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a blog by Paul Graham Raven
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stories and possibilities are always multiple, infinite
Wonderful essay here at LitHub by Ellie Robins. I was sold from this moment: The truth is, there can be no such thing as a monomyth. Stories are alive, and like all living beings, they exist in ecosystems. In the living world, a monoculture always spells death. Ellie Robins https://lithub.com/how-to-go-home-on-resisting-a-very-english-heros-journey/ TFW someone totally nails, with…
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02NOV2022 / accessions
The Ford because it’s one of those sf novels that I’ve often heard spoken highly of, and it was just there on the shelf while browsing the bookstore, so why not? The shiny-shiny how-to-future guide from Danish design/strategy outfit Bespoke is… ah, something like market research?
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but who has seen the work?
The question ‘but who has seen the work?’ points to a broader problem of the public sphere: who is talking to whom, and through which media. If we conceive of the arts broadly enough – to include, say, video games and popular music – their reach is certainly broad, though it always splits along different…
Who is Paul Graham Raven?
“… who, with raving lips uttering things mirthless, unbedizened, and unperfumed, reaches over a thousand years with [his] voice, thanks to the god in [him].”