The Mass Ornament
The criteria for cultural importance are not popularity, marketability, or influence. Import is weighed in granular increments, accumulative intuition. Mass movement is science. Stirring a single soul is magic.
The Pretty Things Are Going to Hell
The question of what to do with one’s days is at the root of the Western conception of damnation and salvation. Labour in wisdom, and not for pleasure, is considered goodness before God.
Un Oiseau Rebelle: notes on the location of culture
We frequently assign greater value to original cultures. Cultural insemination suggests a primary vital élan, whereas a supporting role is reserved for cultural dissemination.
Practically Magic: in conversation with Myriam Bleau
“A lot of people don’t know because I don’t advertise it,” the artist and musician declares, “but I’m very radical, politically. And I’ve become such a radical feminist over the years.”
The Structure of Spirit
High-concept narratives and three-chord pop songs tend to resonate most deeply in the subconscious, encouraging repetition and positioning themselves perfectly for mass approval.
This Montreal Manifesto: notes on Melissa Auf der Maur at the Blue Metropolis Festival
Canada is a small country in a big body, and Quebec is its limb that survives amputation, our contributor writes.
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