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Generative AI and the Falling Costs of Art Creation
For individual creators on a budget, the future is bright.

December 2023

On the Arts: A Year-End Review
A brief guide to everything published this year.
Winter as Reading Season
David Foster Wallace on the necessity of quiet time in order to read.

November 2023

The Meaning of Melancholy
An Interview with Hans Maes
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How to Write a Proper Haiku
A Starter's Guide to the Deceptively Simple Poetic Form
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October 2023

Do biographies need to start at the beginning?
Alternatives to the predictably linear narratives of most biographies.
What is the Demoscene?
An Interview with Filipe Cruz on the Influential but Obscure Art Form
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Link List: 20 Articles + Websites About the Arts
A wide-ranging collection of links on ballet, ugly architecture, Soviet Control rooms, Hokusai, and nifty CSS tools.
The Vertical Beauty of Hong Kong
An Interview with Photographer Romain Jacquet Lagrèze

September 2023

How do you actually create AI art?
A Walkthrough of Using Midjourney, a Popular AI Art Creation App
What are Liminal Spaces? And why are they so popular?
“Liminal spaces” have become trendy in recent years, especially on TikTok, Tumblr, and YouTube. But what makes a space liminal? And why are they so…
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On the Arts: A Three Month Review
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