Astronauts (like everything related to Outer Space) are already metamodern, because they evoke a sense of unvarnished possibility that has survived postmodernism’s cynicism about technology, heroes, and major undertakings. David Bowie’s …
Lars and the Real Girl, a film released in 2007, is about a young man with an at first unspecified “specialness,” possibly a mental disability, who takes a mail-ordered …
Historically, the word “awesome” has enjoyed a meaning as complex as a good French Burgundy. In the 17th century, it was a word with the important role of conveying …
Joss Whedon, whose many accomplishments include the creation of cult-favorite TV shows Buffy The Vampire Slayerand Firefly, spoke to the graduating class of 2013 at his alma mater, Wesleyan University. In …
This little animated dialogue, created by contemporary spiritual teacher Jeff Foster, lampoons a particular brand of spiritual authoritarianism that, at times, adherents of Neo-Advaita are guilty of. The first bear–the one on …
Death Cab for Cutie emerged from punk-rock roots and, led by singer-guitarist-songwriter Ben Gibbard, paved the way for a new breed of “Indie-Rock” bands that were unabashedly melodic, emotional …
