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 …
Author: Staffan
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …