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29 December, 202029 December, 2020 StaffanLeave a comment

Ekopoetiska hugskott

I Senecaprogrammet skriver Gunnar D. Hansson en anteckning utifrån Tegnérs ord om poesin som det högsta mänskliga, likt ett träd på vilket religion och vetenskap endast utgör grenar. Hansson nystar Read More …

gunnar d. hansson, poesi, poetik, senecaprogrammet, skapande
27 October, 202027 October, 2020 StaffanLeave a comment

The Inner Editor

In his wonderfully insightful book Free Play, about the mysterious and practical sides of improvisation, Stephen Nachmanovitch addresses the issue of self-criticism as an inhibitor of creativity. He does not Read More …

attention, creativity, criticism, doubt, inner-critic
16 October, 202016 October, 2020 StaffanLeave a comment

Robin Hobb’s Liveship-Trilogy and the shift beyond anthropocentrism

(Minor spoiler alert) When the dragon Tintaglia rises and heralds the return of dragonkind to the world, the perspective of human beings as the crown and and center of creation Read More …

dragon, ecocritique, nature, resilience, robin hobb, sustainability, system
26 July, 202026 July, 2020 StaffanLeave a comment

Monument och idoler

Att ilskna till i mötet med orättvisa är ett sundhetstecken, och tolkar man ett konstnärligt verk som uttryck för någon form av förtryck eller orättvisa är det naturligt att bli Read More …

debatt, historia, monument, offentlig konst, skulptur
2 July, 20202 July, 2020 StaffanLeave a comment

Suggestion

Howard Pyle’s “In Knighthood’s Day” above, was painted as an illustration for a story about a fugitive queen with her servant, here trying to evade a search party of mounted Read More …

composition, howard pyle, illustration, painting, study, suggestion
26 June, 202026 June, 2020 StaffanLeave a comment

Tennyson’s Eagle

My visual adaptation of Alfred Tennyson’s classic poem The Eagle. I appreciate reading it for the visuals it suggests, but also due to the form of the poem itself. Try Read More …

drawing, eagle, ink, poem, tennyson
18 June, 202022 June, 2020 StaffanLeave a comment

Rita Felski’s The Limits of Critique

In her 2015 book, Rita Felski describes how a critical or suspicious way of reading has become the dominant academic method for studies in literature. The hermeneutics of suspicion, as Read More …

actor network theory, critique, felski, limits, literature
24 May, 202015 June, 2020 Staffan1 Comment

Renewal

Welcome to the new and remodeled website! As per usual with these kinds of efforts, it took more work than anticipated, but I wanted to make a switch of host, Read More …

About

The purpose of this site is, on the one hand to showcase my work, and on the other to serve as a place of contemplation and communication on various topics that interest me, such as art, literature, cultural history and sustainability.

It is my sincere hope that you will find something of value, and feel welcome to leave a comment.

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