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erikson: going native on magic

In his work, Erik Erikson surpassed the Freudian focus on dysfunctional behaviour to evaluate the ways that the normal self is able to function successfully, through an integration of the effects of society and culture on psychological development which he … Continue reading

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the dog: throwing them a bone of intensity

…reconsider the story of man and his best friend… …There is another important point. Evolution, or rapid genetic change, happens fastest when a population is divided into small isolated groups that have occasional genetic contact with each other. Trading, war, … Continue reading

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modernism: press the refresh button

Modernism as a ready made. The break with the past; the discarding of tradition. The shock of the new. Modernism struck at the heart of the conventional wisdom in the arts which meant that an aesthetic of plot, dramatic incident … Continue reading

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lost highway: back to the city of the patriarchs

The self-hater. it has nothing to do with Gunter Grass’s stupid poem. His meta argument that its not the state its the government, is hoary socialist cant from the left; a socialist attacking Zionism is a family squabble at best. … Continue reading

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proceeding by learned recollection

Finding the point at which the same and the other are indiscernible. It is where the center of thought is a blurry area characterized by discontinuity where Marcel Duchamp said the impersonality of artistic action can affirm itself. The ready … Continue reading

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wild bauhaus bohemians: mechanical paradise

A “house for building” is what Walter Gropius called the new school he founded in Germany in 1919. But the Bauhaus was much more than its modest name implies: it was a force that changed the shape of the modern … Continue reading

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alchemy of art: jangling the keys of solomon

With secret sound. The liberation of the subjective self. Magic squares and alchemy in art lending hermetic interpretations to deciphering works of art.It was the irresistibleĀ  lure of certain of the Magic Squares of the Third Book, and their tendency … Continue reading

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