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God has given us the world to be our own-he has given his world to be our world. And that itself is an amazing fact! He does not desire mere blind submission or purely passive acceptance of the gift of existence. He desires free, spontaneous, personal, and creative cooperation. He desires playfulness in the playground of the universe that he has given for no other reason than that he loves us, loves us tenderly and ardently. Thus we are called to...
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This is a collection of miscellaneous notes by the author of The Immaterial Structure of Human Experience, The Limits of Reason, and The Thinking Process. These thoughts represent an exploration of spiritual and creative concerns, covering such topics as literature, art, philosophy, and human behavior.
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"El crítico como artista", de Oscar Wilde, es una exploración elocuente y sugerente de la naturaleza de la crítica y del papel del crítico en el ámbito artístico. Wilde cuestiona las nociones convencionales de la crítica y defiende la importancia de la interpretación subjetiva y el individualismo en la apreciación del arte. El autor profundiza en la idea de que el verdadero crítico es, de hecho, un artista por derecho propio, que contribuye...
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Tune in to what is uniquely human about you, and channel a creativity that is beyond the reach of AI.
Painter, poet, composer, performer, or prose monkey--aspiring artist or seasoned pro--if you're after a deeper perspective, this book is for you.
To say that we humans 'feel' while an AI does not hardly scratches the surface.
In this book Blakelaw uses a specific theory of what makes us conscious to spell out what makes us different from--and superior...
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285 pages ; 22 cm
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"A glorious call to throw off restraint and balance in favor of excess, abandon, and disproportion, in essays ranging from such topics as mindfulness, decluttering, David Cronenberg, and consent. In her debut essay collection, "brilliant and stylish" (The Washington Post) critic Becca Rothfeld takes on one of the most sacred cows of our time: the demand that we apply the virtues of equality and democracy to culture and aesthetics. The result is a...
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284 pages : illustration ; 25 cm
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"From New Yorker staff writer and author Kyle Chayka comes a timely history and investigation of a world ruled by algorithms, which determine the shape of culture itself. From coffee shops to rental apartments to social media posts the world round, a sleek and deceptively simple aesthetic has come to predominate. It's in the neon signs and exposed brick of an Internet cafe in Nairobi or the skeletal, modern furniture of an Airbnb in Portland. These...
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275 pages ; 25 cm.
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"A personal and cultural look at the dark underbelly of Western beauty standards and the lethal culture of disordered eating they've wrought. In Dead Weight, Emmeline Clein tells the story of her own disordered eating alongside and through other women from history, pop culture and the girls she's known and loved. Tracing the medical and cultural history of Anorexia, Bulimia, and Orthorexia, Clein investigates the economic conditions underpinning our...
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