Commonplacing

Hello friends—

still working on a return and finding the right rhythm to posting again, but sharing some things I loved reading the last few weeks.

I know that vampires are not everyone’s cup of tea, but I’m obsessed with how fantastic Sinners was. The music, the ideas! This essay outlines so many of the reasons why.

An interesting read on the influence of ancient India across the world, and how the ancient world was (of course) a far more global, interconnected world. But: “Centuries of the “civilizing mission” of colonialism, however, made the historical truth unrecognizable.”

Fell in love with Moritz von Schwind’s Katzensymphonie, which led to a cat society where Johannes Brahms, Julius Otto Grimm, and Clara Schumann were members, whose constitution included the clause: “Uncat-like speech or actions shall be duly punished before the Chapter, and any member who opposes this shall be expelled from the order.”

Loved this look at the work of Clara Peeters, a Dutch 17th century artist whose…