Cultural Insomnia

Going to a review a movie a week.

Exploring contemporary culture through the lens of literature, music, and the metaverse.

Dispatches from the second half of a kaleidoscopic life

"And that's how we measure out our real respect for people—by the degree of feeling they can register, the voltage of life they can carry and tolerate—and enjoy. End of sermon." – Ted Hughes, to his son Nicholas (1986)

Bridging the two cultures of science and the humanities

anecdotes, fables, tales, advice, photography, questions, sentiment, and ways to get lost in the forest