Socialism leaves little room for tragedy — that’s partly the point of it — and London was in love with the tragic. A socialist world, as he envisioned it, wouldn’t be much to write about. “The Strength of the Strong” (1911), which London wrote explicitly as a defense of socialism, features a group of tribalContinue Reading
Why “The Persistence of Memory” Is a Surrealist Masterpiece – Artsy
Although The Persistence of Memory is an early work for Dalí, it was career-defining in its execution of Surrealist ideals. In his impassioned first “Manifesto of Surrealism,” Breton wrote: “Surrealism is based on the belief in the superior reality of certain forms of previously neglected associations, in the omnipotence of dream, in the disinterested playContinue Reading
The Moods of Ernest Hemingway | The New Yorker
He nodded. Then he nodded a few times at me—a repetition of the sign for attention. “What I want to be when I am old is a wise old man who won’t bore,” he said, then paused while the waiter set a plate of asparagus and an artichoke before him and poured the Tavel. HemingwayContinue Reading
Deeper, Hidden Meanings and Themes in Alice in Wonderland | Owlcation
The events in the story correlate with the steps in a child’s growth and progression through childhood and adolescence. According to editors Charles Frey and John Griffin, “Alice is engaged in a romance quest for her own identity and growth, for some understanding of logic, rules, the games people play, authority, time, and death.” WhenContinue Reading
A Deep Dive on End-to-End Encryption: How Do Public Key Encryption Systems Work? | Surveillance Self-Defense
In Review: Using Public Key Cryptography Let’s review. Public key cryptography lets you encrypt and send messages safely to anyone whose public key you know. If others know your public key: They can send you secret messages that only you can decode using your matching private key and, You can sign your messages with yourContinue Reading
Inside NBA Superfan James Goldstein’s Wild L.A. Party Mansion | Hollywood Reporter
Obviously someone with a lot to prove, this guy feeds on the poor just like a good Trumpian daddy might.Dates the younger girls and worships only himself. Except for the architecture portion of this article, this would have been dismissed. But I love architecture and how building learn. When day this building will learn himContinue Reading
The Clockwork Condition | The New Yorker
Evil is always evil, and it may be thought of, perhaps, as essentially destructive, a willed and deliberate negation of organic life. It is always evil to kill another human being, even though it is sometimes right to do so. It is probably evil to kill any organism, even the bullocks and sheep we needContinue Reading
Edgar Allan Poe and the Economy of Horror | The New Yorker
I know how it feels to starve for your art. Not intending to die for it though… This year marks the two-hundredth anniversary of Poe’s birth and the publication of two collections of gothic tales produced by the Mystery Writers of America. “On a Raven’s Wing: New Tales in Honor of Edgar Allan Poe” (Harper;Continue Reading
John Lennon Vs. The Deep State: One Man Against The “Monster”
As Lennon shared in a 1968 interview: “I think all our society is run by insane people for insane objectives… I think we’re being run by maniacs for maniacal means. If anybody can put on paper what our government and the American government and the Russian… Chinese… what they are actually trying to do, andContinue Reading
Germany vs Greece – Monty Python Philosophers Football Match – YouTube
It’s all over.