The world as it is Vs The world as it should be
I recently began reading Cervantes’ Don Quijote in Spanish on an online archive. I think in terms of subtext Cervantes’ themes have become the base for a lot of my ideas not just about gender, but life in general. I think exploring the “romantic ideal” of anything and testing the boundaries of “madness” have always … Read more
An Evening with Don Hertzfeldt
I’ve been stealing from Don Hertzfeldt for years. Rejected had such a big cultural impact that even in the shielded suburban existence of my youth glances of it appeared in the form of internet memes on people’s Live Journal’s pages. In houses guarded by moats of perfectly manicured lawns, behind plastic siding walls, kids like … Read more
If you must count to keep the beat, then count
Whereas break beats have been the missing link connecting the diasporic community to its drum woven past. Whereas the quantized drum has allowed the whirling mathematicians to calculate the ever changing distance between rock and stardom. Whereas the velocity of the spinning vinyl, cross-faded, spun backwards, and re-released at the same given moment of recorded … Read more
