by Christian Bertelsen. There is something different about Yellowknife. Having come from Montreal, one immediately notices it. The difference in scale is just one of those things that stands out. However that which initially drew my attention was, more precisely, the peculiarity of Yellowknife’s alleys. Indeed, their peculiarity can be said to operate on both [...]
Travelling while reading about nomads is strange. I first read Bruce Chatwin’s Songlines in high school when my boyfriend at the time slipped it to me with a knowing smile. It was the kind of thing he knew I’d like. I read chapters of The Songlines again in my first year as an MA student [...]
by Neil Balan I work at a harm-reduction youth shelter. At times, it’s intense. Often, upon completion of my shift, and feeling suffocated and small, I decompress with a walk home. I usually ride my bike to and from work but on the nights that I don’t I take the TTC down and usually walk [...]
by Michael in Mali. Life is all about contrasts. You need to take it all in. I truly believe that. Last Wednesday was the end of Ramadan. After a busy day visiting people all over the city, and an evening sharing a few drinks with some friends, I headed home. Before getting too far though, [...]
by Risa Dickens In a recent post, Neil suggested that choosing “stupefying confusion” as yer axiom instead of clarity or fidelity might make for a good thought tactic. In a way this sounds like aiming low so as to not be disapointed, but this shift in expectation (which would seem to give up on successful [...]
this is a new entry in an ongoing Open exploration of the cultural commons. So true: At its best, partial knowledge is the starting point from which more large scale patterns are initially hypothesized. It elicts curiosity and mobilizes interpretive effort. – John Ruskin as a child, before the aesthetic, geographical, and architectural theories that [...]
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