self before anyone else, then later life would part for me like curtains. While everyone else was staggering through their quarter, mid, or late life crises, I’d be there already, a little smug perhaps, already on the other side  “cruising”.  It was comforting to think my pain had bought me something, that m

Caroline Utingzer – Good As It Gets https://www.instagram.com/primordial_soupp/ I’d like to think I’ve earned a little recognition for my contributions to aesthetics—after all, I was voted “Most Aesthetic Feed” and “Most Likely to Be a YouTuber or Fashion Designer.” Not a bad résumé for a high schooler, right? (Do not answer that or ask my dad). It’s safe to say that, while I’ve gained social connections that I truly value, I also realized that somewhere along the way, I unkn

A picturesque scenario from my head.  I’m in Galerie Maria Bernheim, dressed in a stand up collar black jacket, and a Ding Shilun piece interrupts my stroll. I’m with one other stranger, sharing a moment of raptured curiosity. At first his paintings appear sweet and delicate.  Inspiration for my own picture books for my stuffed animals! Until…bam! Up close they reveal unsettling details –grotesque creatures, distorted bodies, and absurb juxtapositions that capture the anxieti

A more subdued period of Alexander McQueen's career began with his Spring/Summer 2006 menswear collection.  The drama persisted, but it wasn't dependent on the kind of spectacular display that had come to really characterize him. There were no holograms, no flaming fire, no breaking glass boxes. Solely a stage covered in fabric sails and tangled parachutes that looked like the remains of some sort of wreckage.  Models walked barefoot and ominously slow, their clothes slipping

The Doors of Perception by John Baggley Questioning the reality of one’s physical state of being and the limitations of psychological theory that man faces day to day. All while on a psychedelic drug. The Present Age by SOREN Kierkegaard On The Death of Rebellion Awareness of rising herd syndrome in humanity. Speaks about the moral consciousness humans pretend to have, yet do little to nothing when given the opportunity.  Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami Fantasy fiction

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436838 Georges de La Tour’s The Fortune Teller is a captivating piece finished in 1630, right in the heart of the Baroque period. Caravaggio influenced La Tour, but his interpretation of drama is quite different. Rather than relying on the violence and tenebrism that Caravaggio favored, La Tour creates a more thoughtful and composed atmosphere. In his work, subtle gestures, like lighting, gesture, and implied movement, draw you

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https://www.mfa.org/press-release/mfa-boston-returns-two-works-of-art-to-oba-of-benin I have been a teen intern at the Museum of Fine Arts at Boston for 2 years. I first hand got to see how much the museum staff truly cares about what is right—when the African exhibit was still up and running, a curator without force, authentically expressed her frustration and did not conceal whatsoever that these pieces were looted—something most institutions and even the MFA labels bury in