From Gregory Marks: NatGeo explaining polar wander, thought to be accountable for the aridification of NE China ca. the Jurassic Era: Are we beholden to inorganic (te)cthonic deities?
Tag: juxtapositions
The Zone after the rain
Nice bit of juxtaposition in my Saturday morning reading: it’s hard not to feel the Zone as a simulacrum for the internet itself in these late days of humanity: an increasingly cursed realm through which we willingly stalk, despite our certain knowledge of its very unreality. We know that, say, our Facebook friends are not … Continue reading The Zone after the rain
Sarajevo
In praise of my favorite of all the cities I've visited, our tattered Balkan freak flag, our cross-marrying hidden heart, our indomitable secret capital of Europe. The medieval against the modern, the bombed-out against the glass-metal sheen, the neighborhoods where they serve no pork or alcohol. Everything juxtaposes, everything marries. Here's to you, Sarajevo.
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