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Related Reading :: What Can Ancient Spiritual Poetry Teach Us about Living? by Kaveh Akbar

Link↗ My friend Rumaisa were geeking out over this article written by Kaveh Akbar for the Harvard Divinity Bulletin. Through poetry, we might briefly brush aside the veil that separates us and the divine, and catch a glimpse of something we feel, but can never hold.

"Poets have invested themselves in this promise for millennia. The idea that mellifluous, earnest language might thin the partition between our world and the next, between our world and the divine. That there might in our breath exist a bit of spirit that could be harnessed, bridled. It’s an idea as old as language, as old as incantation." – Kaveh Akbar

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Related Reading :: My website is a shifting house next to a river of knowledge. What could yours be? by Laurel Schwulst

Link↗ Every website created is a world with infinite opportunities, and artists are world-builders by nature. We begin by crafting these worlds for ourselves, and then—through sharing our work—we invite others to explore. World-building isn’t just about creating what exists within the world—it’s about shaping the entire context around it: the language, aesthetic, structure, and underlying rules.

"There is also no state of “completeness” to a website, like a puddle, since they’re ephemeral by nature. Sometimes they can be very big and reflective. Despite their temporal nature, I’ve even seen some creatures thrive in puddles. Meanwhile, some smaller puddles may only last a day."

Schwulst reminds us that websites aren't bound to a single function or purpose. A site can be confusing, dull, or playful—each a valid reason for its existence. And none of it is ever fixed; everything is open to change.

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Related Reading :: The Dark Forest Theory of the Internet by Yancey Strickler

Link↗ In The Dark Forest Theory of the Internet, Yancey Strickler argues that a growing number of people are retreating from the public web into pockets of digital darkness in search of more forgiving spaces for communication. They're seeking out quieter, more private corners of the internet—what Strickler refers to as these “dark forests”. These spaces include private accounts, newsletters, invite-only forums— and any space that lies hidden from the hyper-visibility of the mainstream.

Advertising, tracking, trolling, and hype, are exploitative behaviours that are symptomatic of simply existing on the web. These digital refuges are secluded, they offer a privacy that is antithetical to algorithms. They resist algorithmic surveillance by intentionally remaining unseen.

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[3D] Exploration – 4/6 :: PI.FYI Field Recording Compilation

PI.FYI FIELD RECORDING COMPILATION, VOL. I

This collection of field recordings is a collaborative effort with users of PI.FYI, each of which recorded their own pieces. It features aud

The only social media platform that I actively use is PI.FYI. Recently, user @/THECLACK reached out to other PI.FYI users from around the world to create collaborative collective of field recordings.

The track EVERYTHING, ALL AT ONCE has really stuck itself in my mind. I find it so beautiful, it's truly just a bunch of noises you could hear in your daily life, layered on top of one another. But still, it evokes this sense of fullness without being overwhelming, I put it on loop and just get lost in it.

Here's the blurb: "Online communities like PI.FYI often represent a diverse set of people, places, and experiences, but together, the submissions form a living collage that highlights the commonalities of modern life - a unifying message for such a tumultuous time. The first track features all of the sounds played at once in an attempt to create an audio snapshot of an online community but in their offline lives."

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Related Reading :: The Art of Noises by Luigi Russolo, 1913

Link↗  The Art of Noises is a letter written by Italian painter Luigi Russolo in the early 20th century. I like to think about it as a piece of fan mail addressed to Futurist composer Balilla Pratella. Russolo writes about the wonders of noisy-ness and imagines a radical rethinking of music. Russolo argues that the traditional boundaries of music, rooted in harmony and classical instrumentation, no longer reflect the reality of the modern world’s sonic landscape

Like machines, engines, crowds, and all the raw, chaotic sounds of contemporary existence, the industrialization and the cacophony of urban life expands the aesthetic potential of noise. Russolo calls for an evolution in musical language, urging future composers to embrace noise as an expressive component of music.

His letter became a manifesto of sorts like a foundation for experimental and electronic music. He was challenging the norms of his time and anticipating the avant-garde movements that would come to follow.

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Related Reading :: Taiji Quan: The Wisdom of Water by Kenneth S. Cohen

Link↗ Cohen points us towards the fluidity of water to help us understand the intention of Taiji Quan.

"Water has no fixed shape of its own, but rather takes the shape of the terrain over which it flows or of the container that holds it. It adapts itself to both season and place: freezing in winter, dissolving in summer, becoming mist and dew in the heavens, springs and lakes on the earth. Similarly, the Taiji Quan student is flexible and adaptable. Her mind is empty of preconceptions and able to understand without the filter of belief systems. She greets life without rehearsal or fixed strategy."

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Related Reading :: The Faraway Nearby by Rebecca Solnit

Excerpt from Chapter 10 of The Faraway Nearby. On labyrinths.

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Related Reading :: writing by inkipri

Link ↗ It's getting at it, at the thing. Between the in-betweens. At the nothing-everything that exists both everywhere&nowhere.