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Firs tthing- walter Ben-ya-meen. If u bring him up in conversation and say ben ja min ur gonna look like an idiot apparently. But its funny bc its not like people say Valter Benyameen. They say walter. Go figure.
Anyways this text is So Great. im definitely late to the game to this contexts of frankfurt dialectics, post war philosophy manifestos, yada yada but this one is so powerful and formative esp if ur an artist or visual creator that is Woke. Its one of his more accessible writings, and he is also a very important person to kno if u r even remotely into literature/philosophie/art/design/criticism etc.
Benyameen talks about this loss/absence of human experience post war/industrual revolution whcih i think is rlly the root of all this floptok based retard gang xiaohongshu on the extreme side, but even at its most tame (yet this is more insidious/barbaric in the bad way as Benyameen puts it) all of these miu miu shoe unboxing, day in the life of a big city transplant, clean consumerism we are witness to online. It is rlly this central idea of experience that hit home for me, and the resulting idea of barbarism which fr opened my third eye and put words to the feelings of trying to contextualize our days of Today. Im also totally going to start using the word barbarian to describe creatives and intellectuals and world leaders haha. Be the Good Barbarian.
dm me if u want my annotated copy i culd keep going but arent these meant to be kept short idk<3
Jan 20, 2024
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you know when you read good theory (or good anything really) and then you can‘t help but see further examples of whatever is being explored in the book IRL?
This book is giving that to me.
From Van Gogh immersive experience yoga to Uber eats, speed and immersion dominate so much of how things are delivered to us these days- whether that’s food or art.
The intro is really compelling. How Kornbluh connects the dots between immediacy in the sense of NOW! as well as the more hidden meaning of the word as without mediation. I saw a meme recently that showed future generations watching react videos of react videos of react videos which certainly speaks to this mass cultural wasting of the practice of mediating.
The mission this summer is mediation. come at me raw universe, I’m ready to think about ya and spit out feelings or something.
Apr 29, 2024
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Quite enjoy “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction” and Mimesis and Alterity, respectively
Feb 28, 2024
Theodor Adorno’s aphorisms written around wwii are terrifyingly insightful for the current moment. It’s also the sort of book where you (I) have to look up words and reread sentences and identify subject-verb placement to understand his syntax (which I think for the most part is at clear as it can be to best convey his complex ideas) and feels like a very anti-brainrot read, like I can feel the peaks and valleys of my brain returning. He’s also gotta be a top 10 hater throughout history and authors his frustrations delightfully. I feel more equipped to insult searingly after reading.
May 19, 2025
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That rlly good fitting room selfie you posted a week ago on ur story.. post it again for tumblr. And ur public spam account. and in ur tiktok compilations. Make it the profile pic for an app u half care about. Gotta stretch that selfie capital as much as u possibly can amirite
Ur real friends r the ones u have on every platform to c u posting the same things over and over again for ur various audiences
Feb 25, 2024
Korean films from the 2000s are the best best best. Incredibly funny and epic in terms of storytelling while shot gorgeously w korean fashion styles of 2001. The ending is set up so perfectly 🌳 Jun ji hyun ultimate female lead see Il Mare (2000) another masterpiece though that ones much more ambient <3
Another 🇰🇷 romcom watch: The beast and the beauty (2005)
Jan 24, 2024
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Breaking out into 2024 this is my new biggest obsesione 🫦 xylitol! You can go into any hippie store or apothecary or local korean grocer and find some form of xylitol toothpaste or gum to help remineralize ur teeth after a meal when ur mouth is all full of digestive acid ✨ the way ive been telling people is that in the US we use fluoride - keeps us prone to fluoride staring and our brains smooth for the government obvs - bad. while in other, more socialist countries they use xylitol - Good😃!
Im just kidding obviously. i have no idea whats happening in the rest of the world.
Jan 20, 2024